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Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary Volume 2 New
American Commentary Romans, by Robert Mounce
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Why the Beginning Is Important
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Romans 11-7 (NET Bible)
1 From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to
be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God. 2
This gospel he promised beforehand through his
prophets in the holy scriptures, 3 concerning his
Son who was a descendant of David with reference
to the flesh, 4 who was appointed the
Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit
by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ
our Lord.
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Romans 11-7 (NET Bible)
5 Through him we have received grace and our
apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith
among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name. 6
You also are among them, called to belong to
Jesus Christ. 7 To all those loved by God in
Rome, called to be saints Grace and peace to you
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
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Romans 11, 6-7 (NET Bible)
1 From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to
be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
6 You also are among them, called to belong to
Jesus Christ. 7 To all those loved by God in
Rome, called to be saints . . .
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Romans 11-7 (NET Bible)
1 From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to
be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God. 2
This gospel he promised beforehand through his
prophets in the holy scriptures, 3 concerning his
Son who was a descendant of David with reference
to the flesh, 4 who was appointed the
Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit
by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ
our Lord.
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Romans 11-7 (NET Bible)
5 Through him we have received grace and our
apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith
among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name. 6
You also are among them, called to belong to
Jesus Christ. 7 To all those loved by God in
Rome, called to be saints Grace and peace to you
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
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11-17 Introductory remarks 118 320 All
have sinned 321 839 Exercising faith 9
11 What about the Jews? 12 14 Points of
obedience 15 16 Concluding remarks
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Why the Beginning Is Important Why Romans Was
Written
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Romans 1622-23 (NET Bible)
22 I, Tertius, who am writing this letter, greet
you in the Lord. 23 Gaius, who is host to me and
to the whole church, greets you . . .
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1 Corinthians 114-16 (NET Bible)
14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you
except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one can
say that you were baptized in my name! 16 (I also
baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I
do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.)
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Romans 161-2 (NET Bible)
1 Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is
a servant of the church in Cenchrea, 2 so that
you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy
of the saints and provide her with whatever help
she may need from you, for she has been a great
help to many, including me.
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Romans 110 (NET Bible)
10 and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now
at last I may succeed in visiting you according
to the will of God.
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Romans 1522-31 (NET Bible)
22 This is the reason I was often hindered from
coming to you. 23 But now there is nothing more
to keep me in these regions, and I have for many
years desired to come to you 24 when I go to
Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass
through and that you will help me on my journey
there, after I have enjoyed your company for a
while. 25 But now I go to Jerusalem to minister
to the saints. 26 For Macedonia and Achaia are
pleased to make some contribution for the poor
among the saints in Jerusalem.
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Romans 1522-31 (NET Bible)
27 For they were pleased to do this, and indeed
they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. For if
the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual
things, they are obligated also to minister to
them in material things. 28 Therefore after I
have completed this and have safely delivered
this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by
way of you, 29 and I know that when I come to you
I will come in the fullness of Christs blessing.
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Romans 1522-31 (NET Bible)
30 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through
our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the
Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to
God on my behalf. 31 Pray that I may be rescued
from those who are disobedient in Judea and that
my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the
saints . . .
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Why the Beginning Is Important Why Romans Was
Written Why Romans Is Significance
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Augustine Martin Luther John Calvin John Wesley
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Romans satisfies the craving of the human spirit
for a comprehensive exposition of the great
truths of salvation set out in logical fashion,
supported and illumined by OT Scripture. -Frank
Gaebelein
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Paul became like an elder brother who directed
me verse by verse through what he had written
under the inspiration of the Spirit. I was amazed
at the clarity of his presentation of
justification by faith. I found myself wanting a
faith like Abrahams. When it came to reckoning
oneself dead to sin, I prayed that it would be
true in my life. Chapter 8 left me almost
breathless in adoration of Gods incredible love.
The experience continued right through the
greetings of chap. 16. -Robert Mounce
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Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary The Expositors
Bible Commentary (Volume 2, New Testament) New
American Commentary Romans, by Robert Mounce
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ROMANSThe Centrality of Faith
Our Faith Should Be
Out-going
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Romans 18-10 (NET Bible)
8 First of all, I thank my God through Jesus
Christ for all of you, because your faith is
proclaimed throughout the whole world. 9 For God,
whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel
of his Son, is my witness that I continually
remember you 10 and I always ask in my prayers,
if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting
you according to the will of God.
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ROMANSThe Centrality of Faith
Our Faith Should Be
Out-going Over-flowing
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Romans 111-13 (NET Bible)
11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to
you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, 12
that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one
anothers faith, both yours and mine. 13 I do not
want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,
that I often intended to come to you (and was
prevented until now), so that I may have some
fruit even among you, just as I already have
among the rest of the Gentiles.
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ROMANSThe Centrality of Faith
Our Faith Should Be
Out-going Over-flowing Ever-growing
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Romans 114-17 (NET Bible)
14 I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the
barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
15 Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to
you who are in Rome. 16 For I am not ashamed of
the gospel, for it is Gods power for salvation
to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and
also to the Greek. 17 For the righteousness of
God is revealed in the gospel from faith to
faith, just as it is written, The righteous by
faith will live.
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ROMANSThe Centrality of Faith
In the proclamation of the gospel God is
actively at work in reaching out to the hearts of
people. -Robert Mounce
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ROMANSThe Centrality of Faith
Born of the Spirit through the Gospel By grace
alone Through faith alone Because of Christ
alone Imputed Righteousness/Justification
Born of flesh
Growth by the Spirit through the Gospel By grace
alone Through faith alone Because of Christ
alone Progressive Righteousness/Sanctification
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Colossians 26-7 (NET Bible)
6 Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as
Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7
rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith
just as you were taught, and overflowing with
thankfulness.
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Our Faith Should Be
Out-going Over-flowing Ever-growing
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• Application Questions
• If Paul wrote a letter to TBC, what outstanding
  characteristic would he thank God for?
• Is your faith obvious to unbelievers?
• How is your faith strengthening other believers?
• Is the Gospel continuing to build righteousness
  into your life?

