The subjective experience of God's love poured out upon our hearts occurs as we meditate upon the objective work of Christ which is the supreme demonstration of that love. In verses 6-11 of Chapter 5, Paul directs our minds to three ways in which God's redemptive love is demonstrated in the cross of Christ.

Romans 5:1 begins a new section of Paul's letter, in which he unpacks the results of justification. What changes in the life of one who has been justified by faith? The answer, according to Romans 5-8, is everything.

In Romans 4, the apostle Paul is defending the doctrine of justification by faith alone, and he has done so by proving that Abraham was not justified by his own works, by circumcision, or by the law. Rather, Abraham was justified by faith. But what kind of faith?

The Apostle Paul asserts that unless you consciously forsake your own righteousness and embrace the righteousness of Christ as the sole grounds of your justification, you are not justified.

Romans 4:9-12 addresses the fundamental question of human existence ("How can a sinner be justified in the sight of a holy God?"), and refutes the tendency found in every age to attach some outward and external work to faith as the means of justification.

The example of Abraham and the testimony of David establish that they were made right with God not by working for God’s favor, but by trusting in God’s promise.

One is justified by faith alone, apart from works of the law. In Romans 3:27-31, Paul gives three defenses for the gospel of sola fide.

What if God sinned? That is what God appeared to be doing when He did not punish evil. But Christ died to vindicate the righteousness of God in justifying the ungodly.

“To justify” means “to declare righteous.” In this sermon, Pastor Tim expounds upon the need, the source, the meaning, the grounds, and the means of the beautiful doctrine of justification.

How can a sinner be made right with a holy God? Only through the righteousness of God achieved by Christ, received by faith, witnessed by the prophets, available to all.