ROMANS Righteousness of God Revealed Romans 2:1-3:9 & Selected Cross Creek Community Church, Pastor Dave Martin – July 5, 2015

ROMANS Our Problem – God’s Provision Our Power – Our Predicament – Our Practice

Our Problem, 1:18-3:20 The entire Gentile world is guilty before God, 1:18-32 The entire Gentile world is guilty before God, 1:18-32 The entire Jewish world is guilty before God, 2:1-2:9 The entire Jewish world is guilty before God, 2:1-2:9 The entire world is found guilty before God, 3:10-20 The entire world is found guilty before God, 3:10-20

God Declares…

1. YOU… Jews, Moralist, Religionist have no excuse! Romans 2:1-4 1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

1. YOU… Jews, Moralist, Religionist have no excuse! 3 So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? 4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?

1. YOU… Jews, Moralist, Religionist have no excuse! Judgmental Attitudes, 2:1 Judgmental Attitudes, 2:1 …you who pass judgment on someone else … you judge the other … you who pass judgment do the same things.

1. YOU… Jews, Moralist, Religionist have no excuse! Judgmental Attitudes, 2:1 Judgmental Attitudes, 2:1 Hypocritical Actions, 2:3 Hypocritical Actions, 2:3 …you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things

1. YOU… Jews, Moralist, Religionist have no excuse! Judgmental Attitudes, 2:1 Judgmental Attitudes, 2:1 Hypocritical Actions, 2:4 Hypocritical Actions, 2:4 Contemptable Thinking, 2:4 Contemptable Thinking, 2:4 … you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance

2. YOU… Will give an account someday! Romans 2:5-6 5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done."

2. YOU… Will give an account someday! Romans 2:16 16 This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

2. YOU… Will give an account someday! No Favoritism with God, 2:11 No Favoritism with God, 2:11 “…For God does not show favoritism.”

2. YOU… Will give an account someday! No Favoritism with God, 2:11 No Favoritism with God, 2:11 Men’s Secrets Exposed, 2:16 Men’s Secrets Exposed, 2:16 “…God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ”

2. YOU… Will give an account someday! No Favoritism with God, 2:11 No Favoritism with God, 2:11 Men’s Secrets Exposed, 2:16 Men’s Secrets Exposed, 2:16 Judgment sure & meted out, 2:16 Judgment sure & meted out, 2:16 “…day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed”

Hebrews 9:27 27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, Revelation 22:12 12 "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done.

3. YOU… Are filled with Arrogance! 2:17-29 Romans 2: Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and brag about your relationship to God; 18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

Trusting in their: Religious roots, 2:17 Religious roots, 2:17 “…you call yourself a Jew”

Trusting in their: Religious roots, 2:17 Religious roots, 2:17 Reliance on the Law, 2:17-18 Reliance on the Law, 2:17-18 “…you rely on the law… “…you are instructed by the law”

Trusting in their: Religious roots, 2:17 Religious roots, 2:17 Reliance on the Law, 2:17 Reliance on the Law, 2:17 Relationship with God, 2:17 Relationship with God, 2:17 “…brag about your relationship to God”

Trusting in their: Religious roots, 2:17 Religious roots, 2:17 Reliance on the Law, 2:17 Reliance on the Law, 2:17 Relationship with God, 2:17 Relationship with God, 2:17 Recognition of God’s Will, 2:18 Recognition of God’s Will, 2:18 “…you know his will”

3. YOU… Are filled with Arrogance! 2:17-29 Four Questions posed, DO YOU? Vs21-23 Romans 2:24 24 As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

4. YOU… Are a Sinner needing Salvation! Romans 3:1,9 1 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?

What’s your Jewish advantage? Entrusted with the very words of God, 3:2 Let God be true and every man a liar, 3:4 So we allow sin so God gets glory? NO WAY! 3:5-8

4. YOU… Are a Sinner needing Salvation! Romans 3:9 What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin.

God’s Will for YOU… Be saved & fully committed to Christ! Be saved & fully committed to Christ!

God’s Will for YOU… Be saved & fully committed to Christ! Be saved & fully committed to Christ! Begin living out what you say you believe! Begin living out what you say you believe!

God’s Will for YOU… Be saved & fully committed to Christ! Be saved & fully committed to Christ! Begin living out what you say you believe! Begin living out what you say you believe! Grow on the inside, so it shows on the outside! Grow on the inside, so it shows on the outside!

Powerful – Life Changing – Eternal