Prairie View Christian Church Norway, Iowa PastorTeacher Bill Wenstrom www'prairieviewchristian'org

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Prairie View Christian ChurchNorway,
IowaPastor-Teacher Bill Wenstromwww.prairievie
wchristian.org
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Thursday January 17, 2008Romans Romans 48-God
Absolutely Never Takes Into Account the Sins of
Those Justified By Faith Tape 120
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Please turn in your Bibles to Romans 41.
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This evening we will continue with our study of
Romans chapter four.
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This evening we will note Romans 48, which
teaches that God the Father absolutely never ever
takes into account the sins of the sinner who has
been justified by faith in His Son Jesus Christ.
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Lets read Romans 41-8 and then concentrate on
verse 8.
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Romans 41-8, What then shall we say that
Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh,
has found? For if Abraham was justified by works,
he has something to boast about, but not before
God. For what does the Scripture say? ABRAHAM
BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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Now to the one who works, his wage is not
credited as a favor, but as what is due. But to
the one who does not work, but believes in Him
who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited
as righteousness just as David also speaks of the
blessing on the man to whom God credits
righteousness apart from works.
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BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN
FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED.
BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
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In Romans 47-8, Paul is quoting Psalm 321-2,
which David wrote after he confessed to God his
adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her
husband Uriah the Hittite.
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Psalm 321-2, Blessed is he whose transgressions
are forgiven whose sins are covered. Blessed is
the man whose sin the LORD does not count against
him and in whose spirit is no deceit.
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Lets look at Romans 48 in detail.
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Romans 48, BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE
LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
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BLESSED is the adjective makarios (makavrio)
(mak-ar-ee-os), which is modifying the noun aner,
THE MAN and describes the sinner who is
justified by grace through faith in Jesus Christ
as spiritually prosperous.
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In Romans 48, the adjective makarios does not
refer to spiritual benefits as it did in Romans
47 but rather, the word describes the state of
the sinner who has been justified by grace
through faith in Jesus Christ and whose sins are
never taken into account by the Father.
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THE MAN is the noun aner (a)nhvr) (an-ayr),
which refers to a male as opposed to a female.
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Paul quotes Psalm 322 in Romans 48 and thus
retains the Septuagint word aner referring to a
man as opposed to a woman since David is writing
of his own personal experience that he was
justified by faith and not by the works of the
Law.
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SIN is the accusative feminine singular form of
the noun hamartia (a(martiva) (ham-ar-tee-ah),
which refers to personal sin in a collective
sense.
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As we have noted in our study of Romans 48, Paul
is quoting Psalm 322.Psalm 321-2, Blessed is
he whose transgressions are forgiven whose sins
are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the
LORD does not count against him and in whose
spirit is no deceit.
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Sin is the noun awon (/w)u) (aw-vone), which
refers to personal sin in a collective sense
meaning that although the word is in the
singular, the word denotes the sum total of
personal sins that a person commits in his life.
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It is called a collective singular.
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The noun conveys the idea of moral twisting.
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The term is often translated as, infraction,
perversion, crooked behavior, iniquity.
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The etymology of awon is a reminder that sin is
often the twisting of something that was intended
as good.
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At times, it can denote actions that would
normally be considered good but fall under the
category of iniquity because a wrong bent in
motivation or an attitude of self-will.
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Also, the word can denote actions that are seen
as the worst perversions because they are a
twisted caricature of something good.
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Usually, the term emphasizes committing
wrongdoing.
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In Psalm 322, the word is used with reference to
Davids committing adultery with Bathsheba and
murdering her husband Uriah the Hittite to cover
up the fact that he had gotten her pregnant.
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Therefore, it denotes Davids sin in perverting
sex by committing the crime of adultery.
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Sex was created by the Lord for pleasure
initially and then after the fall of Adam and Eve
it was used for procreation.
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Marriage was established by God in the Garden of
Eden when He brought the Woman to Adam to be his
helpmate (See Genesis 218-25).
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Thus, sex is good since it was created by the
Lord.
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However, adultery is a perversion of sex since
sex was intended for marriage exclusively.
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Therefore, committing adultery would be sin
against God because it would violate the divine
institution of marriage.
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The Word of God prohibits adultery.Exodus
2014, You shall not commit adultery.
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Adultery begins in the heart.Mark 721-23, For
from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the
evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders,
adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as
well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride
and foolishness. All these evil things proceed
from within and defile the man.
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Also, the term awon denotes Davids perversion
of his authority by using his authority to get
Uriah killed on the battlefield since he gave
orders to Joab to have Uriah placed in the
thickest part of the battle.
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Therefore, in Romans 48, the noun hamartia
refers to personal sin in a collective sense
meaning that although the word is in the
singular, the word denotes the sum total of
personal sins committed over the course of a
lifetime.
