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*WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU*
*Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 7 of 36*
*Romans 3:21-31*
*Rick Warren*
Donald Barnhouse once called this passage "the most important paragraph in the Bible."
Paul describes, in specific terms, the meaning of salvation.
Every single phrase in the first paragraph has significant meaning.
If you fail to understand this passage, you really don't understand your salvation.
*I.
IMPORTANT WORDS THAT DESCRIBE OUR SALVATION - Romans 3:24*
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*II.
A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF OUR SALVATION - Romans 3:21-26*
Nine wonderful facts:
1. _____________________________________________
/"... a righteousness from God..."/ (vs.
21a)
2.
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/"... apart from the Law ..."/ (vs.
21b)
3.
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/"... has been made known... the Law and the Prophets testify"/ (vs.
21c)
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/ "... through faith in Jesus Christ ..."/ (vs.
22)
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/"... to all who believe ..."/ (vs.
22b)
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/ "... for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"/ (vs.
23)
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/ "... and are justified freely by His grace..."/ (vs.
24)
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/ "God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement..."/ (vs.
25)
! III.
WHY DID GOD CREATE HIS PLAN OF SALVATION?
Romans 3:25b-26
· To take care of the past “beforehand”
· To take care of the present & future “at the present time”
Fact: The Cross covers past, present and future sins!
Jesus died for sins you commit- yesterday, today, and tomorrow!
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IV.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION Romans 3:27-31
Vs.
27-28 There is no reason for pride
Vs.
29-30 There is no reason for prejudice
Vs.
31 There is no reason for presumption
\\ *WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU*
*Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 7 of 36*
*Romans 3:21-31*
*Rick Warren*
If I were to ask you to define the Gospel do you think you could do it?
That's what we're going to look at tonight: What is the Gospel?
We have a description of the gospel in a capsule paragraph.
Paul clarifies it; he spells it out in technical terms.
Tonight, we're going to look at hard core good news which I'm glad to get to after the first three chapters of Romans.
We're going to look at the basics of Christianity, the foundations of our beliefs.
It sounds technical but it's extremely important.
If you don't get what we're talking about tonight you don't understand what salvation is all about.
It's that simple.
The few verses we're going to look at, in capsule form, is the whole message of Christ.
Donald Grey Barnhouse said this is the most important paragraph of the Bible.
Martin Luther said it's the chief point of the whole Bible.
Next week as we get into chapter 4 we're going to look at an illustration.
But tonight is an explanation of what God has done for us.
v.
21 /"But now a righteousness from God apart from the Law has been made known to which the Law and the prophets testify."/
Anytime you see the word "but" you ought to stop and say, "What is it there for?" (Like the word "therefore" -- ask "What is it there for?")
Anytime you see the word "but" it means "I'm going to give you a new thought."
Paul has been talking for three chapters, building a case logically step by step.
We now come to a second major section of Romans.
The first section is the section on sin.
He points out everybody is guilty, no man is innocent, all have sinned so we all need to be saved.
He's been building this case.
Now in 3:21 he say, /"but now"/.
Thank God for those two words.
This is a major turning point in the book of Romans.
Now he's going to talk about the second section of Romans -- Salvation, How do I get right with God?
In the past he's been building the case and it's been getting darker and darker.
/"But now"/ the light shines through.
In this section he gives us some great gospel words.
"Just as a great door swings on small hinges so important theological statements of the Bible often depend upon the smallest words such as prepositions and articles.
Most of the great doctrines of the Word of God revolve around a single word such as grace, atonement or faith.
In order to understand the deeper meaning of scripture you must study the specific words that were used.
Correct interpretation of Biblical truth depends on correct understanding of the words used to convey these truths.
David declared /"The words of the Lord are flawless like silver refined in the furnace of fire, purified seven times."/
Proverb writer stated similarly, /"Every word of God is flawless."/
Words are important and there are three words in this section tonight you cannot miss.
They describe the three miracles that God does for you when you're saved.
They are the words all in v. 24:
1. Justification (and also in 26, 28, and 30) It's a courtroom term.
2.
Redemption.
This is a slavery term used in the slave market.
3.
Atonement.
These three key words all describe what God has done for us that we cannot do for ourselves.
v.
21-26.
Paul gives us a detailed explanation.
He says there are nine things about salvation.
Every single phrase in these verses is important.
1.
/" A righteousness from God."/
The first thing we can say about salvation is that it was designed by God.
Salvation was designed by God.
Man didn't think it up.
He didn't take the initiative. it wasn't his ingenuity.
God thought up the whole plan of salvation we're going to look at.
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Salvation is unearned.
/"A righteousness apart from the law"./
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