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ROMANSThe Diagnosis of Sin
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ROMANSThe Diagnosis of Sin
All people know God exists
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Romans 118-20 (NET Bible)
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of
people who suppress the truth by their
unrighteousness, 19 because what can be known
about God is plain to them, because God has made
it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of
the world his invisible attributeshis eternal
power and divine naturehave been clearly seen,
because they are understood through what has been
made. So people are without excuse.
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ROMANSThe Diagnosis of Sin

• What can be known about God is plain to them
• God made it plain to them
• His invisible attributes have been clearly
  seen
• People are without excuse

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ROMANSThe Diagnosis of Sin
The basic problem of the human race is not
ignorance of the truth but rebellion against the
one who is the truth. -Mounce
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ROMANSThe Diagnosis of Sin
All people know God exists All people rebel
against God
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Romans 121-28 (NET Bible)
21 For although they knew God, they did not
glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they
became futile in their thoughts and their
senseless hearts were darkened. 22 Although they
claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and
exchanged1 the glory of the immortal God for an
image resembling mortal human beings or birds or
four-footed animals or reptiles.
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Romans 121-28 (NET Bible)
24 Therefore God gave them over1 in the desires
of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their
bodies among themselves. 25 They exchanged2 the
truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served
the creation rather than the Creator, who is
blessed forever! Amen.
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Romans 121-28 (NET Bible)
26 For this reason God gave them over2 to
dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged3
the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,
27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural
relations with women and were inflamed in their
passions for one another. Men committed shameless
acts with men and received in themselves the due
penalty for their error. 28 And just as they did
not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them
over3 to a depraved mind, to do what should not
be done.
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ROMANSThe Diagnosis of Sin
It is not a description of specially bad men
only, but the innermost truth of all of us, as we
are in ourselves. -Cranfield
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All people know God exists All people rebel
against God All people practice sin willingly
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Romans 129-32 (NET Bible)
29 They are filled with every kind of
unrighteousness, wickedness, covetous-ness,
malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife,
deceit, hostility. They are gossips, 30
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant,
boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil,
disobedient to parents, 31 senseless,
covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.
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Romans 129-32 (NET Bible)
32 Although they fully know Gods righteous
decree that those who practice such things
deserve to die, they not only do them but also
approve of those who practice them.
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ROMANSThe Diagnosis of Sin
We are not only bent on damning ourselves but we
congratulate others in the doing of those things
that we know have their issue in
damnation. -Murray
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ROMANSThe Diagnosis of Sin
All people know God exists All people rebel
against God All people practice sin willingly
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ROMANSThe Impartiality of God
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ROMANSThe Impartiality of God
WE ARE GUILTY when we judge others hypocritically
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Romans 21-5 (NET Bible)
1 Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you
are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever
grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself,
because you who judge practice the same things. 2
Now we know that Gods judgment is in accordance
with truth against those who practice such
things. 3 And do you think, whoever you are, when
you judge those who practice such things and yet
do them yourself, that you will escape Gods
judgment?
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Romans 21-5 (NET Bible)
4 Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his
kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do
not know that Gods kindness leads you to
repentance? 5 But because of your stubbornness
and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up
wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when
Gods righteous judgment is revealed!
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ROMANSThe Impartiality of God
WE ARE GUILTY when we judge others hypocritically
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WE ARE GUILTY when we judge others
hypocritically WE ARE GUILTY when God judges us
impartially
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Romans 26-11 (NET Bible)
6 He will reward each one according to his works
7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in
good works seek glory and honor and immortality,
8 but wrath and anger to those who live in
selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but
follow unrighteousness. 9 There will be
affliction and distress on everyone who does
evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek, 10 but
glory and honor and peace for everyone who does
good, for the Jew first and also the Greek. 11
For there is no partiality with God.
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ROMANSThe Impartiality of God
WE ARE GUILTY when we judge others
hypocritically WE ARE GUILTY when God judges us
impartially
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ROMANSThe Impartiality of God
WE ARE GUILTY when we judge others
hypocritically WE ARE GUILTY when God judges us
impartially WE ARE GUILTY when we apply our own
standards
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Romans 212-16 (NET Bible)
12 For all who have sinned apart from the law
will also perish apart from the law, and all who
have sinned under the law will be judged by the
law. 13 For it is not those who hear the law who
are righteous before God, but those who do the
law will be declared righteous. 14 For whenever
the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by
nature the things required by the law, these who
do not have the law are a law to themselves.
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Romans 212-16 (NET Bible)
15 They show that the work of the law is written
in their hearts, as their conscience bears
witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or
else defend them, 16 on the day when God will
judge the secrets of human hearts, according to
my gospel through Christ Jesus.
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ROMANSThe Impartiality of God
WE ARE GUILTY when we judge others
hypocritically WE ARE GUILTY when God judges us
impartially WE ARE GUILTY when we apply our own
standards
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ROMANSThe Impartiality of God

• Is there a relationship between judging and
  gossip?
• Am I guilty of judging others hypocritically?
• Does my view of God include His justice?
• What are my blind spots or Is my blinker on?