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Since Paul is quoting Psalm 322 where David is
relating his personal experience of the Lord not
taking into account his personal sins of adultery
and murder, the singular form of the hamartia
refers to Davids personal sins of murder and
adultery as well as many others that he committed
over the course of his lifetime.
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As we noted in Romans 47, the plural form of the
noun anomia viewed personal sin from the
perspective that it is rebelling against the
absolute perfection of Gods character, i.e. His
holiness.
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Whereas, the plural form of the noun hamartia
viewed sin from the perspective that it is the
missing of the mark of the absolute perfection of
Gods character, i.e. His holiness.
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In Romans 48, the noun hamartia is in the
singular referring to personal sin in a
collective sense, denoting the sum total of
personal sin committed over the course of a
lifetime.
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Romans 48, BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE
LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
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THE LORD is the noun kurios (kuvrio), which
refers to God the Father emphasizing His
sovereign authority and role in mans salvation
as Judge.
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In Romans 48, the noun kurios refers to God the
Father since Romans 325 teaches that God the
Father offered His Son publicly at the Cross of
Calvary in order that His Sons spiritual death
would satisfy the demands of the Trinitys
holiness that required that sin be judged.
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It was God the Sons unique role and function in
the plan of salvation for mankind to become a
human being in order that through His human
nature He might suffer spiritual death in order
to propitiate the righteous demands of a holy God
that the sins of human history-past, present and
future might be judged.
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It was God the Holy Spirits role and function in
the plan of salvation for mankind to empower the
impeccable humanity of Christ in hypostatic union
while He was separated from the Father during
those last three hours of darkness on the cross.
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But it was the Fathers unique role and function
in the plan of salvation for mankind to be the
member of the Trinity who would separate Himself
from the impeccable humanity of Christ in
hypostatic union on the cross (Hebrews 914).
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The Fathers role in the salvation of mankind was
to be the Judge who would impute the sins of the
world to His Son Jesus Christ and impute His
Sons righteousness to the sinner who exercised
faith in His Son Jesus Christ.
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Therefore, in Romans 48, the noun kurios refers
to the Father emphasizing His absolute sovereign
authority as Judge over the entire human race.
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He has the sovereign authority to not only
declare sinners righteous through faith in His
Son but also to abstain from imputing the sins of
the sinner who has trusted in His Son as Savior.
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It implies that the Fathers role in the
salvation of men was to act as Judge by imputing
the sins of the world to the perfect human nature
of His Son.
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He is the member of the Trinity that separated
from the Son in His human nature during the last
three hours on the Cross as well as imputing His
Sons righteousness to the sinner who exercises
faith in His Son as Savior.
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Romans 48, BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE
LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
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WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT is the verb logizomai
(logivzomai) (lo-gidz-o-my), which means, to
take into account.
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In Romans 48, the verb logizomai is negated by
the double negative ou me, NOT and means, to
take into account and not credit or impute
since God doesnt impute sin to the sinner since
He imputed sin to His Son Jesus Christ.
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Therefore, in Romans 48, the verb logizomai is
negated by the double negative ou me emphatically
denying any possibility that the Lord takes into
account the personal sins of the sinner who has
been justified by faith in His Son Jesus Christ
since Christ received the imputation of the sins
of the world on the Cross.
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The subjunctive mood of the verb is an emphatic
negation subjunctive meaning that the double
negative ou me with the subjunctive mood of
logizomai denies any potentiality of God the
Father taking into account the personal sins of
the sinner who has been declared justified by
faith in Jesus Christ.
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This is the strongest way to negate something in
the Greek.
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Thus, this construction emphasizes to the reader
that God absolutely never takes into account the
sins of the sinner who has received the
imputation of divine righteousness and has been
declared justified by God through faith in Jesus
Christ.
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Isaiah 5310-12, But the LORD was pleased to
crush Him, putting Him to grief If He would
render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see
His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the
good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His
hand.
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As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will
see it and be satisfied By His knowledge the
Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many,
as He will bear their iniquities. Therefore, I
will allot Him a portion with the great, and He
will divide the booty with the strong
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Because He poured out Himself to death, and was
numbered with the transgressors Yet He Himself
bore the sin of many, and interceded for the
transgressors.
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1 Peter 221-25, For you have been called for
this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you,
leaving you an example for you to follow in His
steps, WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT
FOUND IN HIS MOUTH
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and while being reviled, He did not revile in
return while suffering, He uttered no threats,
but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges
righteously and He Himself bore our sins in His
body on the cross, so that we might die to sin
and live to righteousness
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for by His wounds you were healed. For you were
continually straying like sheep, but now you have
returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your
souls.
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1 Peter 318, For Christ also died for sins once
for all, the just for the unjust, so that He
might bring us to God, having been put to death
in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.
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