Main Point: Because justification comes by faith in Christ apart from works, the gospel excludes all boasting, unites Jew and Gentile together, and rightly restores the law as a guide…
Main Point: God upholds his own righteousness even while saving sinners, not by simply winking at sin, but through Christ’s work of propitiation, which takes away all of mankind’s grounds…
Main Point: When God lets guilty people go free, he exposes himself to the charge that he is an unrighteous judge. Outline: 1. Pristine Perfection 2. Purity Provokes a Price…
Main Point: The only way any person can enjoy the benefits of Christ is by embracing the whole Christ and who he is for sinners. Outline: 1. Redemption “In Christ”…
Main Point: The law of God is good because it is an expression of God’s own good character, but it was not given to justify sinners, since only Christ can…
Main Point: The Scriptures teach that all people are under the power of sin, regardless of social or ethnic boundaries; therefore, all people are in desperate need of the grace…
Main Point: God is consistent, not arbitrary. He is fair, and never unjust. He is good and holy, and no human efforts or objections can overturn the steadfast goodness, mercy,…
Main Point: Merely knowing and teaching the truth, or participating in ceremonies is not sufficient to satisfy God’s righteous requirements. Outline: 1. Profession Without Possession (2:17-24) 2. Ritualism Without Regeneration…
Main Point: One of the hardest individuals to convince of their need of the Gospel is the deceived moralist who believes that he/she is good, and that it is really…
Main Point: All sin grows out of our hearts the way fruit from a tree is corrupted by poisoned ground. In this, sin resists God, and shows itself in fractured…