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11-17 Introductory Remarks 118 320 The
Problem We are all sinners 321 839 The
Solution Righteous through Christ 9 11
Israels Future 12 14 Practical Living 15
16 Concluding Remarks
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Responsibility Accompanies Privilege
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Romans 217-24 (NET Bible)
17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the
law and boast of your relationship to God 18 and
know his will and approve the superior things
because you receive instruction from the law, 19
and if you are convinced that you yourself are a
guide to the blind, a light to those who are in
darkness, 20 an educator of the senseless, a
teacher of little children, because you have in
the law the essential features of knowledge and
of the truth
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Romans 217-24 (NET Bible)
21 therefore you who teach someone else, do you
not teach yourself? You who preach against
stealing, do you steal? 22 You who tell others
not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery?
You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You
who boast in the law dishonor God by
transgressing the law! 24 For just as it is
written, the name of God is being blasphemed
among the Gentiles because of you.
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• 1)     They call themselves Jews
• 2)     They rely on the law
• 3)     They boast in God
• 4)     They know Gods will
• 5)     They approve the superior things
• 6)     They receive instruction from the law
• 7)     They are convinced that they are guides to
  the blind,
• lights to those in darkness
• 8)     They consider themselves educators of the
  senseless,
• teachers to little children
• 9) They have in the law the essential
  features of
• knowledge and truth

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• You teach others but dont teach yourself
• You preach against stealing but steal yourself
• You teach against committing adultery but commit
  adultery yourself
• You abhor idols but rob temples yourself
• You boast in the law but you break the law
  yourself

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Responsibility Accompanies Privilege
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Responsibility Accompanies Privilege Praise
Accompanies Transformation
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Romans 225-29 (NET Bible)
25 For circumcision has its value if you practice
the law, but if you break the law, your
circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26
Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the
righteous requirements of the law, will not his
uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27
And will not the physically uncircumcised man who
keeps the law judge you who, despite the written
code and circumcision, transgress the law?
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Romans 225-29 (NET Bible)
28 For a person is not a Jew who is one
outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is
outward in the flesh, 29 but someone is a Jew who
is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart
by the Spirit and not by the written code. This
persons praise is not from people but from God.
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At the last Abraham will sit at the entrance to
Gehenna and will not let any circumcised man of
Israel go down there. -Rabbi Levi (c. A.D. 300)
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Matthew 520-22 (NET Bible)
20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes
beyond that of the experts in the law and the
Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of
heaven. 21 You have heard that it was said to an
older generation, Do not murder, and whoever
murders will be subjected to judgment. 22 But I
say to you that anyone who is angry with a
brother will be subjected to judgment. And
whoever insults a brother will be brought before
the council, and whoever says Fool will be sent
to fiery hell.
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Matthew 527-28 (NET Bible)
27 You have heard that it was said, Do not
commit adultery. 28 But I say to you that
whoever looks at a woman to desire her has
already committed adultery with her in his
heart.
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Matthew 61 (NET Bible)
1 Be careful not to display your righteousness
merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have
no reward with your Father in heaven.
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Isaiah 646 (NET Bible)
6 We are all like one who is unclean, all our
so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag
in your sight.
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ROMANSThe Matters of the Heart

• Am I living what Ive been privileged to receive?
• Am I teaching what Ive been privileged to
  receive?
• Does my public behavior match my private
  behavior?
• Do I have a heart problem?

