Sermon Tone Analysis

We did not finish last week and I’m sure we will not finish this week, so this will be part I of what may be II or maybe III messages, we will see, so I need to go back to do a reminder of (vv.1-8) which is as far as we got last week.

Jews had privilege without the right perception.

We stopped along the way in the passage and discussed the importance of more than hearing, but believing, applying, obeying God’s Word.

And they the Jews (and us too) are all guilty of breaking God’s laws.

We finished with reading passage for the next section and need to start there.

Presentation - all under sin

Guilty, Paul now changes to a court of law view, so join me and let’s see what is going on in the court.

Anything stick out, any words to define?

Paul is very bold about something (v.9), what is it?

(Insert a mountain of evidence picture here)

He goes on to lay out the evidence (vv.10-18), lets look and see what the evidence he presents is.

None righteous (v.10)

None understand (v.11); none seek God (v.11)

All have turned away (v.12); none do good (v.12)

Throat open grave (v.13); their tongues keep deceiving (v.13)

Mouth full of cursing, bitterness (v.14)

Swift to shed blood (v.15)

Destruction, misery are their path (v.16)

They know no peace (v.17)

They have no fear of God (v.18)

Now, I mentioned that our passage tonight is full in implications of other scripture or scripture itself, so here we got with the character of the sin mentioned (vv.10-12).

Keep in mind court setting and the Jews are the ones on trial here with a mountain of evidence being presented.

The court proceeding

OK, here we go, Paul is speaking to Jewish Christians in Rome, they would be very familiar with all his references, inferences, so I need to put those before you.

Charges - none righteous (Ps14:1-3)

Opening statement - All have turned away (Ps53:1-3)

Indictment - Because of their throats (Ps59:9)

Indictment is formal charge brought

Impeached testimony - (Ps5:9)

impeached calls into question the integrity of a practice

Arraignment (Ps10:7)

To call or bring before court an answer to the charge (indictment)

Incriminated (Isa59:1-7)

Strongly imply guilt of someone

Isa59:1-7 “1 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.

3 For your hands are defiled with blood And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness.

4 No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly.

They trust in confusion and speak lies; They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

5 They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.

6 Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And an act of violence is in their hands.

7 Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways.”

Implicated (Isa59:7-8)

to show someone involved in a crime

Final charge, they are cited (Ps36:1)

The Jews who had an advantage because they had the law, the prophets, the promises, but the wrong perception have been found guilty in the court because they deny their own scripture.

They were guilty under the law.

Under the law and pressure

The law has provided amble proof of the guilt, but there are some things the law cannot do, and we should look at too before we close.

(Insert under the law picture here)

Anything stick out to you, any words to define?

Who does the Law speak to (v.19)?

Who is accountable to God (v.19)?

What comes through the law (v.20)?

So, here is what the Law cannot do.

Law cannot pardon, cannot save

Law cannot justify or make righteous

Law cannot heal the sin problem

Law cannot earn anyone salvation

If the law could earn, heal, justify, pardon than Jesus died without needlessly

(that is not on your outline, note it down; oh hold on here is another one to note down, if fact lets turn quickly to Gal3:21-25 for it fits well with our last two verses.

Works, the law, keeping of the law could not save.

It is only Gods work - love, sending Jesus, Jesus work His sacrifice, the Holy spirits work at regenerating us so that we are saved by grace through faith.

We talked what the law can, what the law cannot do and from 1:18-3:20 we have seen all the world is guilty but there is hope

The law is fulfilled, the law was nailed to the cross, and we are under God’s royal law, Jesus Christ!

(Prayer) (Exit)

Manifested!

Manifested, when you think of that word, what do you think of, what do you think it means?

Manifested: Past tense Participle, a verb.

To display or show (a quality or feeling) by one’s acts or appearance, demonstrate.

Be evidence, prove.

So here is where we are going this morning.

Manifest and glean from the word (Rom3:21-24)

Manifested righteousness (3:21)

Manifested comes (3:22-23)

Manifested results (3:24)

Manifested Word

Let’s look, learn, glean from the word.

Anything stick out to you in the passage?

How is the Righteousness of God manifested (v.21)?

What is the proof of the manifestation (v.21)?

How is the righteousness of God received, through what (v.22)?

Why is the righteousness needed (v.23)?

How is man justified (v.24)?

The Manifested Righteousness

Your version may use the word “revealed” righteousness, but most have manifested and we want to focus on how the bad news becomes the good news at the manifested/revealed righteousness.

Get ready we are going to be doing some page turning this morning.

and I may make a few stops along the way too.

(Have someone turn to each of these as we get to them).

It frees us from sin (Rom6:22)

Rom6:22 “22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.”

Remember back in 3:11-13, we so None understand, none seek God, all have turned, none do good?

That is the sin, even as Christians we can entangle ourselves and need to remember that the righteousness of God that is through faith frees us from sin, frees us from the bondage of sin.

It releases from the law (Rom7:6)

Rom7:6 “6 But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.”

Again we need to remember the Jews were under the Law of Moses, and the gentiles had God’s moral law written on their hearts.

It brings us near (Eph2:13)

eph2:13 “13 But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.”

Once separated because of the law, a dividing wall between the Jew and the Gentile, through the righteousness of God manifested in Jesus Christ that wall was broken down and all were brought near through faith!

It reconciles so can be presented Holy (Col1:22)

Col1:22 “22 yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach—”