May 4, 2025 • 32 mins
The book of Romans stands as a masterpiece of theological clarity and spiritual transformation. Often called "the purest gospel," this letter unveils the heart of Christianity through a powerful exploration of God's righteousness revealed in the gospel.
At its core, Romans presents a missionary vision grounded in profound doctrine. The apostle Paul, burning with passion to bring the good news "to the ends of the earth," systematically explains what makes this message worth spreading. His famous declaration that the gospel is "the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes" introduces us to the letter's central theme: the revelation of God's righteousness through faith.
This righteousness is explored in four magnificent movements. First, Paul establishes our universal need—we are all unrighteous people standing before a righteous God. With unflinching honesty, he dismantles every human attempt at self-justification, bringing both religious Jews and pagan Gentiles to the same conclusion: "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
But just when our situation seems most desperate, Paul reveals the breathtaking solution—God gives the gift of righteousness through Jesus Christ. This isn't earned through works but received through faith. Christ perfectly fulfilled God's standard, and through our union with him, his righteousness becomes ours while our sin was placed upon him. This beautiful exchange forms the heart of the Christian message.
The letter then addresses complex questions about God's faithfulness to Israel, revealing the mystery of election and God's sovereign mercy. Finally, Paul shows how this righteous gift naturally leads to a righteous life—not as obligation but as grateful response. From church relationships to matters of conscience, he paints a picture of communities transformed by the gospel they proclaim.
Romans ultimately calls us to marvel at the wisdom of God's redemptive plan and join in its worldwide proclamation. As you explore this magnificent letter, you'll discover why it has sparked spiritual revivals throughout history and continues to transform lives today. The righteousness of God revealed through faith in Jesus Christ isn't just doctrine—it's the power that changes everything.
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If you have a Bible, you want to grab the Pew Bible
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there.
Romans, chapter 1.
Verses 16 and 17.
I'm going to start with readingthese verses Romans 1, verses
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16 and 17.
For I am not ashamed of thegospel, because it is the power
of God for salvation to everyonewho believes, first to the Jew
and also to the Greek, for in itthe righteousness of God is
revealed from faith to faith.
Just as it is written, therighteous will live by faith.
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Father, please help us again.
We always need your help.
We need the work of the Spirit.
We want to magnify Christ inevery way tonight.
Thank you for this gloriousletter and would it minister
that glory to our own souls.
We pray in Jesus' name, amen.
Minister that glory to our ownsouls.
We pray in Jesus' name, amen.
This might be a hypocriticalmessage.
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I'm on record as saying you canpreach any portion of scripture
in any amount of time.
You could do a book of theBible in 15 minutes.
You could do a verse in an hourand a half.
You just got to hone in on whatyou want to say.
But Romans in much less than anhour and a half.
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That's a tough one.
So this could be a hypocriticalsermon, fair for warning up
front, but I'm very excited forthis book.
Martin Luther said this letter,the letter of Romans, is truly
the most important piece in theNew Testament, it's purest
gospel.
It's well worth the Christian'swhile not only to memorize it
word for word but also to occupyhimself with it daily, as
though it were the daily breadof the soul.
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And for Luther this book isvery personal.
He labored for quite a whileunder deep distress of
conscience, fearing God'sjudgment, and it was in large
measure through Romans that Godbrought him deliverance.
And he says one day that therighteousness of God, as he
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meditated on the verses I justwas reading, is that through
which the righteous live by agift of God, namely by faith.
Paul writes this letter toChristians in Rome.
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You can see that in chapter 1,verse 7.
And what Paul is doing in thisletter, under inspiration of God
, is he is explaining hismissionary purpose with a
doctrinal foundation.
Let me say that a littledifferent way.
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In order for the good news tospread to the ends of the earth,
we have to understand God'srighteous gift.
In order for the good news tospread to the ends of the earth,
we have to understand God'srighteous gift.
So we're going to look first atthat missionary purpose of Paul
.
We'll move through this onemore quickly.
But chapter 1, verse 5, throughhim, paul says we've received
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grace and apostleship to bringabout.
Through him, paul says we'vereceived grace and apostleship
to bring about the obedience offaith for the sake of his name
among all the Gentiles.
Do you hear Paul's passion andthrust there to get the message
out?
Now turn over to chapter 15.
Keep your fingers ready.
We'll be hitting a lot ofpassages in Romans tonight.
Chapter 15.
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Paul speaks of fully proclaimingthe gospel from Jerusalem all
the way around to Illyricum.
In chapter 15, verse 19.
Then verse 20.
My aim is to preach the gospelwhere Christ has not been named,
so that I will not build onsomeone else's foundation.
But as it is written, those whowere not told about him will
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see and those who have not heardwill understand.
So Paul is again reiteratingit's his goal, it's his passion,
it's his calling from God to besomeone who spreads the message
of the good news to the ends ofthe earth, to those that
haven't heard.
There's Paul's missionarypurpose.
We often think of Romans as adoctrinal letter, and we should,
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because the bulk of Romans istaken up, with Paul explaining
what is this gospel message thathe's so eager to get out to the
ends of the earth, that he's soeager to secure support for
from the Roman Christians, thathe's so eager to secure support
for from the Roman Christians.
So you can go back to chapterone and we can take as our theme
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for this doctrinal foundation.
Paul says in the gospel, verse16, it's the power of God for
salvation.
It's the power of God forsalvation.
And then, sorry, verse 17,.
In it the righteousness of Godis revealed from faith to faith.
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If we're going to spread God'sglorious gospel to the ends of
the earth, we have to understandhis righteous gift.
Paul, when he talks about whatthe gospel is, the good news, he
ties it in with thisrighteousness of God that's
revealed through the gospel andthe words righteous
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righteousness, the justice,justification, that group of
words that's related in theoriginal languages, that comes
up over and over again in Romans.
So we're going to work throughthat doctrinal foundation of
this idea of God's righteousgift, and I've got four headings
for you.
I'll give those up front.
Number one the righteous Godjudges unrighteous people.
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Chapter one, verse 18.
Through chapter three, verse 20.
Roman numeral two God gives thegift of righteousness through
Jesus Christ.
