03 The Book of Romans - the Gospel Manifesto - The Grace of God in the Gospel

The Gospel Manifesto in the Book of Romans, Pt. 3

The Grace of God in the Gospel, Romans 3:21-5:21

By Louie Marsh, 5-11-2025

 

Intro: 9 slides about silly laws – last one cactus.

 

1) I’m made right with God BY FAITH not the law.  

 

²¹  But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— ²²  the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: ²³  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴  and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵  whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. ²⁶  It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Romans 3:21-26 (ESV)

 

2) I can MODEL my life after Abraham.  

 

¹  What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? ²  For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. ³  For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” ⁴  Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. ⁵  And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, Romans 4:1-5 (ESV)

 

· Why does Paul keep repeating this?

 

¹³  For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith…¹⁶  That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, Romans 4:13, 16(ESV)

 

3) Some results of being justified by faith:

 

¹  Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ²  Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. ³  Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, Romans 5:1-3a (ESV)

 

·  PEACE with God

 

A Colorado man who has been “fighting with his computer for the last several months” finally had had enough.

According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, officers responding last night to a 911 call about shots fired discovered that a “fed up” Lucas Hinch took his computer into a back alley and “fired 8 shots into the computer with a handgun, effectively disabling it.”

Hinch, 38, was cited for discharging a firearm within city limits, according to a police blotter entry that includes the summary description “Man Kills His Computer.”

When asked about the shooting, Hinch told TSG, “I just had it,” adding that he tired of the balky computer’s “blue screen of death.” Hinch said that he whacked the computer with a 9mm Hi-Point pistol recently purchased from a Craigslist seller. The gun was seized by police, who left the computer behind.

The late Dell XPS 410 model is survived by a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse.

·  LIVING by grace

 

· Joy in the HOPE of God’s glory.

 

4) By faith I can walk the PATHWAY OF GROWTH.

 

³ knowing that suffering produces endurance, ⁴  and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, ⁵  and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:3b-5 (ESV)

 

· I have a REASON to rejoice in suffering

 

³ knowing that… Romans 5:3b (ESV)

 

· Suffering produces cheerful ENDURANCE

 

suffering produces endurance, Romans 5:3c (ESV)

 

· Cheerful endurance produces PROOF of character

 

⁴  and endurance produces character, Romans 5:4a (ESV)

 

· Character produces biblical HOPE

 

character produces hope Romans 5:4b (ESV)

 

· Biblical hope doesn’t fail because the Holy Spirit POURS God’s love into me.

 

⁵  and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:5 (ESV)

 

5) Where sin exists God’s Grace will OVERFLOW to me.

 

²⁰  Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, ²¹  so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:20-21 (ESV)