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11-17 Introductory Remarks 118 320 The
Problem We are all sinners 321 839 The
Solution Righteous through Christ 9 11
Israels Future 12 14 Practical Living 15
16 Concluding Remarks
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God is faithful, despite our unfaithfulness
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Romans 31-4 (NET Bible)
1 Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or
what is the value of circumcision? 2 Actually,
there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews
were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3 What
then? If some did not believe, does their
unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God? 4
Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every
human being shown up as a liar, just as it is
written so that you will be justified in your
words and will prevail when you are judged.
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Romans 94-5 (NET Bible)
4 . . . To them belong the adoption as sons, the
glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the
temple worship, and the promises. 5 To them
belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human
descent, came the Christ, who is God over all,
blessed forever! Amen.
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Greek - mhV gevnoito NET - Absolutely
not Darby - Far be the thought KJV - God
forbid ESV, NRSV- By no means ISV, NLT - Of
course not NASB - May it never
be GNB - Certainly not Wuest - Let no one
ever think such a thing
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God is faithful, despite our unfaithfulness
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ROMANSThe Righteousness of God
God is faithful, despite our unfaithfulness God
is righteous, despite our unrighteousness
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Romans 35-6 (NET Bible)
5 But if our unrighteousness demon-strates the
righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God
who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I
am speaking in human terms.) 6 Absolutely not!
For otherwise how could God judge the world?
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Deuteronomy 324-6 (NET Bible)
4 As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all
his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is
never unjust, he is fair and upright. 5 His
people have been unfaithful to him they have not
acted like his childrenthis is their sin. They
are a perverse and deceitful generation. 6 Is
this how you treat the Lord, you foolish, unwise
people? Is he not your father, your creator? He
has made you and established you.
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God is faithful, despite our unfaithfulness God
is righteous, despite our unrighteousness
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God is faithful, despite our unfaithfulness God
is righteous, despite our unrighteousness God is
glorified, despite our sin
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Romans 37-8 (NET Bible)
7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his
glory, why am I still actually being judged as a
sinner? 8 And why not say, Let us do evil so
that good may come of it?as some who slander us
allege that we say. (Their condemnation is
deserved!)
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ROMANSThe Righteousness of God
It is part of Gods incomprehensibly wise
government of the world that he can also use
mans evil doings for the purpose of his kingdom
. . . . But short-sighted, frivolous men stumble
over this most profound truth, inferring from it
that sin is not contrary to God. -Brunner
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ROMANSThe Righteousness of God
God is faithful, despite our unfaithfulness God
is righteous, despite our unrighteousness God is
glorified, despite our sin
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11-17 Introductory Remarks 118 320 The
Problem We are all sinners 321 839 The
Solution Righteous through Christ 9 11
Israels Future 12 1513 Practical
Living 1514 16 Concluding Remarks
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The all-inclusiveness of sin
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Romans 39-12 (NET Bible)
9 What then? Are we better off? Certainly not,
for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks
alike are all under sin, 10 just as it is
written There is no one righteous, not even
one, 11 there is no one who understands, there
is no one who seeks God. 12 All have turned
away, together they have become worthless
there is no one who shows kindness, not even
one.
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• There is no one righteous
• There is no one who understands
• There is no one who seeks God
• All have turned away
• Together they have become worthless
• There is no one who shows kindness

