- "But Now"
- Contrast to Previous Condition — Rom 1:18-32;
Rom 2;
3:1-20
- A New Relationship
- Based on historical events
- Secured by faith
- Faith answers the accusations of the law
- Faith answers the accusations of conscience
- Faith answers all that can be said against us
General Outline
- The Way of Salvation — Rom 3:21-24
- God has provided a righteousness
- God has now revealed it
- He had promised it before
- God's righteousness becomes ours entirely through faith
- God's righteousness is open to all, Jew and Gentile — for all have sinned
- God's righteousness is made possible and available through the redeeming work of the Lord Jesus Christ
- God's righteousness is entirely of God's grace — the free gift of God
- The Characteristics of Salvation — Rom 3:25-31
Specific Outline
- The Gospel Is Entirely God's
- Righteousness prepared by God
- Righteousness provided by God
- Righteousness made available by God
- Sin Is Rebellion Against God
- Sin is not just failure
- Sin is not just letting ourselves down
- Sin is not just making ourselves unhappy
- Sin is not just breaking our own standards
- God Himself Provides the Way of Salvation
- God loved us
- God sent Christ to the world
- God sent Christ to the cross
- God Planned Salvation before the Foundation of the World
- The Gospel is not an afterthought
- The Law is not a failure
- God Revealed It in The Law, The Pentateuch — the Five Books of Moses
- Gen 3:15
- Cain and Abel
- Call of Abraham
- Passover
- God Revealed It in the Prophets