Bible Readings:
Romans 3:21 – 4:25
Sermon Outline:
Romans 4:5 (NKJV)
5But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,
I To justify is to declare someone to be in the right
II Believing in the God who justifies the wicked
Proverbs 17:15 (NKJV)
15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
III The three imputations
Romans 5:12 (NKJV)
12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—
Romans 5:19 (NKJV)
19For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV)
21For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
WSC Q. 16. Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
A. The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression.d
d Gen. 2:16. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: Ver. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Rom. 5:12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. 1 Cor. 15:21. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. Ver. 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Romans 8:3 (NKJV)
3For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
Galatians 3:13 (NKJV)
13Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
Isaiah 53:5 (NKJV)
5But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
For memorization in regards to the doctrine of justification
Romans 3:24 being justified freely by His grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom. 5:17 …. those who receive abundance of grace and
of the gift of righteousness
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q. 33. What is justification?
Justification is an act of God’s free grace,
wherein He pardoneth all our sins,
and accepteth us as righteous in His sight,
only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us,
and received by faith alone.
Psalm 130
3 If You, Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with You,
That You may be feared.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,
that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.