The Greatest Words Ever Written

The Greatest Words Ever Written
Romans 3-21-26

Today we will embark on on Romans 3:21-26.  This text is described as the most significant paragraph in the Bible, addressing the core question: How can sinners be made right with God?

Paul presents humanity’s universal problem—sin—and God’s solution through faith in Jesus Christ. The passage emphasizes that God’s righteousness is revealed apart from human efforts or the law, through Christ’s sacrificial work, satisfying God’s justice while offering salvation to all who believe. 

As we study we will observe three key dynamics: righteousness embodied, provided, and vindicated, showing how God’s holiness and grace converge at the cross to justify sinners who believe.

Overview & Background

• Romans introduces a God-sized problem: sin

• Romans 3 declares universal guilt

• Central question: How can one get right with God?

• God’s righteousness, not human effort, is the key to salvation

I. Righteousness Embodied (Romans 3:21-22)

Statement of Truth: 
The law can show you when you are wrong, but it cannot show you how to get right.

a. Not by good works   (written in the negative)

o      Romans 3:20: The law reveals sin but cannot justify.

o Verse 21: God’s righteousness is revealed “apart from the law.”

o The Old Testament points to this righteousness, fulfilled in Christ (John 5:39-40).

 

b. By faith in Christ alone  (written in the positive)

o Verse 22: Righteousness comes “through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.”

o Salvation is not by faith in faith, self, or general belief in God, but specifically and                     only in Christ.

o Key verses: Jonah 2:9, John 3:16, Romans 10:9.


NOTE:  The Gospel is sufficient for all but only efficient for those who believe


To be continued...


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