And I've got that as chapterthree, verse 21,.
All the way through chaptereight, number three, god's
righteousness is questioned.
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Chapters nine through 11.
And then number four God'srighteous gift leads to a
righteous life, chapters 12through 16.
So let's jump in with thatfirst heading.
What is this doctrinalfoundation of the righteous gift
through the good news?
Well, the first thing Paul'sgoing to spend significant time
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unpacking is that the righteousGod judges unrighteous people.
So we see in verse number 18 ofchapter 1, god's wrath is
revealed from heaven against allgodlessness and unrighteousness
of people who, by theirunrighteousness, suppress the
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truth.
Again we have the wordsrighteousness all linked in
there.
Again we have the wordsrighteousness all linked in
there.
What is righteousness?
Righteousness means to measureup to a standard.
So someone who's unrighteoushas not measured up to that
standard.
And if we then ask, well,what's the standard?
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God himself is the standard.
He is the righteous God whodefines what it means to be the
right kind of person and do theright kind of thing.
He's revealed throughout hisword who he is, what he loves,
what he wants, what he desires.
There's his standard andeveryone falls short of that
standard.
So everyone is unrighteous.
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There's an underlying themethroughout the book of Romans of
Jews and Gentiles.
So Paul's giving the gospel tothe Jew first, but also to the
Gentile.
He wants the word of God to goout not just from Jerusalem but
all to the ends of the earth.
So the gospel is going to allkinds of people and he's showing
here, in this first section ofRomans, why all people need the
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gospel, because they're allunrighteous.
So if you look over at chapter3, go ahead and turn over to
chapter 3.
, verse number nine.
What then?
Are we any better off?
Not at all, for we've alreadycharged that both jews and
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greeks are all under sin.
And then he goes on to quotemany places from the old
testament that detail the natureand extent of sin, that it
impacts all of us, every part ofour lives.
And you see this in the list ofspecific sins Paul's already
brought out from Romans 1.
You see it here and it's easysometimes for us to say, well,
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I'm not indulging in that formof that specific sin.
But when you look through thisyou realize if you're rightly
seeing God's righteous standard,I fall woefully short of that
and this is important for us,even in our own lives, not to be
self-righteous and overlook ourown unrighteousness.
And sometimes in our world itcan be tempting for some people
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to say, well, this group ofpeople is definitely a bunch of
sinners, but this group ofpeople is definitely in the free
and clear.
Paul has none of that.
Groups of people may sin indifferent ways, but the bottom
line for Paul is we're allsinners who are unrighteous, and
we all need the good news.
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Number two God gives therighteous gift through Jesus
Christ.
Chapter three we're going tolearn in chapters three through
eight about this righteous giftand one thing we learn is that
it comes by faith, not by works.
Paul gives examples of Abrahamand David.
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You can find that actually inchapter four and those examples
would have been key for hisJewish listeners who looked back
and looked up in tremendousways to Abraham and David.
Even Abraham and David, thesekey figures in Jewish life from
the past, even they, as he saysthere in Romans, chapter 4, look
at verse number 3, what doesthe scripture say?
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Abraham believed God and it wascredited to him for
righteousness.
Or if you look down at versenumber 6, what does the
scripture say?
Abraham believed God and it wascredited him for righteousness.
Or if you look down at versenumber six, david also speaks of
the blessing of the person towhom God credits righteousness
apart from works.
Blessed are those whose lawlessacts are forgiven and whose
sins are covered.
Blessed is the person the Lordwill never charge with sin, by
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faith and not by works.
Back to chapter 3, look at verse26.
And you can see the turnalready in verse 21,.
But now, apart from the law,righteousness has been revealed.
So here's a turn to thisrighteous gift, but look at
verse 26.
To this righteous gift, butlook at verse 26.
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God presented him, that is,jesus Christ, to demonstrate his
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righteousness at the presenttime, so that he would be just
and justify the one who hasfaith in Jesus.
The in Jesus part is crucialhere.
Sometimes people think ofsalvation by faith, apart from
works, and they think of faithas like a mini work, like God's
made salvation a lot easier thanit used to be.
He saw that we couldn't reallymeasure up to the law, so he
gave us just a little bit lesser, easier tasks to just fulfill
this and then that'll count forhis righteousness.
It's not faith that saves us,it's the object of our faith,
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jesus Christ.
It's faith in Jesus Christ thatsaves.
God didn't lower the standard.
Jesus came and kept the wholestandard.
Jesus measured up to God's lawand his perfect, righteous life,
so that now the righteousnessof Christ can be credited or
imputed or charged to believersand our sin is charged to him.
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So you see that there in versenumber 25.
In his restraint, god presentedpassed over the sins previously
committed.
Why did he do that?
Because Jesus Christ verse 25,is given as the mercy seat.
Is what the CSB here says.
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Yours might say thepropitiation or sacrifice of
atonement, other words there.
But Christ suffered for oursins, bearing all of our
unrighteousness.
That's the good news.
It's a free gift to be received.
Turning into chapter five, thisgift of righteousness through
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Jesus Christ comes to us notmerely as a transfer from one
bank account to another.
It is a credit the word creditis used there but it comes to us
wonderfully, in God's kindness,as we're united to Christ.
There's a personal intimacy tothis gospel and gift of
righteousness and it begins on alegal basis All throughout
chapter five, paul compares Adamand Christ says all humanity is
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born in Adam.
We're sinners in him, andsinners by our own choice.
He's the head, we're in him andwe're guilty.
But because God counts us to bein Jesus Christ and his grace,
all of Christ is ours and we'reunited to him.
So look at those verses.
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Verse number 19, I'll justpoint to this one in chapter 5.
For just as through one man'sdisobedience, the many were made
sinners, speaking of Adam andhumanity, so also through the
one man's obedience, I'll justpoint to this one in chapter 5.
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Chapter 6 goes on to speak ofour union to Christ, our union
in every aspect of his life onearth.
His death, his resurrection isours.
We belong to him and gloriouslyhe belongs to us.
Despite struggles, despitesetback, we can say and now I'm
gonna press all the way intochapter eight, so keep moving.
