Romans 3:9-26 - How To Be Delivered from the Bondage of Sin

SERMON NOTES

Romans 3:9-26 - How To Be Delivered from the Bondage of Sin

Romans 3:9-26 (NKJV)
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
10 As it is written:
“There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”
13 “Their throat is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

There are four sections of the Book of Romans:

1. The WRATH of God - (Romans 1:18-3:20)
2. The GRACE of God - (Romans 3:21-8:39)
3. The PLAN of God - (Romans 9-11)
4. The WILL of God - (Romans 12-15)

The Book of Romans closes with a greeting to individuals in Rome and a final burst of praise to God (Romans 16).

Three key words and facts of the Gospel:

• Our GUILT - is Universal (Romans 3:9-20)
• God's GIFT - is Available (Romans 3:21-24)
• This GRACE - is Remarkable (Romans 3:24-26)

I. Our GUILT - Is UNIVERSAL (Romans 3:9-20)

Paul, like a Prosecuting Attorney brings 14 indictments against all humanity!

He breaks the indictments down into three categories:

• Who a person is - CHARACTER - (vs. 9-12)
• What a person says - CONVERSATION - (vs. 13-14)
• What a person does - CONDUCT - (vs. 15-18)

II. God's GIFT - Is AVAILABLE (Romans 3:21-24)

III. This GRACE - is Remarkable (Romans 3:24-26)

Justified: It means to declare someone righteous - then treat a person based on that declaration. It's a proclamation or a declaration It's God saying I'm going to treat you as if you never sinned!

God's
Riches
At
Christ
Expense

Redemption: It's the language that comes from the slave market. It means to set someone free by paying a price.

Propitiation: Only found four times in the Bible - Romans 3:25; Hebrews 2:17; 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10. The word means to appease or satisfy. The Greek word in the Septuagint is translated "Mercy Seat." The mercy seat represented Yahweh’s throne on earth, and His presence resided there.

What does it means to us: Jesus is the only place that the God of Heaven will meet with mankind on earth! Jesus is our propitiation!

Here's the deal - you have to receive it! It's a free gift! What good is the gift if you do not receive it?

It doesn’t cost you anything to be saved, but it cost God the life of His Son!

Conclusion:

Have you accepted Christ as your Savior?