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Introduction
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BRIDGING SENTENCES
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Textual Idea:
Main Idea: God Rescues All Who Call on Christ!
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1. God Rescues Apart From The Law (vs.
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Explanation - Christ is the “End” or the “Goal” of the Law.
In other words, because Christ fulfilled the Law, the Law is no longer binding on the believer.
They are freed from the laws demands.
“Run John Run, the law demands, but give us neither feet nor hands,
Far better news the gospel brings: It bid us fly and gives us wings.”
- John Bunyan (1628-1688)
The Law is no longer binding on the believer.
“The old covenant has ended” - ESVSB
Righteousness comes through Christ, not the law.
Paul is quoting Lev 18:5, and Moses declares...
At first reading, one might concluded Paul is saying one is saved by following the Law.
However, Paul clearly states in Roman 1:18-3:20 that the law isn’t sufficient for salvation
Also, look at what Paul says in
While it is possible theoretically, these passage prove that practically speaking the Law is not capable of salvation because we are not capable for keeping the Law.
Remember, “All have sinned (broken God’s law) and” “therefore there are none righteous, no not one.”
What is Paul’s point in these verses?
Jesus is the goal, the end of the law, not your ability to keep the law perfectly because you cannot.
It is impossible.
Jesus, on the other hand, did keep the law in its entirety which qualified Him to be THE ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE TO ASUAGE or SATISFY THE WRATH OF GOD.
He absorbed God’s wrath so you would not need to.
Absorbed it and freed you from your obligation endure it.
Why should you endure it in the first place?
Because you have broken God’s law and are thus required to pay off the penalty of your sin in prison - Hell prison.
Jesus’ absorbing of God’s wrath for you frees you from this eternal obligation.
If you are in Christ, you are free from God’s wrathful punishment.
The Purpose of the Law
Evangelist Fred Brown used three images to describe the purpose of the law.
First he likened it to a dentist’s little mirror, which he sticks into the patient’s mouth.
With the mirror he can detect any cavities.
But he doesn’t drill with it or use it to pull teeth.
It can show him the decayed area or other abnormality, but it can’t provide the solution
The law is also like a flashlight.
If suddenly at night the lights go out, you use it to guide you down the darkened basement stairs to the electrical box.
If you had old wiring, when you point it toward the fuses, it helps you see the one that is burned out.
But after you’ve removed the bad fuse, you don’t try to insert the flashlight in its place.
You put in a new fuse to restore the electricity.
In his third image, Brown likened the law to a plumbline.
When a builder wants to check his work, he uses a weighted string to see if it’s true to the vertical.
But if he finds that he has made a mistake, he doesn’t use the plumbline to correct it.
He gets out his hammer and saw.
The law points out the problem of sin; it doesn’t provide a solution.
Argumentation - Christ’s role in your salvation is so multifaceted that the law could never possibly save you in the way he has.
Trying to be saved by the law is an emphasis on your work.
Being saved by Christ is a focus on His.
Review - God Rescues All Who Call On Christ
God Rescues Apart From The Law
2. God Rescues Supernaturally (6-8)
Again, you do not have what it takes to abide by God’s Law and be saved.
Jesus did have what it takes, because God intervened supernaturally on your behalf to rescue you.
These next verses are challenging to understand, but once you do, you will see God’s supernatural work of rescue.
Take a look at verses 6-7...
Paul quotes Deut 30:12-14
Why does Paul include this passage?
To contrast righteousness based on faith and righteousness that comes from the Law.
According to the ESVSB, “The righteousness based on faith reinterprets these Old Testament statements and sees them now fulfilled in Christ.”
We do not need to go retrieve Christ from heaven, His already came to us.
We do not need to raise Christ from the dead, God already accomplished this supernatural feat!
God did what we could never do.
Two things here in this passage...
Incarnation - God became a man and lived among those in need of rescue.
Which is everyone!
Resurrection - God raised Christ from the dead thus proving His power over death and providing the only way to God.
The point?
God’s work, a superhuman work, is only able to be accomplished by God Himself, not human effort.
What does God as of you?
Faith in what He has accomplished through the gospel.
This is the essence of verse 8...
We don’t need to go get the word, the Word is near us!
What word is near us?
The word of faith.
And Paul made it his life’s goal to proclaim, to herald this word of faith.
For Paul the word is not a series of commandments, but the word of faith, “the message that calls for faith” (TH) as he immediately explains.35
This means the whole way of faith that was the burden of his preaching, the word that tells of faith and that invites to faith.
The verb we are proclaiming37 is in the present tense, denoting the habitual act.
Paul and his companions constantly proclaim the word of faith.
All of these things mentioned - The incarnation, resurrection, and the Word of Faith are all empowered by God and thus supernatural.
Illustration - ???
Argumentation - I want you to understand something.
God loves you so much He has moved and continues to move supernaturally to reach your ear and heart.
He wants you to fall deeply in love with Him and He continuous to work his plan to draw you to himself.
God is working to pursue and reach you with the glorious good news that you can indeed have a relationship with God supernaturally through Jesus Christ.
Application - You have to understand this.
If you are saved, it’s not because of your effort.
It is because of God’s grace alone.
What must this do for you?
Believer, it ought to humble you!
It ought to cause you to be grateful beyond words.
It ought to cause you to live your life with the trajectory of pleasing him!
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