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I have been excited all week as we prepare for our launch of The Church at River Mills on Sunday.
I pray that it is an awesome day.
But, more importantly, I am prayerful that Christ will be exalted above all else.
In that, I know that Jesus Christ is exalted and glorified whenever His Gospel is proclaimed.
Therefore, today’s text is a reminder of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and His righteousness.
I have been reminded this week that preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the call of the church.
Healthy church life begins with a healthy pulpit.
Healthy pulpits are those that proclaim Jesus Christ.
Redemption and righteousness are only found through faith in Jesus.
As we prepare to launch this Sunday, our goal is to proclaim Christ.
It is not to set forth a church with fancy lights or crafty sermons.
Our goal is to be faithful in worshiping God and rightly dividing His Word.
In this task, we are in need of the Holy Spirit’s work.
Paul was writing to the Roman church.
As he writes to them, he explains to them the reality of sin and the salvation that is offered in Jesus Christ.
In chapter 3 of Romans, Paul has already outlined the universal nature of sin.
From the fall of Adam in the garden, no one is righteous, not one.
The only one to come and be righteous has been Jesus Christ.
Now, in Romans 3, Paul creates a turning point in verse 21.
He now begins to provide the good news of the Gospel.
Look with me at Romans 3:21-26
Pray.
Main Idea: God’s righteousness is imputed to those who call upon the name of Jesus Christ in faith.
It has been the case that many churches including church plants have viewed other aspects of ministry as of upmost importance.
For instance, stage lighting, style of worship, and appeal of the pastor are seen as vital aspects of ministry.
However, in Scripture, we see that the Gospel is of upmost importance.
The Gospel is the message of the church.
In that, the church must keep her focus upon the Gospel.
This means fight against those who distort the saving message of Jesus.
Calling out other believers who turn from the gospel they claim to believe.
This devotion to the Gospel should cause churches to go to their communities with zeal for the lost.
Likewise, the Gospel harkens believers to biblical faithfulness in the face of cultural relativeness.
From this passage, we will identify three truths regarding God’s righteousness in the Gospel before turning to application of the text.
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God’s righteousness is imputed to those in Christ Jesus.
Look back with me at Romans 3:21
After Paul has outlined the vast reality of sin, he know turns to present the glorious truth of the Gospel.
We cannot rightly understand the gospel if we do not first rightly understand the gravity of our sin.
In Adam, we all sinned against God.
This sin against God had cosmic effects.
The earth now groans.
Likewise, ever person that is born is born with a sin fallen nature.
This sin fallen nature inclines man away from God and toward idolatry.
Man became foolish and began to worship the creation instead of the Creator.
We see this even today in the world system that advocates for the worship of man in humanism and secularism.
The theories of man are championed such as evolution and theories that seek to deny God.
This sin fallen nature inclines the human heart to sin against God.
There are consequences for such sinfulness.
God gives up sinful humanity to their sinful desires.
This is were we are currently.
Paul was writing to Romans; however, the culture is very similar to our day.
Sinful humanity doing whatever he wants to do with no regard for God’s law.
Please understand also that God’s law is still important.
While some disregard the Old Testament, the Old Testament cannot be removed or pushed aside.
It is the inerrant, authoritative, Word of God.
Therefore, the law is still God’s Word.
As sinful humanity continues to push aside God’s law and disregard His commands, consequences and judgment are certain.
Paul points to this reality in Romans 2. The Jews had the law of God, yet they too were under the sway of sin.
All are sinful before God.
We understand the bad news.
It is heavy.
Every single person is sinful and none is righteous or right before God.
Though man be so sinful, Paul outlines the glorious mercy and grace of God.
The Old Testament or the Law and the Prophets bear witness to the righteousness of God.
The Law testifies to righteousness of God and brings about the knowledge of sin.
The Law of God reveals the sinfulness of man as we see how we have fallen.
Even apart from the law, the righteousness of God is made known through Jesus Christ.
While under the Old Covenant, the righteousness of God was made known through the Law.
Now, the new covenant has come.
Righteousness is made know through faith in Jesus Christ.
Righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ alone.
Likewise, this righteousness is to all who believe.
Understand, the righteousness of God is not given to all people.
Universalism would advocate that this righteousness is given to all people.
However, that is not what Scripture teaches.
The righteousness of God is given only to those who believe in Christ the Son.
Only those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ will be saved or have the righteousness of God imputed to them.
Meaning that God no longer sees our sinfulness when we stand before Him.
God sees the righteousness of Jesus Christ because of our faith in Him.
We are a new creation in Christ.
His righteousness has become ours.
We are unified with Him.
God’s righteousness is displayed in Jesus’s death.
Paul continues to display the glorious grace in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We have understood the bad news of our sinfulness, the good news of salvation in Christ alone.
Now, we turn our attention to understand the way in which the righteousness of God is put on display.
Notice, that Paul begins with a statement.
There is no distinction:
This is important for the gospel to be understood.
Paul has been expounding this truth.
The Jews would advocate that they were more righteous because they had the law.
Therefore, they deemed themselves as less sinful.
However, their possession of the law brought about the call to righteousness and obedience to the law.
The law actually provides the standard of judgment.
While they possessed this knowledge, it did not merit them salvation or righteousness.
In fact, Paul will make the statement that there is no distinction because both Jew and Gentile are sinful before God.
All, every single person has sinned against God.
All have fallen short of the glorious standard of God.
All of us have transgressed the law of God.
Therefore, all are in need of salvation.
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