Download Audio PART FIVE Righteousness in Christian Living: Sanctification (6:1–8:39) With chapter 6 of this letter, Paul takes up a new topic. However, before we turn to a discussion of that, it might be useful to retrace our steps to see where Paul’s epistle has taken us so far. Actually, we can review Paul’s two […]
Download Audio The effects of justification Romans chapter 5, verses 1-5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of […]
Download Audio The principle of faith illustrated: Abraham We have noted that the recipients of Paul’s letter to the Romans were a mixed group of Jews and Gentiles. When Paul now speaks of Abraham as “our forefather,” he is including himself among the Jewish readers. In doing so he is picking up on a point […]
Download Audio PART FOUR Righteousness Credited: Justification (chapter 3, verse 21 through chapter 5, verse 21) Sinners cannot provide the righteousness a holy God justly requires. Acquiring such righteousness is possible only by the grace of a loving God, who gives righteousness freely as a gift through faith in Jesus Christ. This exchange whereby God […]