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The Divine Method of Salvation - Justification
 
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Introduction:1.
 
Larger context: Section (Romans 3:21-8:39) = The Righteousness of God Revealeda.
 
Answers the question
 –
 
“how does God save sinners?”
 b.
 
The answer = “in Christ Jesus”
 i.
 
Romans 3:24
, “being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that
isin Christ Jesus
,”
 ii.
 
Romans 6:11, “
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin,but alive to God in Christ Jesus
our Lord.”
 iii.
 
Romans 6:23, “
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life inChrist Jesus
our Lord.”
 iv.
 
Romans
8:1, “
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are inChrist Jesus
, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”
 v.
 
Romans 8:2, “
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me freefrom the law of sin and de
ath.”
 vi.
 
Romans 8:39, “
nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be ableto separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.”
 vii.
 
Romans 15:17, “
Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in the thingswhich pertain to God.
”
 viii.
 
Romans 16:3, “
Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus
,”
 c.
 
Section outline:i.
 
Justification
 –
how the believer is declared righteous. (3:21-5:21)ii.
 
Sanctification
 –
how the believer is made holy. (6:1-7:25)iii.
 
Preservation
 –
how the believer is kept securely. (8:1-39)d.
 
The foundation is “the righteousness of God”
 e.
 
The principle by which righteousness is received is “by faith”
 2.
 
“But now” (3:21) marks a transition (Greek: “νυνι δε”):
 a.
 
Ephesians 2:13, “
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought
near by the blood of Christ.” (Context 2:11
-13)b.
 
I Corinthians 15:20, “
But now Christ is risen from the dead,
and 
has become thefirstfruits of those who have fa
llen asleep” (Context 15:16
-20)c.
 
Colossians 1:21, “And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by
wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
”
 d.
 
Philemon 1:11, “who once was unprofitable to you,
but now is profitable to you and to
me”
 e.
 
Transition fro
m the “dark gloomy picture to something wonderful” (Alva McClain,
Romans, p. 101)
 
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3.
 
Key to
this section is “righteousness”
 
(Greek, “δικαιοσ
ύ
νη”) and “justify”
 
(Greek, “δικαι
ό
ω”)
a.
 
Romans 3:21, But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, beingwitnessed by the Law and the Prophets,b.
 
Romans 3:22, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and onall who believe. For there is no difference;c.
 
Romans 3:25, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, todemonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over thesins that were previously committed,d.
 
Romans 3:26, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness
 
, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.e.
 
Romans 3:24, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in ChristJesus,f.
 
Romans 3:26, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.g.
 
Romans 3:28, Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from thedeeds of the law.h.
 
Romans 3:30, since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and theuncircumcised through faith.Outline:1.
 
God’s Righteousness Explained
 a.
 
Righteousness Provided (3:21-22)b.
 
Righteousness Needed (3:23)c.
 
Righteousness Bestowed (3:24) (
When God gives it to us
)d.
 
Righteousness Declared (3:25-26)2.
 
Three Questions answereda.
 
“Where
is
 
boasting then?” (3:27)
 b.
 
“is He
 
the God of the Jews only?” (29)
 c.
 
“Do we then make void the law through faith?” (31)
 1.
 
God’s Righteousness Explained
 a.
 
Righteousness Provided (3:21-22) (seven observations)i.
 
“of God”
(21)1.
 
God’s gift
 2.
 
Though the gospel3.
 
Via the work of the Savior on the crossii.
 
“apart from the law” (21)
 1.
 
Emphasis
 –
 
“wholly apart from the law”
 2.
 
“absolutely apart from”
 3.
 
Hebrews 4:15, “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all
 points
tempted as
weare, yet 
without
sin”
 
 
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iii.
 
“is revealed” (21)
 1.
 
Verb tense (perfect) conveys “something done in the past, the effects of which continues into the present”
 2.
 
The act done in the past
 –
the cross work of our Savior!3.
 
The effects of which continue to this day and will continue into eternity:a.
 
We benefited from the cross work
 –
we were savedb.
 
We benefit daily from his cross work
 –
sanctification /preservationc.
 
We will benefit into eternity
 –
glorification!iv.
 
“witnessed *to+ by the Law and
 
the Prophets” (21)
 1.
 
The law system
 –
the animal sacrifices -
testify to God’s program of 
righteousness because those sacrifices foreshadow the sacrifice of ourSavior!2.
 
The prophets testify (messianic prophecies!)3.
 
Cf Romans 4:3, “For what does the Scripture
 
say?”
 v.
 
“through faith in Jesus Christ” (22)
 1.
 
Not sufficient to simply “believe
in God
”!
 2.
 
One must believe in the person (2
nd
person of the Trinity) and work (Hissubstitutionary sacrifice and bodily resurrection) of Christ!vi.
 
“
to all and on all
 
who believe. For there is no difference
” (22)
 1.
 
It is for everybody. People of all kinds2.
 
But it is not universal! (constrained by next phrase)vii.
 
“
to all and on all
 
who believe
.” (22)
 b.
 
Righteousness Needed (3:23)i.
 
The phrase “
there is no difference
” probably both applies to “all who believe” aswell as the “all who sin”
 1.
 
On might protest … but there is a difference among men
 a.
 
The gutter drunk is different than the moral man, etc.b.
 
But before a Holy God
 –
when we contrast self with Christ
instead of to another … there is no diffe
renceii.
 
“all have sinned”
 1.
 
Looks back.2.
 
Who we are in Adam.3.
 
The conclusion
 –
we are sinnersiii.
 
“all … fall short”
 1.
 
The everyday result2.
 
We daily miss the mark of perfectioniv.
 
“
the glory of God
” –
what we fall short of 1.
 
John 1:14, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt
among us, and webeheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of 
grace and truth”
 2.
 
Think of the scene of Isaiah 6 or Revelation 1
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