I know we're moving throughthis.
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There's a lot, but chaptereight is this glorious rehearsal
of what's come before in Romans.
There is no condemnation forthose in Christ Jesus.
There's the same language ofunion Comes through faith.
But because we belong to Christ, we don't have to fear the
righteous judge that Paul spentthose chapters talking about and
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addressing.
Righteous judge that Paul spentthose chapters talking about
and addressing.
Are you hurting tonight?
Are you feeling the weight ofconviction.
Go to Christ, think about yourunion with Christ, live out from
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your union with Christ.
That's Paul's encouragement forall of us who are here.
Point number three, third mainheading of four God's
righteousness is questioned.
I said there's this thread ofJew and Gentile throughout the
book of Romans.
Paul's got a missionary passionand purpose to get this message
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of good news out to the Jews,also to the Gentiles.
Jews, even though they have thelaw, failed to keep it.
So they're sinners, just likethe Gentiles are sinners.
And because they're all sinners, they all need this gift of
grace.
But Paul, part of what he doesin this letter is he anticipates
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objections that people mightbring or things that they might
say.
So he says already in chapter 6, should we continue in sin so
that grace could abound?
By no means, and he's going toend the letter with this goal of
a righteous life.
But he brings out anotherpotential question someone might
have in chapters 9 through 11.
Well, hold on a second here.
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So God's a righteous God whoalways keeps his promises.
He always does what's right.
What about all those things hesaid about Israel?
If he's their God and they'llbe his people, and then in the
present day.
Yeah, some Israelites arebelieving, some Jews, but many
are not.
What happened to God's word?
Is God really righteous?
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Paul's anticipating thatpotential thought process, verse
number six.
And you can guess.
Paul's initial statement right,verse number six.
Paul's initial statement right,verse number six, chapter nine.
Now it's not as though the wordof God has failed.
Paul's never going to say youknow what?
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Yep, god's not righteous, hejust blew it with Israel.
That can't be the answer.
The answer has to be God's wordhas not failed.
But then Paul's going toexplain how and why it hasn't
failed.
And he gives the first andbasic answer there, at the end
of verse 6 in chapter 9.
Because not all who descendedfrom Israel are Israel.
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It's a little bit strange tosay on the surface, little bit
strange to say on the surface,what he means by that is, within
the nation of Israel, withinthe ethnic group of Israelites,
there's always been a remnantwho are God's chosen people for
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eternal salvation.
It was not God's purpose tosave each and every Israelite
who has ever lived eternally,but it was his purpose to
maintain and preserve abelieving remnant.
So the word of God hasn'tfailed.
The believing remnant existedin the past.
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It exists in the present, it'llexist in the future.
Look over to chapter 11.
You can see this same pointthat Paul makes again.
He brings out the passage fromthe Old Testament.
Paul's always proving thingsfrom the Old Testament.
It's a great example for us.
He brings out this passageabout Elijah, verse number three
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Lord, they've killed yourprophets and torn down your
altars.
I'm the only one left, god, I'mthe only true believer around
here.
There's a bunch of idolatersand pagans, and woe is me.
But what was God's answer tohim?
Paul asked in verse four I'veleft 7,000 for myself who have
not bowed to Baal.
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No, elijah, you're not alone,not everybody.
But 7,000, that's not a smallnumber.
And then look at Paul'sreasoning.
He's not right here giving acounseling session for the
depressed.
That can work too, but that'snot his purpose here.
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Verse number five in the sameway, then there is also, at the
present time, a remnant chosenby grace.
Always been a remnant.
Remnant in the present will bea remnant in the future.
Well, chosen by grace, aremnant, okay.
So God's word is going toalways come to pass.
He's always righteous.
What?
Why did he give some privilegesto Israel and not the Gentiles?
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Well, they didn't all receiveit.
Many of them disbelieved it.
Yeah, but there was a believingremnant.
What about that believingremnant?
Why were they believers?
Why did God, in his grace,choose them for spiritual,
eternal salvation?
That's a lot more importantthan just temporary earthly
blessings Back to chapter 9,just temporary earthly blessings
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.
Back to chapter 9,.
Paul highlights God'ssovereignty in election.
This is a passage that brings usto the character of God, and
that's one reason why it's soimportant.
Everything in God's word thathe reveals is good for us, good
for our souls, but especiallywhen we're talking about the
character of God.
The whole gospel is to glorifyGod and his righteousness.
Faith is in him, not inourselves, and you can see his
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character come up over and againin chapter 9, verse number 14.
What should we say?
Is there injustice with God?
Absolutely not.
So God's the God of justice.
And then verse 15.
For he tells Moses I will showmercy.
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To whom I will show mercy and Iwill have compassion.
On whom I will have compassion?
That was his answer when Mosessaid show me your glory.
So if we're going to marvel atthe glory of God, we've got to
ponder this sovereign mercy thatGod lays out here, verse 17.
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Paul and his missionary purposeis doing the very same thing
that God has been doing from thefoundation of the world
displaying his glory.
And then verse 18, he repeatsso then he has mercy on whom he
wants to have mercy and hehardens whom he wants to harden.
Who are you to object againstGod?
Paul says this is the glory ofour Lord.
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It's not well.
Why doesn't he show mercy tothis person, this person and
this person it's?
Why did he show mercy to anyonewhen we're all sinners?
Why did I receive mercyeternally?
Thank you, lord.
Application here we need to aswe engage with people, it's okay
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to think about objections theymight have.
Paul's doing that throughoutRomans.
He's trying to anticipatereasons and arguments and he's
engaging in those things withreverence and care, but
sincerely.
Last heading for tonightchapters 12 through 16,.
God's righteous gift leads to arighteous life.
And I did so.
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I did skip over, I'llacknowledge this.
Maybe some of you came just forthis very point and I'm kind of
skipping over it.
Well, there's always been aremnant.
There always will be a remnant.
What about in the futures?
Are going to be like?
Like a bigger remnant or likethe whole nation becomes the
spiritual salvation, chapter 11,.
He does say all Israel will besaved.
What does that mean?
If you want to come talk to meabout that afterwards, I'll
probably disappoint over 50% ofyou.
