the gospel a series in romans. despite our faithlessness god is faithful
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The Gospel A series in Romans
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.
The Universal Reality of Sin
Everyone (1:18-20)
Educated (1:21-31)
Moral (ch. 2:1-16)Jew (ch. 2:17ff)
“So that all people are without excuse.”
Romans 1:20
God’s Wrath is Real and His Judgment will Really Fall on Everyone who Refuses to Repent. God will judge everyone based on:
1. What they THINK: The way they judge others.
2. What they DO: The merit of their works.
3. What they KNOW: The extent of their knowledge.
The Pervasive Power of Sin
Suppress the truth by their
wickedness (18)
Brain
Body
Being
Foolish hearts
darkened (21)
They are full of envy, murder,
strife… (29)
The Spiral of Life - Romans 8:4-5
“That the righteous
requirements of the Law
might be fully met in us who
walk / live not according to
the sinful nature but
according to the Spirit.”
Brain
Body
Being
“Have their
minds set on
what the Spirit
desires”
“Those who are being according
to the Spirit”
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.1. God was Faithful in Blessing the Jews
Revealing His Will – “the oracles of God”
First of all Primarily
“Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.” Romans 9:4-5
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.1. God was Faithful in Blessing the Jews
Revealing His Will – “the oracles of God”
First of all Primarily
Abraham
2000 BC
Moses
1500 BC
David
1000 BC
Daniel
500 BC
Jesus
30 AD
“I will bless you… and through you all nations will be blessed.”
Genesis 12:1-4
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.1. God was Faithful in Blessing the Jews
2. God was Faithful in Punishing the Jews
Revealing His Will
“If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God…“However, if you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you…”
Deuteronomy 28:1-2,15
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.1. God was Faithful in Blessing the Jews
2. God was Faithful in Punishing the Jews
Revealing His Will
“The LORD will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him… The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth.” Deuteronomy 28:20,25
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.1. God was Faithful in Blessing the Jews
2. God was Faithful in Punishing the Jews
Revealing His Will
“The LORD will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone. You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the LORD will drive you… Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. ”
Deuteronomy 28:20,25
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.1. God was Faithful in Blessing the Jews
2. God was Faithful in Punishing the Jews
Revealing His Will
“The Lord, the Lord, gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding with hesed and emet.”
Exodus 34:6
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.1. God was Faithful in Blessing the Jews
2. God was Faithful in Punishing the Jews3. God is Faithful in Judging the Religious
Revealing His Will
Our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness
But God is not unjust
We are free to NOT sin
Our falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness
Our evil results in good: God is glorified
And we are not free to sin…
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.1. God was Faithful in Blessing the Jews
2. God was Faithful in Punishing the Jews
3. God is Faithful in Judging the Religious & the Rebellious
Revealing His Will
His Judgment is Just
Believers are not free to sin
We are free to NOT sin
Everyone is “Under Sin”
“Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life has set us free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending His Son…” Romans 8:2-3
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.1. God was Faithful in Blessing the Jews
2. God was Faithful in Punishing the Jews
3. God is Faithful in Judging the Religious
4. God is Faithful in Judging the Rebellious
Revealing His Will
His Judgment is Just
Believers are not free to sin
We are free to NOT sin
Everyone is “Under Sin”
Sinful at HeartSinful in SpeechSinful in ActionEveryone is
GuiltyWorks cannot save
Despite our Faithlessness
God is Faithful.1. God was Faithful in Blessing the Jews
2. God was Faithful in Punishing the Jews
3. God is Faithful in Judging the Religious
4. God is Faithful in Judging the Rebellious
5. God is Faithful in Providing a Savior
Revealing His Will
His Judgment is Just
Believers are not free to sin
We are free to NOT sin
Everyone is “Under Sin”
Sinful at HeartSinful in SpeechSinful in ActionEveryone is
GuiltyWorks cannot save
The Law’s Purpose was never to REMOVE sin but to REVEAL it