SF434 - FOUR NONES AND THE PRIEST (Romans 3 9-31)
@TITLE = FOUR NONES AND THE PRIEST
@LEVEL ONE = Romans 3:9‑31
@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION
@LEVEL TWO = Sermon Background
@LEVEL THREE = Over 5 billion people
@LEVEL THREE = How would you describe them all?
@LEVEL THREE = Paul sets forth to do just that in this passage.
@LEVEL TWO = Scriptural Background
@LEVEL THREE = Paul has shown the guilt of the heathen, hypocrite, and the Hebrew.
@LEVEL THREE = Now he summarizes the guilt of all humanity.
@LEVEL FOUR = Four negatives (nones, no one)
@LEVEL THREE = And he states the grace of God
@LEVEL FOUR = The priestly work of Christ.
@PAGE NUMBER = Page 2
@LEVEL ONE = 1A. MAN'S GUILT DESCRIBED
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. The Scope Of Our Sin
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Sin is universal (v.9)
@SCRIPTURE = "all under sin"
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. We are unrighteous (v.10)
@LEVEL FOUR = Our heredity ‑ sinful nature
@SCRIPTURE = Romans 5:12 "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned‑‑"
@LEVEL FOUR = Our hearts ‑ sinful intentions
@SCRIPTURE = Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?"
@LEVEL FOUR = Our heads ‑ sinful choices
@SCRIPTURE = Isaiah 53:6 "We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; ..."
@LEVEL THREE = 3C. We are unreasonable (v.11a)
@SCRIPTURE = 1 Corinthians 2:14 "The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."
@LEVEL FOUR = God forms you
@LEVEL FOUR = Sin deforms
@LEVEL FOUR = Education tries to reform
@LEVEL FOUR = Christ must transform
@LEVEL THREE = 4C. We are unresponsive (v.11b)
@SCRIPTURE = "seeks" = to search for, to desire
@SCRIPTURE = John 6:44 ""No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him..."
@SCRIPTURE = Jeremiah 29:13 "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
@LEVEL FOUR = God must come to us
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@LEVEL THREE = 5C. We are unrepentant (v.12)
@SCRIPTURE = Isaiah 59:7 "Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood...."
@LEVEL FOUR = No one really does his best.
@SCRIPTURE = "good" = righteous = meet God's standard!
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. The Scandal Of Our Sin
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Wicked Words (vv.13‑14)
@LEVEL FOUR = Putrid (v.13a)
@LEVEL FOUR = Poisonous (vv.13b‑14)
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Wicked Ways (vv.15‑18)
@LEVEL FOUR = Murder (v.15)
@LEVEL FOUR = Misery (vv.16‑17)
@LEVEL FOUR = Mutiny (v.18)
3B. The Sentence Of Our Sin
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. We are helpless (v.19)
@LEVEL FOUR = We are convicted by the law
@LEVEL FOUR = We are condemned by the law
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. We are hopeless (v.10)
@LEVEL FOUR = Only hope is Jesus
@PAGE NUMBER = Page 4
@LEVEL ONE = 2A. GOD'S GRACE DISPLAYED
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. God's Plan Of Salvation Is Revealed
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. It is scriptural (v.21)
@LEVEL FOUR = Completes the standards of the law
@LEVEL FOUR = Confirms the statements of the prophets
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. It is suitable (vv.22‑23)
@LEVEL FOUR = Unique in it's approach (v.22)
@LEVEL FOUR = By faith not works
@LEVEL FOUR = Universal in it's appeal (v.23)
@ILL TITLE = Fall Short
@ILL TEXT = Two men enlisting in the British guardsmen. One taller than the other. Must be 6 feet one missed by 6 inches the other by 1/2 inch. Neither got in. They both fell short of the standard.
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. God's Plan Of Salvation Is Righteous
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Based on a remarkable principle (v.24a)
@SCRIPTURE = "justified freely by his grace...
@LEVEL FOUR = Justified = pronounced as righteous
@LEVEL FOUR = Freely = could not pay for it
@ILL TITLE = The Kings Fruit
@ILL TEXT = Poor woman given fruit for a sick child. Princess "This fruit is not for sale. My father is a king and he's much too rich to sell, and besides, you are much too poor to buy. You can have these free or not at all."
@LEVEL FOUR = Grace = getting something we do not deserve
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Based on a redemptive price (vv.24b‑25a)
@SCRIPTURE = "the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood."
@LEVEL FOUR = Redemption = To be delivered, to be set free
@LEVEL FOUR = Sacrifice of atonement (propitiation) = To fully satisfy God's just requirements
@LEVEL FOUR = Faith = Trusting Christ alone
@PAGE NUMBER = Page 5
@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Based on a royal proclamation (v.25b‑26a)
@SCRIPTURE = "He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished‑‑ he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time,"
@LEVEL FOUR = God proclaimed that he was both just and justifier by Christ's death.
@LEVEL THREE = 4C. Based on the righteous character of God (v.26b)
@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."
@LEVEL TWO = 3B. God's Plan Of Salvation Is Reasonable
@LEVEL THREE = Because it cast all upon God.
@LEVEL THREE = 1C. It eliminates human pride (vv. 27‑28)
@LEVEL THREE = 2C. It eliminates human prejudice (vv. 29‑30)
@LEVEL FOUR = No favored people!
@LEVEL THREE = 3C. It eliminates human presumptions (v.31)
@LEVEL FOUR = Beggar's hand
@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION
@LEVEL TWO = We are Guilty ‑ What we need is Grace!
@ILL TITLE = Woman In Debt
@ILL TEXT = Owe large amount. Company presses for payment. While awaiting trial she marries the son of the owner who personally assumes responsibility for her account and paid it in full. There would be no legal claim against her. In court she would be "not guilty."
@LEVEL TWO = That is what we need!!!