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So if you want to getdisappointed, come on up, talk
to me.
Some of you that might think Ithink it's just.
That's the answer.
There's always been a remnant.
I have hopes for a greateringathering than that, but then
others of you that might see alot of geopolitical purposes.
I don't really see that inRomans 11 anywhere.
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So I'm going to disappoint youtoo.
So if you want to getdisappointed, come on up and
talk to me about that after theservice.
This is not on that part ofRomans only, it's the whole book
of Romans.
So we're going to press intochapters 12 through 16.
God's righteous gift leads to arighteous life.
Chapter 12, verses 1 and 2.
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies, are
those the same mercies he's beentalking about for 11 chapters?
He's like I brought all that toyou.
Now what are we going to dowith it?
Let me tell you there'sdoxology, which is how chapter
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11 ends.
That's the beginning part, butthen there's a life that's lived
.
I urge you verse 1, to presentyour body as a living sacrifice,
holy and pleasing to God.
This is your true worship.
Don't be conformed to this age,but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind so thatyou may discern what is the good
, pleasing and perfect will ofGod.
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The same sovereign God whochose Jews and Gentiles to be
part of his body and who sobeautifully orchestrated this
plan of redemption where Jewswould have a remnant but the
larger nation would reject God,but then, in their rejection,
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gentiles will be brought tofaith and then Jews could see
Gentiles come into Christ andbecome jealous and want to come
to Christ and be grafted intothe same olive tree.
The same God that has thisglorious plan for salvation in
the world has a plan forchurches to have Jews and
Gentiles, where people areliving out their salvation life
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in Christ together.
So the basic step of arighteous life begins with the
family of God, and he listsgifts there in chapter 12 and
encourage people to use theirgifts and to love one another.
Then, in chapter 13, he bringsus to another component of a
righteous life, not always themost popular, but right here in
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scripture submit to thegoverning authorities.
I'll leave that one with you tothink about more Again.
You can get some moreapplication on that from Ethan
after the service, no problem atall.
But let's press on to chapter14.
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Chapter 14 deals with matters ofconscience and Paul's going to
say within the body of Christ,you got Jews and Gentiles and
there's going to be some thingsyou don't always agree on, and
that's okay, which at firstglance might not seem to fit,
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because haven't we been sayingall along doctrine's very
important.
We've got to understand God'srighteous gift.
We need to know about God'ssovereign mercy in election.
We need to know about federalheadship in Adam.
And if doctrine's so important,how can, in chapter 14, paul
say well, this person considersthis day, this person considers
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that day.
Let everybody be persuaded intheir own mind.
And we're not talking.
This isn't merely like color ofthe carpet stuff.
These are convictions thatrelate to portions of scripture.
What about all those feast daysthat God said in his word for
the Jews to keep?
What about all those food?
So this is questions regardingscripture.
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It's not merely color thecarpet stuff.
Part of the wisdom of arighteous life is asking for the
Lord's help in this, to be ableto discern what are the most
important and key things thatare central to the gospel and
that glorify the name andcharacter of God, and what are
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other things that are not ascrucial for the gospel and for
Christian life, not irrelevantto talk about, but that don't
hold that level of importance?
It might hold level ofimportance individually, for
your own conscience to bepersuaded and to move on it, but
not to demand of the whole body.
Sometimes we think people thatare the most zealous in every
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conceivable way, in every stepof life, those are the most
mature people.
That's not actually what Paulcommunicates.
He says zeal is good, befervent in zeal serving the Lord
.
There's that claim in Romans,but he also says here, romans 14
.
The kingdom of God is noteating and drinking, but
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righteousness and peace and joyin the Holy Spirit.
He doesn't say the kingdom ofGod is not justification by
faith alone and election, and hedoesn't say that.
But he does say there, by faithalone and election, and he
doesn't say that.
But he does say there's somethings you need to understand
about what's important, what haspriority, and righteousness and
peace and joy has more prioritythan your convictions about the
exact kind of things you put onyour lips or in your stomach,
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or the days that you mightcelebrate or not celebrate.
I had a list of some otherpotential applications in our
own day, but I'll let you justthink about how you can apply
that in your own life and heart.
Chapter 15, verse number 7.
And what's amazing about thisis those body life willing to
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love someone else and receivethem, even if I have a little
bit of a different conscienceabout this issue or that issue.
Receiving them ties back intothe missionary purpose of God's
glory in all the world.
So verse number seven ofchapter 15, therefore welcome
one another, just as Christ alsohas welcomed you to the glory
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of God.
He means here more than justwhen someone comes in the door
shake their hand.
We love that.
He's been talking about peoplethat have disagreements in
strong consciences or weakconsciences, and he's saying
you've got to.
Even in their strong conscienceor weak conscience that might
be different than yours, you gotto welcome them because Christ
has welcomed you.
But then he goes on to tie itinto what Jesus came to do,
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verse eight Christ became aservant of the circumcised,
that's, the Jewish people, onbehalf of God's truth, to
confirm the promises to thefathers and so that the Gentiles
may glorify God for his mercy.
Jesus came on this mission towelcome and receive Jews and
Gentiles.
You got to welcome and receiveJews and Gentiles in your own
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body and we can again apply that.
Different backgrounds,different expectations,
different places, differentthings.
Chapter 16 is once again.
It's more than just a farewelltour of greetings to give to
specific people.
It is definitely that, but it'sshaping the contours of the
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righteous gift in the context ofwelcome and reception.
That matches what Jesus Christhas done to the gospel.
It's all tied back into hiseternal mercy.
That's where the righteous lifecomes from.
And then look at the way heends with this beautiful
doxology, and we'll end withthis for tonight, just with the
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way he ends Romans 16, verse 25.
Now to him who is able tostrengthen you according to my
gospel and the proclamationabout Jesus Christ, according to
the revelation of the mystery,kept silent for long ages but
now revealed and made knownthrough the prophetic scriptures
, according to the command ofthe eternal God to advance the
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obedience of faith among all theGentiles to the only wise God
through Jesus Christ.
To him be the glory forever.
Amen.
