Sermon Notes 11-9-2014

The Road to Romans!

Do you fear GOD!

Romans 3:9–20 (ESV)

⁹What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,

¹⁰as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;

¹¹no one understands; no one seeks for God.

¹²All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”

¹³“Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.”

¹⁴“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”

¹⁵“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

¹⁶in their paths are ruin and misery,

¹⁷and the way of peace they have not known.”

¹⁸“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

¹⁹Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

²⁰For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

What I would like to do is deconstruct this backwards and explain what Paul is trying to say about the lack of our ability to be justified in Gods eyes!

Through the Law, God brought us the knowledge of Sin!

Vs20b

Since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

SO what does this mean??

·      Does it mean that we now know what sin is so now we can avoid it?

·      That the law shows us how to live??

No, I think there is more to it than that and here is where I found it!

Romans 7:7–8 (ESV)

⁷What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

⁸But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead.

·      The law shows us our sin

·      It shows us how bad we really are

·      We see our sin in vivid color when compared to the law

·      Without the law sin would go unrecognized!

There is no Justification through works of the law!

Vs 20a

²⁰For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight

·      Because we know that the law bring knowledge of sin we know it can’t bring us justification!

·      In a heart not restored it brings rebellion

·      It brings sin out, it reveals it

·      So the law brings condemnation

·      Why doesn’t the law have that power, the power to redeem us?

Romans 8:7–8 (ESV)

⁷For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.

⁸Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

By itself the Law just brings out sin, not faith, and when it does, it is death-giving, not life-giving (Romans 7:9-10). So it can't justify us. It can only condemn us; only Jesus can bridge the gap between condemnation and salvation!! Jesus is the

Through the law the whole world will be held accountable

Vs 19

¹⁹Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

·      The Jews had the law from the beginning and how well did they do with it??

·      If the ones who have had it for the longest didn’t become justified in Gods sight then what will happen to us?

·      This is God showing us that no matter how long we have it we will never stop sinning

·      And because of that he will hold the whole world accountable to it!

·      Every mouth will be stopped

·      All will be judged by the law!

Read Romans 7:11-14

They lost the fear of God!

Vs 18 ¹⁸“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

·      They lost the fear of God!

·      So has this country

·      We don’t have a health fear of the Judgment of God

·      We don’t think about we will be held accountable

·      That leads us to sin, to worship something other than God

·      When we worship something other than God that gives Satan a foot hold

So what’s the Implications of all this??

Here it is in a nut shell!

1. The whole world is guilty before God!

·      I am guilty

·      Your Guilty

·      Your whole family is Guilty

·      The clerk at the store is guilty

·      All your neighbors are guilty!

·      This should be awake up call to you that everyone you meet some day will stand before a holy God and be held accountable for everything they say and do!

2. No one will be able to raise a valid objection to Gods judgment!

·      We know that Gods reveals himself to every heart!

Romans 1:20 (ESV)

²⁰For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

·      It doesn’t matter if you say no one told me

·      It doesn’t matter where you live

·      If someone lied to you about it

·      You have no excuse!

Romans 2:15 (ESV)

¹⁵They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them

3. Every person who speaks against God will one day be silenced!

·      Every mouth will be stopped!

·      All the people today who are speaking against God will on day die and stand before God and be silenced!

Isaiah 2:17 (ESV)

¹⁷And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

4. Don’t fear man, all his criticizing will be silenced!

1 Peter 5:6 (ESV)

⁶Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

·      Stay strong in your faith

·      Hold fast to Jesus

·      Stay God Saturated

·      Today might be hard, times might be tough, people might say harsh things because of your faith

·      But God will Silence them!

So what hope do we have?

Romans 3:21–22 (ESV)

²¹But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—

²²the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:

The answer: Yes and His name is Jesus!

·      Our hope lies in Jesus

·      The only way to turn from a life of Sin is Jesus

1 Timothy 1:15 (ESV)

¹⁵The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.