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*Index on Messages in Romans*
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*The Other Side of the Gospel*
*Romans 1:18-32 August 5, 2001*
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/What is the truth about man's condition that reveals his greatest need? /
Man's greatest need is righteousness from God because he has lost it through willful ignorance.
Man's greatest need is righteousness from God because he has lost it through misguided worship.
Man's greatest need is righteousness from God because he has lost it through disobedient living.
Man's greatest need is righteousness from God because he has lost it through overt defiance.
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*What's Your Excuse?*
*Romans 2:1-11 August 12, 2001*
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/What excuse can we find to exempt us from the wrath of God upon mankind?/
We think we can be excused if we judge those who sin like God judges them.
But the truth is that we are no different than they are.
And the mandate is that we should live in continual repentance.
But the problem is that we are too stubborn to do so.
And the result is that all who disobey will see the wrath of God.
The wrath of God is impartial and inescapable in regard to sin.
Those who persist in good will receive life.
Those who persist in evil will receive anger.
Evil brings trouble and distress (universal principal).
Good brings glory, honor and peace (universal principal).
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*Overcoming Unconsciousness*
*Romans 2:12-3:20 August 19, 2001*
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/In what ways might we tend to be lulled into unconsciousness about the true nature of our sinful condition?/
We can be lulled into unconsciousness about the true nature of our sinful condition by legalism – thinking that possessing knowledge of the law is as good as obeying the law.
We can be lulled into unconsciousness about the true nature of our sinful condition by lineage – thinking that our special relationship to God is as good as obeying the law.
We can be lulled into unconsciousness about the true nature of our sinful condition by laceration – thinking that our covenant ritual is as good as obeying the law.
But the true nature of the law is to shake us into consciousness about the totally irredeemable and abject sinfullness of our own nature that leaves only the nature of God to trust.
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*The Gospel Truth*
*Romans 3:21-26 August 26, 2001*
/How does the gospel truth apply to us?/
The gospel has been the consistent direction of salvation history -- we must agree with God's plan.
The gospel has been the consistent need of mankind -- we must agree with God's assessment.
The gospel is the ultimate provision of God's grace -- we must agree with God's solution.
The gospel is the ultimate satisfaction of God's justice -- we must agree with God's authority.
*Gospel Lite*
*Romans 3:27-4:25 September 2, 2001*
/What does the gospel reveal to us about the effective reality of faith?/
The gospel reveals the effective reality that faith can never be by works.
The gospel reveals the effective reality that faith can never be by flesh.
The gospel reveals the effective reality that faith can never be by law.
The gospel reveals the effective reality that faith is always by belief.
The gospel reveals the effective reality that true faith is belief in Christ alone.
*Blessed Assurance*
*Romans 5:1-11 September 9, 2001*
/What assurance does faith in Christ give us?/
Faith in Christ assures us of peace with God.
Faith in Christ assures us of grace with God.
Faith in Christ assures us of glory with God.
Faith in Christ assures us of godly process.
Faith in Christ assures us of godly confidence.
Faith in Christ assures us of a Savior.
Faith in Christ assures us of salvation from God's wrath.
Faith in Christ assures us of salvation to an abundant life.
*God's Gift of Grace*
*Romans 5:12-21 September 30, 2001*
/How can we come to an understanding of God's gift of grace?/
Grace must be understood against the background of man's sin~/death condition.
Grace must be understood against the background of God's law that exposes sin and demands death.
Grace must be understood against the foreground of God's gift of Christ.
Grace must be understood against the foreground of God's gift in Christ.
Grace cannot be understood outside of God's eternal purpose.
*Grace Under Fire; Part I - Sin*
*Romans 6:1-14 October 7, 2001*
/How does the power of grace overcome sin?/
Grace overcomes sin by giving us a new perspective on death.
Grace overcomes sin by giving us a new perspective on life.
Grace overcomes sin by giving us a new perspective on God.
Grace overcomes sin by giving us a new perspective on ourselves.
*Grace Under Fire; Part II – The Law*
*Romans 6:15-7:6 October 14, 2001*
/How does the effect of grace supercede law?/
Grace supercedes law by giving us a new enablement toward obedience.
Grace supercedes law by giving us a new understanding toward righteousness.
Grace supercedes law by giving us a new purpose toward holiness.
Grace supercedes law by giving us a new calling toward eternal life.
Grace supercedes law by giving us a new Master in Christ.
We find the means of our enablement in an example of death.
We find the means of our death in the example of Christ.
*Our Dilemma*
*Romans 7:7-25 October 21, 2001*
/How can we resolve the divine tension between grace and law that results from the finished work of Christ?/
/What purpose does the law serve if, in fact, it is superceded by grace?/
We must understand that the OT law still reveals God's righteous requirements.
We must understand that the OT law still reveals man's unrighteous desires.
We must understand that the OT law still reveals man's unrighteous inability to meet God's righteous requirements.
So we must understand that the OT law is God's instrument of revelation.
Sin is sinful.
So we must understand that the OT law is God's instrument of conviction.
I am sinful.
So we must understand that the OT law is God's instrument of divine tension.
I need help.
Therefore we come to understand the gift of God in the finished work of Christ as the divine resolution for the fulfillment of the law.
I have a Savior.
*The New Way of Spiritual Life*
*Romans 8:1-17 November 4, 2001*
/How does God rescue us from our self-condemnation in being unable to follow his law in our own strength?/
God saves us from self-condemnation by giving us a new law of life in the Spirit.
(vv.
1-4)
Our new law of life in the Spirit becomes effective only by faith in Christ.
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