Let's pray, lord.
Thank you so much for thisletter of purest gospel Good
news that comes with theconvicting punch.
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We have been those disobedientto parents.
We have been those reckless inour assessment of others and our
kindness to them.
We have been those who havebeen self-righteous, and yet,
because of Jesus, we findpropitiation.
We find appeasement of wrathand satisfaction and atonement.
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We find not just forgivenessbut full acceptance because of
the righteousness of Christ thatis given to us.
Lord, we're thankful that,regardless of the state of our
bodies or backgrounds, we cansay that we're the circumcised,
we're the Israel who has heartsthat have been changed by you,
and we do want this gloriousgood news to reach more and more
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people, whether Jew or Gentile.
So may it be our passion topray, to send, to give, to go,
that the righteous gift we'vereceived might be announced and
received by more and more all,to the glory and praise of our
great triune God In Jesus' nameamen.
If you have a Bible, you want to grab the Pew Bible
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there.
Romans, chapter 1.
Verses 16 and 17.
I'm going to start with readingthese verses Romans 1, verses
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16 and 17.
For I am not ashamed of thegospel, because it is the power
of God for salvation to everyonewho believes, first to the Jew
and also to the Greek, for in itthe righteousness of God is
revealed from faith to faith.
Just as it is written, therighteous will live by faith.
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Father, please help us again.
We always need your help.
We need the work of the Spirit.
We want to magnify Christ inevery way tonight.
Thank you for this gloriousletter and would it minister
that glory to our own souls.
We pray in Jesus' name, amen.
Minister that glory to our ownsouls.
We pray in Jesus' name, amen.
This might be a hypocriticalmessage.
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I'm on record as saying you canpreach any portion of scripture
in any amount of time.
You could do a book of theBible in 15 minutes.
You could do a verse in an hourand a half.
You just got to hone in on whatyou want to say.
But Romans in much less than anhour and a half.
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That's a tough one.
So this could be a hypocriticalsermon, fair for warning up
front, but I'm very excited forthis book.
Martin Luther said this letter,the letter of Romans, is truly
the most important piece in theNew Testament, it's purest
gospel.
It's well worth the Christian'swhile not only to memorize it
word for word but also to occupyhimself with it daily, as
though it were the daily breadof the soul.
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And for Luther this book isvery personal.
He labored for quite a whileunder deep distress of
conscience, fearing God'sjudgment, and it was in large
measure through Romans that Godbrought him deliverance.
And he says one day that therighteousness of God, as he
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meditated on the verses I justwas reading, is that through
which the righteous live by agift of God, namely by faith.
Paul writes this letter toChristians in Rome.
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You can see that in chapter 1,verse 7.
And what Paul is doing in thisletter, under inspiration of God
, is he is explaining hismissionary purpose with a
doctrinal foundation.
Let me say that a littledifferent way.
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In order for the good news tospread to the ends of the earth,
we have to understand God'srighteous gift.
In order for the good news tospread to the ends of the earth,
we have to understand God'srighteous gift.
So we're going to look first atthat missionary purpose of Paul
.
We'll move through this onemore quickly.
But chapter 1, verse 5, throughhim, paul says we've received
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grace and apostleship to bringabout.
Through him, paul says we'vereceived grace and apostleship
to bring about the obedience offaith for the sake of his name
among all the Gentiles.
Do you hear Paul's passion andthrust there to get the message
out?
Now turn over to chapter 15.
Keep your fingers ready.
We'll be hitting a lot ofpassages in Romans tonight.
Chapter 15.
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Paul speaks of fully proclaimingthe gospel from Jerusalem all
the way around to Illyricum.
In chapter 15, verse 19.
Then verse 20.
My aim is to preach the gospelwhere Christ has not been named,
so that I will not build onsomeone else's foundation.
But as it is written, those whowere not told about him will
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see and those who have not heardwill understand.
So Paul is again reiteratingit's his goal, it's his passion,
it's his calling from God to besomeone who spreads the message
of the good news to the ends ofthe earth, to those that
haven't heard.
There's Paul's missionarypurpose.
We often think of Romans as adoctrinal letter, and we should,
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because the bulk of Romans istaken up, with Paul explaining
what is this gospel message thathe's so eager to get out to the
ends of the earth, that he's soeager to secure support for
from the Roman Christians, thathe's so eager to secure support
for from the Roman Christians.
So you can go back to chapterone and we can take as our theme
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for this doctrinal foundation.
Paul says in the gospel, verse16, it's the power of God for
salvation.
It's the power of God forsalvation.
And then, sorry, verse 17,.
In it the righteousness of Godis revealed from faith to faith.
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If we're going to spread God'sglorious gospel to the ends of
the earth, we have to understandhis righteous gift.
Paul, when he talks about whatthe gospel is, the good news, he
ties it in with thisrighteousness of God that's
revealed through the gospel andthe words righteous
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righteousness, the justice,justification, that group of
words that's related in theoriginal languages, that comes
up over and over again in Romans.
So we're going to work throughthat doctrinal foundation of
this idea of God's righteousgift, and I've got four headings
for you.
I'll give those up front.
Number one the righteous Godjudges unrighteous people.
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Chapter one, verse 18.
Through chapter three, verse 20.
Roman numeral two God gives thegift of righteousness through
Jesus Christ.
And I've got that as chapterthree, verse 21,.
All the way through chaptereight, number three, god's
righteousness is questioned.
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Chapters nine through 11.
And then number four God'srighteous gift leads to a
righteous life, chapters 12through 16.
So let's jump in with thatfirst heading.
What is this doctrinalfoundation of the righteous gift
through the good news?
Well, the first thing Paul'sgoing to spend significant time
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unpacking is that the righteousGod judges unrighteous people.
So we see in verse number 18 ofchapter 1, god's wrath is
revealed from heaven against allgodlessness and unrighteousness
of people who, by theirunrighteousness, suppress the
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truth.
Again we have the wordsrighteousness all linked in
there.
Again we have the wordsrighteousness all linked in
there.
What is righteousness?
Righteousness means to measureup to a standard.
So someone who's unrighteoushas not measured up to that
standard.