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The all-inclusiveness of sin
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The all-inclusiveness of sin The anatomy of sin
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Romans 313-18 (NET Bible)
13 Their throats are open graves, they deceive
with their tongues, the poison of asps is under
their lips. 14 Their mouths are full of
cursing and bitterness. 15 Their feet are
swift to shed blood, 16 ruin and misery are in
their paths, 17 and the way of peace they have
not known. 18 There is no fear of God before
their eyes.
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Corrupt Dishonest Damaging
Blasphemous
Irreverent Murderous
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The all-inclusiveness of sin The anatomy of sin
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The all-inclusiveness of sin The anatomy of
sin The awareness of sin
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Romans 319-20 (NET Bible)
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it
says to those who are under the law, so that
every mouth may be silenced and the whole world
may be held accountable to God. 20 For no one is
declared righteous before him by the works of the
law, for through the law comes the knowledge of
sin.
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Rather than providing access to the favor of
God, it served to silence any attempt on their
part to argue personal righteousness. -Mounce I
t is the straightedge of the law that shows us
how crooked we are. -Phillips
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ROMANSThe Universality of Sin
The all-inclusiveness of sin The anatomy of
sin The awareness of sin
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11-17 Introductory Remarks 118 320 The
Problem We are all sinners 321 839 The
Solution Righteous through Christ 9 11
Israels Future 12 1513 Practical
Living 1514 16 Concluding Remarks
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ROMANSThe Plan of Salvation
The Great EXCHANGE of Our God
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Romans 321-24 (NET Bible)
21 But now apart from the law the righteousness
of God (which is attested by the law and the
prophets) has been disclosed22 namely, the
righteousness of God through the faithfulness of
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 But they are
justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
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Imputation A legal credit or charge to an
account. In Protestant theology, the sin and
guilt of Adam is imputed to every person (Rom.
51219), while the righteousness of God/Christ
is said to be instantaneously imputed, not
infused, to the believer upon conversion (Rom.
43, 22).
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2 Corinthians 521 (NET Bible)
21 God made the one who did not know sin to be
sin for us, so that in him we would become the
righteousness of God.
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Philippians 39 (NET Bible)
9 and be found in him, not because I have my own
righteousness derived from the law, but because I
have the righteousness that comes by way of
Christs faithfulnessa righteousness from God
that is in fact based on Christs faithfulness.
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The Great EXCHANGE of Our God
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The Great EXCHANGE of Our God The Great PATIENCE
of Our God
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Romans 325-26 (NET Bible)
25 God publicly displayed him at his death as the
mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to
demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his
forbearance had passed over the sins previously
committed. 26 This was also to demonstrate his
righteousness in the present time, so that he
would be just and the justifier of the one who
lives because of Jesus faithfulness.
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Propitiation In the New Testament, propitiation
is accomplished through the death of Christ
Gods wrath has been mollified so that he can
forgive and accept sinners (see Rom. 325 1 John
22 410).
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The Great EXCHANGE of Our God The Great PATIENCE
of Our God
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ROMANSThe Plan of Salvation
The Great EXCHANGE of Our God The Great PATIENCE
of Our God The Great GRACE of Our God
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Romans 327-31 (NET Bible)
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By
