Six Q&A and Two Illustrations
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I. First Question and Answer (3:1–2)
I. First Question and Answer (3:1–2)
I. First Question and Answer (3:1–2)
I. First Question and Answer (3:1–2)
Q.
1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
A. Answer The Jews were entrusted with the w_________ of God.
2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.
II. Second Question and Answer (3:3–4)
II. Second Question and Answer (3:3–4)
Q.
3 What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
A.
4 By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written,
“That you may be justified in your words,
and prevail when you are judged.”
1. Paul’s testimony is …
2. David’s testimony () is …
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
III. Third Question and Answer (3:5–8)
III. Third Question and Answer (3:5–8)
Q.
5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
A.
6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7 But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
P____ was accused of this. But it is ridiculous
IV. Fourth Question and Answer (3:9–20)
IV. Fourth Question and Answer (3:9–20)
Q. Are the J____ better than all other people?
9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,
A. (3:9–20)
· ) No one desires to k__w and f__l_w God.
10 as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
· All have left the good path and become ____________
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
· . All human conversation is like the stench of an open g______ and like the poison of a deadly s____________.
13 “Their throat is an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
· . They are quick to ________ and have not fear of G___.
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Conclusion: (3:9, 19–20)
· Both J___ and G______ have sinned against God,
9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,
· Both stand ______________ before God, .
19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
V. Fifth Question and Answer (3:21–30)
V. Fifth Question and Answer (3:21–30)
Q.
21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—
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21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
1. All people have s________ and fall short.
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
2. The Scriptures promise salvation apart from the l_____.
21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—
3. Negative … not accomplished by g___d w___ks.
27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
4. , How grace, faith, and Christ’s sacrifice comes together.
22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
5. Because the legal requirements have been met for salvation, God is able to declare repenting sinners r________________.
26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
5. Salvation is now available for both Jews and G___________ alike.
29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
VI. Sixth Question and Answer (3:31)
VI. Sixth Question and Answer (3:31)
Q. Does faith nullify the law?
31 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
A. To the contrary, faith f________ the law!
31 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Justification Illustrations
Abraham, the Racial Father (4:1–5, 9–25)
Abraham, the Racial Father (4:1–5, 9–25)
A. Abraham’s righteousness (4:1–5, 9–15)
A. Abraham’s righteousness (4:1–5, 9–15)
1. How Abraham received it (4:1–5)
1. How Abraham received it (4:1–5)
a. It did not come about by his works, ,
1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
b. It did come about by his faith, ,
3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
5 And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
3. When Abraham received it (4:9–15)
3. When Abraham received it (4:9–15)
a. Before circumcision,
9 Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10 How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12 and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
b. Before the giving of the law,
13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
B. Abraham and his seed (4:16–25)
B. Abraham and his seed (4:16–25)
1. Abraham’s physical seed (4:18–22)
1. Abraham’s physical seed (4:18–22)
a. The promise,
18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
b. The problem,
19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb.
c. The perseverance,
20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”
2. Abraham’s spiritual seed, ,
2. Abraham’s spiritual seed, ,
16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
David, the Royal Father (4:6–8)
David, the Royal Father (4:6–8)
A. The transgressions of David, Roman s 4:6
A. The transgressions of David, Roman s 4:6
What two sins was he guilty of?
B. The testimony of David,
B. The testimony of David,
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”
What happened when he repented?