And if we then ask, well,what's the standard?
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God himself is the standard.
He is the righteous God whodefines what it means to be the
right kind of person and do theright kind of thing.
He's revealed throughout hisword who he is, what he loves,
what he wants, what he desires.
There's his standard andeveryone falls short of that
standard.
So everyone is unrighteous.
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There's an underlying themethroughout the book of Romans of
Jews and Gentiles.
So Paul's giving the gospel tothe Jew first, but also to the
Gentile.
He wants the word of God to goout not just from Jerusalem but
all to the ends of the earth.
So the gospel is going to allkinds of people and he's showing
here, in this first section ofRomans, why all people need the
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gospel, because they're allunrighteous.
So if you look over at chapter3, go ahead and turn over to
chapter 3.
, verse number nine.
What then?
Are we any better off?
Not at all, for we've alreadycharged that both jews and
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greeks are all under sin.
And then he goes on to quotemany places from the old
testament that detail the natureand extent of sin, that it
impacts all of us, every part ofour lives.
And you see this in the list ofspecific sins Paul's already
brought out from Romans 1.
You see it here and it's easysometimes for us to say, well,
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I'm not indulging in that formof that specific sin.
But when you look through thisyou realize if you're rightly
seeing God's righteous standard,I fall woefully short of that
and this is important for us,even in our own lives, not to be
self-righteous and overlook ourown unrighteousness.
And sometimes in our world itcan be tempting for some people
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to say, well, this group ofpeople is definitely a bunch of
sinners, but this group ofpeople is definitely in the free
and clear.
Paul has none of that.
Groups of people may sin indifferent ways, but the bottom
line for Paul is we're allsinners who are unrighteous, and
we all need the good news.
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Number two God gives therighteous gift through Jesus
Christ.
Chapter three we're going tolearn in chapters three through
eight about this righteous giftand one thing we learn is that
it comes by faith, not by works.
Paul gives examples of Abrahamand David.
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You can find that actually inchapter four and those examples
would have been key for hisJewish listeners who looked back
and looked up in tremendousways to Abraham and David.
Even Abraham and David, thesekey figures in Jewish life from
the past, even they, as he saysthere in Romans, chapter 4, look
at verse number 3, what doesthe scripture say?
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Abraham believed God and it wascredited to him for
righteousness.
Or if you look down at versenumber 6, what does the
scripture say?
Abraham believed God and it wascredited him for righteousness.
Or if you look down at versenumber six, david also speaks of
the blessing of the person towhom God credits righteousness
apart from works.
Blessed are those whose lawlessacts are forgiven and whose
sins are covered.
Blessed is the person the Lordwill never charge with sin, by
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faith and not by works.
Back to chapter 3, look at verse26.
And you can see the turnalready in verse 21,.
But now, apart from the law,righteousness has been revealed.
So here's a turn to thisrighteous gift, but look at
verse 26.
To this righteous gift, butlook at verse 26.
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God presented him, that is,jesus Christ, to demonstrate his
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righteousness at the presenttime, so that he would be just
and justify the one who hasfaith in Jesus.
The in Jesus part is crucialhere.
Sometimes people think ofsalvation by faith, apart from
works, and they think of faithas like a mini work, like God's
made salvation a lot easier thanit used to be.
He saw that we couldn't reallymeasure up to the law, so he
gave us just a little bit lesser, easier tasks to just fulfill
this and then that'll count forhis righteousness.
It's not faith that saves us,it's the object of our faith,
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jesus Christ.
It's faith in Jesus Christ thatsaves.
God didn't lower the standard.
Jesus came and kept the wholestandard.
Jesus measured up to God's lawand his perfect, righteous life,
so that now the righteousnessof Christ can be credited or
imputed or charged to believersand our sin is charged to him.
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So you see that there in versenumber 25.
In his restraint, god presentedpassed over the sins previously
committed.
Why did he do that?
Because Jesus Christ verse 25,is given as the mercy seat.
Is what the CSB here says.
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Yours might say thepropitiation or sacrifice of
atonement, other words there.
But Christ suffered for oursins, bearing all of our
unrighteousness.
That's the good news.
It's a free gift to be received.
Turning into chapter five, thisgift of righteousness through
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Jesus Christ comes to us notmerely as a transfer from one
bank account to another.
It is a credit the word creditis used there but it comes to us
wonderfully, in God's kindness,as we're united to Christ.
There's a personal intimacy tothis gospel and gift of
righteousness and it begins on alegal basis All throughout
chapter five, paul compares Adamand Christ says all humanity is
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born in Adam.
We're sinners in him, andsinners by our own choice.
He's the head, we're in him andwe're guilty.
But because God counts us to bein Jesus Christ and his grace,
all of Christ is ours and we'reunited to him.
So look at those verses.
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Verse number 19, I'll justpoint to this one in chapter 5.
For just as through one man'sdisobedience, the many were made
sinners, speaking of Adam andhumanity, so also through the
one man's obedience, I'll justpoint to this one in chapter 5.
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Chapter 6 goes on to speak ofour union to Christ, our union
in every aspect of his life onearth.
His death, his resurrection isours.
We belong to him and gloriouslyhe belongs to us.
Despite struggles, despitesetback, we can say and now I'm
gonna press all the way intochapter eight, so keep moving.
I know we're moving throughthis.
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There's a lot, but chaptereight is this glorious rehearsal
of what's come before in Romans.
There is no condemnation forthose in Christ Jesus.
There's the same language ofunion Comes through faith.
But because we belong to Christ, we don't have to fear the
righteous judge that Paul spentthose chapters talking about and
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addressing.
Righteous judge that Paul spentthose chapters talking about
and addressing.
Are you hurting tonight?
Are you feeling the weight ofconviction.
Go to Christ, think about yourunion with Christ, live out from
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your union with Christ.
That's Paul's encouragement forall of us who are here.
Point number three, third mainheading of four God's
righteousness is questioned.
I said there's this thread ofJew and Gentile throughout the
book of Romans.
Paul's got a missionary passionand purpose to get this message
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of good news out to the Jews,also to the Gentiles.
Jews, even though they have thelaw, failed to keep it.
