Righteousness Of God Revealed

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Righteousness Of God Revealed

• Romans Chapter 321-31

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Righteousness of God

• Can be understood in two ways...
• God's own personal righteousness (His
  justice)
• God's system of making man righteous (forgiving
  man of sin)

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By The Law And Prophets
Righteousness Of God Revealed
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By The Law Prophets
  Righteousness Apart From Law.

• But it means simply what the apostle had been
  endeavoring to show, that justification could not
  be accomplished by personal obedience to any law
  of Jew or Gentile, and that it must be
  accomplished in some other way. Barnes

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By The Law Prophets
  Righteousness Apart From Law.

• a system of justification that does not depend
  upon ones perfect obedience

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By The Law Prophets
Witnessed by the Law.

• How?
• Through shadows and figures (e.g., animal
  sacrifices) - He 101-4
• Prophetic utterances - Gen 156 Isa
  534-6,10-12 Hab 24

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Righteousness Of God Revealed
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By The Gospel And Apostles
Demands faith in Jesus.

• Romans 322
• even the righteousness of God, through faith in
  Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For
  there is no difference

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Demands faith in Jesus.

• We must believe in Him
• Or die in our sins -
• John 824
  "Therefore I said to you
  that you will die in your sins for if you do not
  believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Demands faith in Jesus.

• We must believe in Him
• Or die in our sins - Jn 824
• If we desire eternal life

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Demands faith in Jesus.

• We must believe in Him
• Or die in our sins - Jn 824
• If we desire eternal life
• John 2031
  But these are recorded, so that you may
  have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
  God, and so that, having this faith you may have
  life in his name.

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Demands faith in Jesus.

• To all who believe in Jesus
• Romans 322-23 even the
  righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus
  Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there
  is no difference for all have sinned and fall
  short of the glory of God,

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Involves justification by God.

• Offered Freely by His Grace
• Romans 324-25 being
  justified freely by His grace through the
  redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set
  forth as a propitiation by His blood, through
  faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because
  in His forbearance God had passed over the sins
  that were previously committed,

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Eliminates Boasting by Man.

• Excluded by the Law of Faith.
• Romans 327-30 What reason,
  then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what
  sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.
  28 For this reason, then, a man may get
  righteousness by faith without the works of the
  law.

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Eliminates Boasting by Man.

• Excluded by the Law of Faith
• Romans 329-30
  Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the
  same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles
  30 If God is one and he will give righteousness
  because of faith to those who have circumcision,
  and through faith to those who have not
  circumcision.

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Eliminates Boasting by Man.

• Establishing the Principle of Law
• Romans 331 Do
  we, then, through faith make the law of no
  effect? in no way but we make it clear that the
  law is important.

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Eliminates Boasting by Man.

• Establishing the Principle of Law
• Matthew 2820
  Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have
  given you and see, I am ever with you, even to
  the end of the world.

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By The Gospel And Apostles
Eliminates Boasting by Man.

• Establishing the Principle of Law
• Titus 211-12
  For the grace of God has come, giving salvation
  to all men, training us so that, turning away
  from evil and the desires of this world, we may
  be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge
  of God in this present life

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