what principle? Of works? No, but by the
principle of faith! 28 For we consider that a
person is declared righteous by faith apart from
the works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of the
Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too?
Yes, of the Gentiles too! 30 Since God is one, he
will justify the circumcised by faith and the
uncircumcised through faith. 31 Do we then
nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not!
Instead we uphold the law.
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Justification Gods pronouncement of a
believer as righteous (Rom. 425 516, 18). In
Protestant theology, justification occurs at the
moment of salvation, when righteousness is
imputed instantaneously to the believer.
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20 For no one is declared righteous before him
by the works of the law, for through the law
comes the knowledge of sin. 28 For we consider
that a person is declared righteous by faith
apart from the works of the law.
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11-17 Introductory Remarks 118 320 The
Problem We are all sinners 321 839 The
Solution Righteous through Christ 9 11
Israels Future 12 1513 Practical
Living 1514 16 Concluding Remarks
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Hope Replaces Hardship
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Romans 51-5 (NET Bible)
1 Therefore, since we have been declared
righteous by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we
have also obtained access by faith into this
grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the
hope of Gods glory.
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3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in
sufferings, knowing that suffering produces
endurance, 4 and endurance, character, and
character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God has been poured out in
our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given
to us.
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A Biblical Formula Suffering
Perseverance Proven Character Hope for
us Proven Character Glory for God
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Hope Replaces Hardship
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Hope Replaces Hardship Reconciliation Replaces
Wrath
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Romans 56-11 (NET Bible)
6 For while we were still helpless, at the right
time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 (For rarely
will anyone die for a righteous person, though
for a good person perhaps someone might possibly
dare to die.) 8 But God demonstrates his own love
for us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, because we
have now been declared righteous by his blood, we
will be saved through him from Gods wrath.
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10 For if while we were enemies we were
reconciled to God through the death of his Son,
how much more, since we have been reconciled,
will we be saved by his life? 11 Not only this,
but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, through whom we have now received this
reconciliation.
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Hebrews 127-13 (NET Bible)
7 Endure your suffering as discipline God is
treating you as sons. For what son is there that
a father does not discipline? 8 But if you do not
experience discipline, something all sons have
shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not
sons. 9 Besides, we have experienced discipline
from our earthly fathers and we respected them
shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the
Father of spirits and receive life?
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Hebrews 127-13 (NET Bible)
10 For they disciplined us for a little while as
seemed good to them, but he does so for our
benefit, that we may share his holiness. 11 Now
all discipline seems painful at the time, not
joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace
and righteousness for those trained by it. 12
Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and
your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for
your feet, so that what is lame may not be put
out of joint but be healed.
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Hope Replaces Hardship Reconciliation Replaces
Wrath
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• Application Questions
• Are you falsely identifying your suffering as
  Gods wrath?
• How are you responding to your suffering?
• What does God want you to learn from what you are
  experiencing?
• Are you glorifying God through pain?

