The Story of God: Romans

Listen along as Mike teaches the book of Romans.

Notes/Quotes:

"Time and again in the course of Christian history, it has liberated the minds of men, brought them back
to an understanding of the essential Gospel of Christ, and started spiritual revolutions."

F. F. Bruce

Slide 3
You will find gospel truth in every book of the Bible, including the Old Testament, and you
certainly find the explicit gospel of Jesus Christ in every book of the New Testament. But
the book of Romans, rivaled only perhaps by Hebrews, completely brings the old covenant
history into the new covenant revelation. Romans has an epic sweep and a panoramic
scope. You don’t just get the gospel in Romans, you get gospel deeps.

Jared Wilson

Slide 4
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of
men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is
plain to them, because God has shown it to them.   For his invisible attributes, namely, his
eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the
world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 
Romans 1:18-20

Slide 5
What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all,
both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
      no one understands;
    no one seeks for God.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
    no one does good,
    not even one.”

Romans 3:9-12

Slide 6
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the
Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in
Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God,  24  and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus

Romans 3:21-24

Slide 7
It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the
justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:26

Slide 8
What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the
flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not
before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was
counted to him as righteousness.” Now to the one who works, his wages are not
counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him
who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.
Romans 4:1-5

Slide 9
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ…
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will
scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare
even to die — but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ
died for us.”

Romans 5:1, 6-8

Slide 10
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not
present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present
yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your
members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over
you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Romans 6:12-14