Grace Community Church
Worship Service: March 24, 2019
Romans 3:9-26 NIV
Today's Sermon: Dan Westfall
"A Condition To Be Faced"
Boice: “The book of Romans has probably been the object of more intense study by more highly intelligent and motivated individuals than any other document in human history.”
Crucial Question: “How can I, sinful as I am, be reconciled to God?
Terms...
Reconcile - (katallage) banking term. To be made right. An adjustment made for one’s debt to be cleared.
Righteousness - (dikaios) How one ought to be; integrity, purity, virtue.
Justification - (dikaiosune) Legal term- to be acquitted. The same as juror standing up and saying to the accused “not guilty.”
Wrath (orgay) Anger, disposition. “A holy revulsion of God’s being against that which is the contradiction of His holiness.”
1:16 Paul says he is not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the POWER (dunamis) of God for the salvation of everyone who believes, first for the Jew and then for the Gentile.
I. God’s Righteous Wrath
Romans 1:18 NASB1995
II. We Need A New Perspective on Righteousness
Romans 3:10 MSG
Three views on Humanity:
Ephesians 2:4 NASB1995
III. We Need Our Mouths to be Shut
v. 19
Luther: “The principle point of … of the law…. Is not to make men better, but worse; that is to say, it shows them their sin, that by the knowledge thereof they may be humbled, terrified, bruised and broken, and by this means be driven to seek Grace, and so come to that blessed Seed.”
Lost the Plot - to no longer be able to cope with events, to lose touch, go off the rails…
IV. We Need Redemption that is Found only in Christ
v.21
V. We Need to Make a Decision
Romans 8:30 NASB1995
Andy Mineo - Shame:
“Punishing myself for all of these crimes
And I'm trying to convince God that I'm not a waste of His time
What's wrong with me? Am I defective?
I keep on making a mess, why can't I ever get it together? “Became a public figure, but my struggles were in private
Only started tasting freedom when I'm being honest
And I learn that when I'm weak is when I'm seeing God the strongest
I know some people gon' be quick to throw stones
But I'll take all of those hits so you know that you not alone
And after 28 years of life, I decided
Everybody's crooked, some just do a better job at hiding it
Oh, how good does freedom taste?
I hope they gon’ give me the forgiveness they gon’ need one day, I pray.”