So they're sinners, just likethe Gentiles are sinners.
And because they're all sinners, they all need this gift of
grace.
But Paul, part of what he doesin this letter is he anticipates
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objections that people mightbring or things that they might
say.
So he says already in chapter 6, should we continue in sin so
that grace could abound?
By no means, and he's going toend the letter with this goal of
a righteous life.
But he brings out anotherpotential question someone might
have in chapters 9 through 11.
Well, hold on a second here.
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So God's a righteous God whoalways keeps his promises.
He always does what's right.
What about all those things hesaid about Israel?
If he's their God and they'llbe his people, and then in the
present day.
Yeah, some Israelites arebelieving, some Jews, but many
are not.
What happened to God's word?
Is God really righteous?
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Paul's anticipating thatpotential thought process, verse
number six.
And you can guess.
Paul's initial statement right,verse number six.
Paul's initial statement right,verse number six, chapter nine.
Now it's not as though the wordof God has failed.
Paul's never going to say youknow what?
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Yep, god's not righteous, hejust blew it with Israel.
That can't be the answer.
The answer has to be God's wordhas not failed.
But then Paul's going toexplain how and why it hasn't
failed.
And he gives the first andbasic answer there, at the end
of verse 6 in chapter 9.
Because not all who descendedfrom Israel are Israel.
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It's a little bit strange tosay on the surface, little bit
strange to say on the surface,what he means by that is, within
the nation of Israel, withinthe ethnic group of Israelites,
there's always been a remnantwho are God's chosen people for
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eternal salvation.
It was not God's purpose tosave each and every Israelite
who has ever lived eternally,but it was his purpose to
maintain and preserve abelieving remnant.
So the word of God hasn'tfailed.
The believing remnant existedin the past.
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It exists in the present, it'llexist in the future.
Look over to chapter 11.
You can see this same pointthat Paul makes again.
He brings out the passage fromthe Old Testament.
Paul's always proving thingsfrom the Old Testament.
It's a great example for us.
He brings out this passageabout Elijah, verse number three
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Lord, they've killed yourprophets and torn down your
altars.
I'm the only one left, god, I'mthe only true believer around
here.
There's a bunch of idolatersand pagans, and woe is me.
But what was God's answer tohim?
Paul asked in verse four I'veleft 7,000 for myself who have
not bowed to Baal.
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No, elijah, you're not alone,not everybody.
But 7,000, that's not a smallnumber.
And then look at Paul'sreasoning.
He's not right here giving acounseling session for the
depressed.
That can work too, but that'snot his purpose here.
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Verse number five in the sameway, then there is also, at the
present time, a remnant chosenby grace.
Always been a remnant.
Remnant in the present will bea remnant in the future.
Well, chosen by grace, aremnant, okay.
So God's word is going toalways come to pass.
He's always righteous.
What?
Why did he give some privilegesto Israel and not the Gentiles?
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Well, they didn't all receiveit.
Many of them disbelieved it.
Yeah, but there was a believingremnant.
What about that believingremnant?
Why were they believers?
Why did God, in his grace,choose them for spiritual,
eternal salvation?
That's a lot more importantthan just temporary earthly
blessings Back to chapter 9,just temporary earthly blessings
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.
Back to chapter 9,.
Paul highlights God'ssovereignty in election.
This is a passage that brings usto the character of God, and
that's one reason why it's soimportant.
Everything in God's word thathe reveals is good for us, good
for our souls, but especiallywhen we're talking about the
character of God.
The whole gospel is to glorifyGod and his righteousness.
Faith is in him, not inourselves, and you can see his
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character come up over and againin chapter 9, verse number 14.
What should we say?
Is there injustice with God?
Absolutely not.
So God's the God of justice.
And then verse 15.
For he tells Moses I will showmercy.
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To whom I will show mercy and Iwill have compassion.
On whom I will have compassion?
That was his answer when Mosessaid show me your glory.
So if we're going to marvel atthe glory of God, we've got to
ponder this sovereign mercy thatGod lays out here, verse 17.
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Paul and his missionary purposeis doing the very same thing
that God has been doing from thefoundation of the world
displaying his glory.
And then verse 18, he repeatsso then he has mercy on whom he
wants to have mercy and hehardens whom he wants to harden.
Who are you to object againstGod?
Paul says this is the glory ofour Lord.
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It's not well.
Why doesn't he show mercy tothis person, this person and
this person it's?
Why did he show mercy to anyonewhen we're all sinners?
Why did I receive mercyeternally?
Thank you, lord.
Application here we need to aswe engage with people, it's okay
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to think about objections theymight have.
Paul's doing that throughoutRomans.
He's trying to anticipatereasons and arguments and he's
engaging in those things withreverence and care, but
sincerely.
Last heading for tonightchapters 12 through 16,.
God's righteous gift leads to arighteous life.
And I did so.
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I did skip over, I'llacknowledge this.
Maybe some of you came just forthis very point and I'm kind of
skipping over it.
Well, there's always been aremnant.
There always will be a remnant.
What about in the futures?
Are going to be like?
Like a bigger remnant or likethe whole nation becomes the
spiritual salvation, chapter 11,.
He does say all Israel will besaved.
What does that mean?
If you want to come talk to meabout that afterwards, I'll
probably disappoint over 50% ofyou.
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So if you want to getdisappointed, come on up, talk
to me.
Some of you that might think Ithink it's just.
That's the answer.
There's always been a remnant.
I have hopes for a greateringathering than that, but then
others of you that might see alot of geopolitical purposes.
I don't really see that inRomans 11 anywhere.
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So I'm going to disappoint youtoo.
So if you want to getdisappointed, come on up and
talk to me about that after theservice.
This is not on that part ofRomans only, it's the whole book
of Romans.
So we're going to press intochapters 12 through 16.
God's righteous gift leads to arighteous life.
Chapter 12, verses 1 and 2.
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies, are
those the same mercies he's beentalking about for 11 chapters?
He's like I brought all that toyou.
Now what are we going to dowith it?
Let me tell you there'sdoxology, which is how chapter
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11 ends.
That's the beginning part, butthen there's a life that's lived
.