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• Application Steps
• Daily record what God is teaching you through
  your suffering.
• Daily remember that you are no longer Gods
  enemy, but His child.

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11-17 Introductory Remarks 118 320 The
Problem We are all sinners 321 839 The
Solution Righteous through Christ 9 11
Israels Future 12 1513 Practical
Living 1514 16 Concluding Remarks
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• We daily experience the consequences of Adams
  sin

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Romans 512-14 (NET Bible)
12 So then, just as sin entered the world through
one man and death through sin, and so death
spread to all people because all sinned13 for
before the law was given, sin was in the world,
but there is no accounting for sin when there is
no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam until
Moses even over those who did not sin in the same
way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one)
transgressed.
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Adam Sin Death Principle 1 Because of Adam,
everything is tainted by sin. Principle 2
Everything tainted by sin will die.
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• The consequences of Adams sin
• We are all guilty
• We are all born spiritually dead
• We all experience physical death
• Everything is tainted by sin
• Everything is in need of redemption

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• We daily experience the consequences of Adams
  sin

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• We daily experience the consequences of Adams
  sin
• We can experience the benefits of Jesus gift

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Romans 515-17 (NET Bible)
15 But the gracious gift is not like the
transgression. For if the many died through the
transgression of the one man, how much more did
the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the
one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many! 16 And
the gift is not like the one who sinned. For
judgment, resulting from the one transgression,
led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from
the many failures led to justification.
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17 For if, by the transgression of the one man,
death reigned through the one, how much more will
those who receive the abundance of grace and of
the gift of righteousness reign in life through
the one, Jesus Christ!
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Jesus gift of righteousness Life
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• Contrasting Adam with Jesus
• Adam contributed death
  Jesus contributed grace (vs 15)
• Adams sin contributed judgment and condemnation
  Jesus gracious gift contributed justification
  (vs 16)
• Adams sin contributed death
  Jesus grace and righteousness
  contributed life (vs 17)

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• The results of Jesus gift
• Grace overcomes the transgression
• The gracious gift overcomes judgment and
  condemnation
• Life overcomes death
• Redemption we are purchased back from sin,
  guilt, judgment, condemnation, and death

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• We daily experience the consequences of Adams
  sin
• We can experience the benefits of Jesus gift

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• We daily experience the consequences of Adams
  sin
• We can experience the benefits of Jesus gift
• Jesus obedience overturned Adams sin for us

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Romans 518-21 (NET Bible)
18 Consequently, just as condemnation for all
people came through one transgression, so too
through the one righteous act came righteousness
leading to life for all people. 19 For just as
through the disobedience of the one man many were
made sinners, so also through the obedience of
one man many will be made righteous.
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20 Now the law came in so that the transgression
may increase, but where sin increased, grace
multiplied all the more, 21 so that just as sin
reigned in death, so also grace will reign
through righteousness to eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
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• Comparing Adam with Jesus
• One sin led to condemnation for all so also one
  righteous act led to righteousness, which
  resulted in life for all
• One mans disobedience led many to be made
  sinners so also One Mans obedience led many to
  be made righteous
• Sin reigned in death because of one so also
  grace reigns through righteousness which leads to
  eternal life because of One

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Chapter Summary Adam sin death Jesus
gift of righteousness life
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• Application
• Recognize the effects of sin around you
• Determine if you are a child of Adam or a child
  of Christ
• Be grateful for Christs gift that provides
  freedom from sin
• Anticipate your full redemption and the
  redemption of all creation

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• We daily experience the consequences of Adams
  sin
• We can experience the benefits of Jesus gift
• Jesus obedience overturned Adams sin for us