Sermon Tone Analysis

Our Lord Jesus, after your resurrection from the grave and ascension into heaven, God the Father highly exalted you and gave you a name that is above every name so that at your return and the judgment, every knee will bow in heaven (the knee of every angel and archangel and the saints above), and every knee will bow on earth (the knee of every believer and nonbeliever alike), and every knee will bow under the earth (the knee of every demon and Satan himself) and confess that “Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

On this Lord’s Day, your day, we confess as we begin our worship that you are Jesus (the incarnate Son of God), we confess that you are the Christ (the Messiah, the yes to every promise of God), and we confess that you are the Lord, the God of both covenants.

Jesus—Christ—Lord, may we worship you this day in the fullness of your name!

Amen.

Hughes, R. Kent.

The Pastor's Book: A Comprehensive and Practical Guide to Pastoral Ministry (p.

271).

Crossway.

Kindle Edition.

The Wrath of God was Satisfied

6 Part Sermon

3 Part Sermon

-Leon Morris

These two verses have an importance out of all proportion to their length.

The weighty matter they contain tells us much of what this epistle is about.

Barrett can say, “Most commentators recognize in them the ‘text’ of the epistle; it is not wrong to see in them a summary of Paul’s theology as a whole.”

-Thomas Schreiner

Virtually all scholars acknowledge that these verses are decisive for the interpretation of Romans.

-Robert Mounce

Verses 16–17 are pivotal verses in the New Testament.

They state concisely and with unusual clarity a fundamental tenet of the Christian faith.

Therefore with trembling I will seek to preach this text...

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16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

PRAY

S.T.A.R.T.

Solemnly praise and recognize the greatness of our God and Savior connected to the Biblical text being preached

My God it is not shame for these verses I feel, and it is not shame for this gospel of yours, it is my own unworthiness to proclaim it of which I am ashamed.

The enormity of your great holiness is terrifying oh LORD.

This I believe is why your Word tells us that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom!

How can we even begin the thank thee for thy lovingkindness toward us in our saviour Jesus Christ.

Touch upon the subject of corporate sin and confess any shortcomings the body has committed related to the Biblical text to be preached

Oh God we come before you this day with the open recognition of our sin and shortcomings not only as individuals but as a body of believers, for it is for these very offenses that this section of scripture is so ver sweet to us just as it is to Paul and to those in Rome.

Ask God to help the body/local church to hear and apply the truths of the Biblical text to be preached

God grant us your Holy Spirit that we might feast upon the goodness of this scripture.

Give us ears to hear and hearts open to the truth of your word and help us to apply it to our lives.

Review and remind the audience of the key related passages to the Biblical text being preached

God we praise you with thanksgiving for the ability to be here today and hear about your glorious promise for all mankind, revealing your righteousness and power of salvation to us.

We praise you forever and ever, Amen

Transition to the opening of the sermon and the Biblical text to be preached

Goal

​ ESV17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

What is righteousness?When you think of the word righteousness what do you think of?If someone asked you to define righteousness for them how would you do that?God demands righteousness of us!Righteous = dikaiosyne = what is right / to be put right withdikaios = justice For in it the JUSTICE of God is revealed from faith for faith...How does the gospel reveal Gods Righteousness / His Justice?God’s Own Righteousness in ChristHis Accreditation of Righteousness to Us

Sermon Body

​ ESV18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

​ ESV5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

​ ESV5 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.)

​ ESV10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”

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.”

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.”

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.

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel”

What does it mean from faith to faith?Why will the righteous live by faith?

​ ESV2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: 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.”

My Embarrassing Story = [non-bathroom related] snorring in class / shirt in underpants / child poo spot on jeans / accidental flirting / bad feet

How do we get / increase our righteousness?

​ ESV17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

What brings you embarrassment?

How to

Shame / Embarrassment - Different?

Why would Paul even write this?

Paul the church planter

Romans = Christians

Perhaps You are angry with Paul for this? / Should we be…?

Jesus Warns

Mark / Luke

Paul Warns

2 Timothy

Statement makes no sense unless the temptation exists…

Several Reasons We May Be Ashamed of The Gospel

The Perceived Foolishness of it

The Perceived Arrogance in it

The Travesties Perpetrated in its Name

The Hypocrites that Claim it

-John Stott

Paul had just as many reasons to feel reluctant or embarrassed as we do.

Rome was the symbol of imperial pride and power.

People spoke of it with awe.

Everybody hoped to visit Rome at least once in their lifetime, in order to look and stare and wonder.

But who was this fellow Paul who wanted to visit the capital city not as a tourist but as an evangelist, and who believed he had something to say which Rome needed to listen to?

What folly and presumption was this?

According to tradition, Paul was an ugly little guy with beetle brows, bandy legs, a bald pate, a hooked nose, bad eyesight and no great rhetorical gifts.

So what could he hope to accomplish against the proud might of imperial Rome?

Would he not be wiser to stay away?

Or, if he must visit Rome, would it not be prudent for him to keep his big mouth shut, lest he be laughed out of court and hustled out of town?

Think Yourself Christian

of the many times you were embarrassed to pray in front of others

of the anxiety you feel at sharing your faith in Christ

at the conversations you have with friends and family

at the witness you do or do not bear when out and about in the world

Morning & Evening - Spurgeon - Morning July 14 -

We are tempted to alter the gospel of God to make it palatable

God’s altar was to be built of unhewn stones, that no trace of human skill or labour might be seen upon it.

Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross into a system more artificial and more congenial with the depraved tastes of fallen nature; instead, however, of improving the gospel carnal wisdom pollutes it, until it becomes another gospel, and not the truth of God at all.

All alterations and amendments of the Lord’s own Word are defilements and pollutions.

Yet Paul says “I am not ashamed of the gospel”

More then that...