Lesson   75

                                                The Christ-Centered Life

                               The Foundation is our Position in Christ - Rom 6

 

 Review general outline of Romans:

    1. Revelation of God's wrath;  Rom 1:18-3:20   [presents man's dilemma]

    2. Revelation of God's salvation;  Rom 3:21-8:39  [God's solution]

       - BD of Justification  3:21-5:21  [God's provision to deal with man's dilemma]

       - BD of Position - Sanctification 6:1-8:39   [Provision for living resurrected lives]

 

 

How the great Doctrines of Romans fit and relate to our lives;

 

 

  #1 b  Justification                                                           #3  Glorification

               standing                                                                                conformed to the image of Christ

                position

   

   

                                                                      #2  Sanctification

                                                                       process of living

   

 

 

 

  

 

#1 a   Salvation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review:

                                    Justification                              Sanctification

            an act                                     process over time

   what God did for us                     What God does in us

         declares us R                             makes us righteous

  delivers from penalty                  delivers us from the power  

            of sin                                            of sin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How does the chart relate to Romans??

 

 

 

 

What makes this all work? Or does it just happen?  No its Faith -> right object

 

 

"For the righteous man shall live by faith"

(Rom. 1:17;  Gal. 3:11, Heb 10:38),

 

 

the righteous man    O di,kaioj    the righteous one, is a legal term to describe the one who has been justified by faith and declared righteous by God.

 

shall live by faith  future of za,w  that is future from the time of being justified we are to live on the basis of faith.  Justified by faith and live by faith. evk pi,stewj by means of faith

 

 

The total value of the faith is in the object of faith!