I urge you verse 1, to presentyour body as a living sacrifice,
holy and pleasing to God.
This is your true worship.
Don't be conformed to this age,but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind so thatyou may discern what is the good
, pleasing and perfect will ofGod.
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The same sovereign God whochose Jews and Gentiles to be
part of his body and who sobeautifully orchestrated this
plan of redemption where Jewswould have a remnant but the
larger nation would reject God,but then, in their rejection,
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gentiles will be brought tofaith and then Jews could see
Gentiles come into Christ andbecome jealous and want to come
to Christ and be grafted intothe same olive tree.
The same God that has thisglorious plan for salvation in
the world has a plan forchurches to have Jews and
Gentiles, where people areliving out their salvation life
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in Christ together.
So the basic step of arighteous life begins with the
family of God, and he listsgifts there in chapter 12 and
encourage people to use theirgifts and to love one another.
Then, in chapter 13, he bringsus to another component of a
righteous life, not always themost popular, but right here in
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scripture submit to thegoverning authorities.
I'll leave that one with you tothink about more Again.
You can get some moreapplication on that from Ethan
after the service, no problem atall.
But let's press on to chapter14.
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Chapter 14 deals with matters ofconscience and Paul's going to
say within the body of Christ,you got Jews and Gentiles and
there's going to be some thingsyou don't always agree on, and
that's okay, which at firstglance might not seem to fit,
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because haven't we been sayingall along doctrine's very
important.
We've got to understand God'srighteous gift.
We need to know about God'ssovereign mercy in election.
We need to know about federalheadship in Adam.
And if doctrine's so important,how can, in chapter 14, paul
say well, this person considersthis day, this person considers
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that day.
Let everybody be persuaded intheir own mind.
And we're not talking.
This isn't merely like color ofthe carpet stuff.
These are convictions thatrelate to portions of scripture.
What about all those feast daysthat God said in his word for
the Jews to keep?
What about all those food?
So this is questions regardingscripture.
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It's not merely color thecarpet stuff.
Part of the wisdom of arighteous life is asking for the
Lord's help in this, to be ableto discern what are the most
important and key things thatare central to the gospel and
that glorify the name andcharacter of God, and what are
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other things that are not ascrucial for the gospel and for
Christian life, not irrelevantto talk about, but that don't
hold that level of importance?
It might hold level ofimportance individually, for
your own conscience to bepersuaded and to move on it, but
not to demand of the whole body.
Sometimes we think people thatare the most zealous in every
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conceivable way, in every stepof life, those are the most
mature people.
That's not actually what Paulcommunicates.
He says zeal is good, befervent in zeal serving the Lord
.
There's that claim in Romans,but he also says here, romans 14
.
The kingdom of God is noteating and drinking, but
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righteousness and peace and joyin the Holy Spirit.
He doesn't say the kingdom ofGod is not justification by
faith alone and election, and hedoesn't say that.
But he does say there, by faithalone and election, and he
doesn't say that.
But he does say there's somethings you need to understand
about what's important, what haspriority, and righteousness and
peace and joy has more prioritythan your convictions about the
exact kind of things you put onyour lips or in your stomach,
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or the days that you mightcelebrate or not celebrate.
I had a list of some otherpotential applications in our
own day, but I'll let you justthink about how you can apply
that in your own life and heart.
Chapter 15, verse number 7.
And what's amazing about thisis those body life willing to
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love someone else and receivethem, even if I have a little
bit of a different conscienceabout this issue or that issue.
Receiving them ties back intothe missionary purpose of God's
glory in all the world.
So verse number seven ofchapter 15, therefore welcome
one another, just as Christ alsohas welcomed you to the glory
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of God.
He means here more than justwhen someone comes in the door
shake their hand.
We love that.
He's been talking about peoplethat have disagreements in
strong consciences or weakconsciences, and he's saying
you've got to.
Even in their strong conscienceor weak conscience that might
be different than yours, you gotto welcome them because Christ
has welcomed you.
But then he goes on to tie itinto what Jesus came to do,
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verse eight Christ became aservant of the circumcised,
that's, the Jewish people, onbehalf of God's truth, to
confirm the promises to thefathers and so that the Gentiles
may glorify God for his mercy.
Jesus came on this mission towelcome and receive Jews and
Gentiles.
You got to welcome and receiveJews and Gentiles in your own
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body and we can again apply that.
Different backgrounds,different expectations,
different places, differentthings.
Chapter 16 is once again.
It's more than just a farewelltour of greetings to give to
specific people.
It is definitely that, but it'sshaping the contours of the
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righteous gift in the context ofwelcome and reception.
That matches what Jesus Christhas done to the gospel.
It's all tied back into hiseternal mercy.
That's where the righteous lifecomes from.
And then look at the way heends with this beautiful
doxology, and we'll end withthis for tonight, just with the
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way he ends Romans 16, verse 25.
Now to him who is able tostrengthen you according to my
gospel and the proclamationabout Jesus Christ, according to
the revelation of the mystery,kept silent for long ages but
now revealed and made knownthrough the prophetic scriptures
, according to the command ofthe eternal God to advance the
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obedience of faith among all theGentiles to the only wise God
through Jesus Christ.
To him be the glory forever.
Amen.
Let's pray, lord.
Thank you so much for thisletter of purest gospel Good
news that comes with theconvicting punch.
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We have been those disobedientto parents.
We have been those reckless inour assessment of others and our
kindness to them.
We have been those who havebeen self-righteous, and yet,
because of Jesus, we findpropitiation.
We find appeasement of wrathand satisfaction and atonement.
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We find not just forgivenessbut full acceptance because of
the righteousness of Christ thatis given to us.
Lord, we're thankful that,regardless of the state of our
bodies or backgrounds, we cansay that we're the circumcised,
we're the Israel who has heartsthat have been changed by you,
and we do want this gloriousgood news to reach more and more
(32:24):
people, whether Jew or Gentile.
So may it be our passion topray, to send, to give, to go,
that the righteous gift we'vereceived might be announced and
received by more and more all,to the glory and praise of our
great triune God In Jesus' nameamen.
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