Topic: The Blessings of Justification Text: Romans 5:1-11 Memory verse: Rom 5:1 Introduction In the first three chapters of Romans, Paul shows how the whole world may be held accountable to God (3:19) because of sin. This leads to the fundamental question: if sin is universal, how can anyone be righteous before God? The answer to this question is that…
Topic: Justification Explained using the example of Abraham Text: Romans 4:1-25 Memory verse: Rom 4:25 Introduction From the last week lesson on Romans 3:21-31, the Good News of justification by faith was introduced and explained. Its related terms of sanctification, redemption and propitiation were further introduced. In Rom 4 & 5, the theme of justification is given a detailed explanation. Today’s…
Topic: Introducing the Good News of Justification Faith Text: 3:21-31 Introduction Having established the need for a Saviour in the previous section, Paul in Rom 3:21-29 explains his initial statement that salvation is through Christ faith alone. The key term in this passage is therefore Justification. The other related words that are helpful in our understanding of…
Topic: The Universal Condition of Humankind Text: Romans 3:1-20 Introduction It is obvious from our previous studies that Paul has introduced the sinful condition of Gentiles in chapter 1 and in Chapter 2 he talked about the sin of the Jews as well. In Romans 3, Paul then brings the two together to say that the whole world is under…
