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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 3:21-23 - The Righteousness We Need

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Romans in Outline No. 36

THE QUESTION: “…BUT HOW CAN A MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD?” — Job 9:2

1.1  WHAT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS ALL ABOUT

2.1  The Revelation of the Righteousness of God — Romans 3:21a

3.1  THE TURNING POINT

4.1  What will not work

4.2  What will work

3.2  THE MEANING OF “RIGHTEOUSNESS”

4.1  The verdict against sin

4.2  The vindication

1.2  RIGHTEOUSNESS IS APART FROM THE LAW

Romans 3:21b

2.1  The great truth: apart from law

2.2  Does the faith approach mean the law is done away?

Romans 3:31

3.1  THE PRINCIPLE OF BLOOD ATONEMENT

Leviticus 17:11

3.2  THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE

Genesis 4:1-5

3.3  THE SUBSTITUTIONARY SACRIFICE

Genesis 22

3.4  THE PASSOVER SACRIFICE

Exodus 12

2.3  The witness of the prophets
(the rest of the Old Testament)

3.1   Habakkuk 2:4 compare with Romans 1:17

3.2   Isaiah 28:16; 49:23 compare with Romans 10:11

3.3   Psalm 32 compare with Romans 4:6-8

3.4   Isaiah 53:11 compare with Acts 13:38-39

3.5   Daniel 9:24 compare with Romans 5:10

1.3  RIGHTEOUSNESS IS OBTAINED THROUGH FAITH

Romans 3:22

2.1  The way the plan is revealed

Romans 1:16-17

2.2  Not just affirmation

Remember: “Even the demons believe—and tremble” — James 2:19

The Gadarene — Mark 5:7

The slave girl with divination — Acts 16:17

2.3  But commitment by faith in Jesus Christ

1.4  RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FOR SINNERS ONLY

Romans 3:23

2.1  All must be justified the same way

2.2  All have sinned

2.3  All fall short of God’s glory

Romans 3:21-23

21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (NKJV)

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