Where Will You Get Where Will You Get Your Righteousness?Your Righteousness?

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19. Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

20. For no flesh will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

21.But now, apart from the law, God’s righteousness has been revealed—attested by the Law and the Prophets

22. —that is, God’s righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe, since there is no distinction.

23. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

24. They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

25. God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.

26. He presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.

27. Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith.

28. For we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law.

Where Will You Get Where Will You Get Your Righteousness?Your Righteousness?

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If you suddenly had to stand before God… and He asked you why He

should allow you into Heaven, what would you say?

You could achieve righteousness by keeping God’s rules (“The Law”)

RIGHTEOUSNESS RIGHTEOUSNESS DENIEDDENIED

• Vs. 19, Amplified “Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the murmurs and excuses of] every mouth may be hushed…”

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Righteousness DeniedRighteousness Denied

• Vs. 19, Weymouth “…all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.”

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Righteousness DeniedRighteousness Denied

• Vs. 20, Weymouth “For on the ground of obedience to Law no man living will be declared righteous before Him…”

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The Real Purpose of God’s The Real Purpose of God’s RulesRules

• Vs. 20, Amp: “For [the real function of] the Law is to make men recognize and be conscious of sin…”

• NLT “…For the more we know God’s law, the clearer it becomes that we aren’t obeying it.”

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If you cannot achieve righteousness by keeping God’s rules, how can

you become righteous?

RIGHTEOUSNESS RIGHTEOUSNESS SUPPLIEDSUPPLIED

• Vs. 21, NIV “But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known”

• 1:17, NIV “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed…”

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God’s Righteousness RevealedGod’s Righteousness Revealed

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revealedrevealed3:21 “But now, apart from the law, God’s 3:21 “But now, apart from the law, God’s

righteousness has been revealed” righteousness has been revealed”

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• God is Righteous and Hates Sin– Vs. 25 “…in His restraint God passed

over the sins previously committed.”

The First Problem of Forgiveness:The First Problem of Forgiveness:How Can God Be a Righteous How Can God Be a Righteous

Judge and Still Forgive? Judge and Still Forgive?

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The First Problem of Forgiveness:The First Problem of Forgiveness:How Can God Be a Righteous How Can God Be a Righteous

Judge and Still Forgive? Judge and Still Forgive?

• Can a judge be honest and let guilty people off without punishment?

• Vs. 26 How can God “be shown to be righteous Himself, and the giver of righteousness”? (Weymouth)

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The Second Problem of Forgiveness:The Second Problem of Forgiveness:

How Will This Righteousness How Will This Righteousness Be Paid For? Be Paid For?

• Vs. 24 “They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”

• ESV: “Justified by his grace as a gift”• Just because God gives it to you free

doesn’t mean no one paid for it

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Jesus Paid It AllJesus Paid It All

• Vs. 25, Living Bible “For God sent Christ Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to end all God's anger against us.”

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If righteousness is supplied by God, how is it received by us?

RIGHTEOUSNESS RIGHTEOUSNESS APPLIEDAPPLIED

• Vs. 28 “For we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law.”

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Faith AloneFaith Alone

• Thesis Sentence of Romans: 1:17, NIV “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’”

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The Object of Saving FaithThe Object of Saving Faith

• Faith in the Person of Christ– Vs. 22 “God’s righteousness through

faith in Jesus Christ”

• Faith in the Cross of Christ– Vs. 25 “Through faith in His blood”

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