Homiletics Study: Romans from Guilt to Grace
Lesson 06 Passage: Romans 3:27-31
Content (List of Topics or Events)
No Boasting in Faith (3:27) 1. No reason to Boast (27a) 2. Law doesn’t require works (27b) 3. Law requires faith (27c) | No Partiality in Faith (3:28-29) 1. Person justified by faith apart from works of law (28) 2. Question is God of Jews only? Is He not God of Gentiles? 3. Answer is both Jews and the Gentiles. | Law Upheld in Faith (3:30-31) 1. God will justify the circumcised and the uncircumcised by faith (30) 2. Another question: Do we nullify the law by faith held in common? (31a) 3. Answer: Not at all; we uphold the law with faith. (31b) |
Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
No Boasting in Faith | Romans 3:27 |
No Partiality in Faith | Romans 3:28-29 |
Law Upheld in Faith | Romans 3:30-31 |
Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
Justification is by faith beyond keeping law, circumcision or lineage. |
Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
CTATL that justification comes through faith alone. |
Application Questions
What are spiritual activities you do that cause you to boast? |
What singles you out as God’s own: is it position or your faith? |
Justification comes from God; how does your faith validate this truth, or do you carry baggage? |
Principles to Remember
Faith is the requirement |
No partiality in God |
One God who justifies |
Characteristic of God
Author of faith |
Theme
We are justified by Faith; it is not position, lineage, or things we do. It’s faith in Jesus! |
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Saving Faith is placing our complete trust in Jesus Christ and His finished work on the cross to bring us into a right relationship with God. It is a lifelong reliance upon Him, grounded in His character and promises, that transforms our hearts, directs our lives, and expresses itself through love and obedience.
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