SF422 - THE SUMMARY OF THE GOSPEL (Romans 1 16-17)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF422

@TITLE = THE SUMMARY OF THE GOSPEL

@LEVEL ONE = Romans 1:16‑17

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Series Background

@LEVEL THREE = The Significance of the Gospel 1:1‑7

@LEVEL THREE = The Servant of the Gospel 1:8‑15

@LEVEL THREE = The Summary of the Gospel 1:16‑17

@LEVEL TWO = Sermon Background

@LEVEL THREE = Paul's "Cliff Notes"

@LEVEL THREE = The entire message of the book in summarized in these verses

@LEVEL FOUR = The Righteous 1:18‑3:20

@LEVEL FOUR = By Faith 3:21‑4:25

@LEVEL FOUR = Shall Live 5:1‑16:27

@LEVEL TWO = Notice What Paul Tells Us About The Gospel

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@LEVEL ONE = 1A. HOW IT RATES (v.16)

@SCRIPTURE = "I am not ashamed of the gospel,..."

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. It Is Superior

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. To intellectualism

@LEVEL FOUR = Greek logic

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. To legalism

@LEVEL FOUR = Roman law

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. To formalism

@LEVEL FOUR = Hebrew rituals

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. It Is Sufficient

@SCRIPTURE = "...it is the power of God for the salvation..."

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. In strength

@SCRIPTURE = "power"

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. In scope

@SCRIPTURE = "salvation" = to be made whole

@LEVEL FOUR = Redemption

@LEVEL FOUR = Sanctification

@LEVEL FOUR = Glorification

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. It Is Simple

@SCRIPTURE = "...of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile."

@SCRIPTURE = "believes"=faith

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Believe you are a sinner

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Believe Christ is the savior

@SCRIPTURE = John 14:6  "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Believe Christ will save you

@SCRIPTURE = John 6:47  "I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life."

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@LEVEL ONE = 2A. WHAT IT REVEALS (v.17)

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. It Reveals God's Righteousness To Us

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Imputed righteousness

@SCRIPTURE = "a righteousness from God..."

@LEVEL FOUR = Not deserved ‑ totally from God

@SCRIPTURE = Isaiah 64:6  "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away."

@ILL TITLE = F.F. Bruce

@ILL TEXT = Righteousness to the Hebrew is not so much a moral quality as a legal status.

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Imparted righteousness

@SCRIPTURE = "...a righteousness that is by faith..."

@LEVEL FOUR = We receive it by faith and it becomes ours

@SCRIPTURE = Romans 4:25  "He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification."

@SCRIPTURE = 1 Peter 3:18  "For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,"

@SCRIPTURE = 2 Corinthians 5:21  "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

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@LEVEL TWO = 2B. It Reveals God's Righteousness In Us

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. In our walk

@SCRIPTURE = "from first to last"

@SCRIPTURE = Colossians 2:6  "So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him,"

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. In our way

@SCRIPTURE = "The righteous will live by faith."

@SCRIPTURE = Hebrews 11:1  "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."

@LEVEL FOUR = A sure way

@LEVEL FOUR = A secure way

@LEVEL FOUR = A certain way

@LEVEL FOUR = Not a "seen" way

@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION

@LEVEL TWO = 1. The Gospel is unparalleled in its message.

@LEVEL TWO = 2. The Gospel is universal in its appeal.

@LEVEL TWO = 3. The Gospel is undeniable in its demands.

@LEVEL TWO = 4. The Gospel is unbeatable in its results