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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 1:17a - The Righteousness of God

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Romans in Outline No. 15

1.1  GOSPEL POWER

1.2  GOSPEL RIGHTEOUSNESS — THE RIGHTEOUSNESS

2.1  What righteousness is:

3.1  RIGHTEOUSNESS =

The merit to meet God’s standard.

3.2  TO BE RIGHTEOUS =

To be conformed to God’s perfect will and to have the standing of being without sin

2.2  Two kinds of righteousness:

3.1  ABSOLUTE (God’s) =

no variation, perfect, 100%

3.2  RELATIVE (Man’s) =

sliding scale, comparative

2.3  The clothing of righteousness

The picture of righteousness in Scripture:

A robe, clothing

3.1  ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSES ARE AS FILTHY RAGS

(Relative righteousness)

Isaiah 64:6

Romans 3:23

3.2  THE COVERING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS NEEDED

(Absolute righteousness)

Psalm 119:142

Habakkuk 1:13

3.3  THE PLACE WHERE RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FOUND

Christ’s qualification:

(Absolute righteousness)

1 John 2:1

3.4  THE TRANSFER: IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS

(Christ’s absolute righteousness — to our account)

4.1  The process of imputation

Imputed = “charged to the account of”

Romans 4:5

Romans 3:21-22

1 Corinthians 1:30

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

4.2  The illustration:

The refused wedding garment — Matthew 22:1-14

3.5  THE ADORNING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

(The decoration on the garment)

Revelation 19:8-11

Romans 8:4

3.6  HOW THE CLOTHING IS PUT ON:

“From faith to faith”

Philippians 3:9

Romans 3:24

1.3  GOSPEL REVELATION

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