"Ive Been Declared Right" Series:Be Right With God, Yourself & Others

 Pastor Greg Kritz

God Is Faithful To Love Us Despite Our Human Failure

Romans 3:3-4

3 What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?4 May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, “THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED.” 


Mankind is under 
sins power

Romans 3:9

9 Well then, should we conclude that we Jews are better than others? No, not at all, for we have already shown that all people, whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the power of sin.

“The veil between civility and savagery 
is only the belief that our actions have consequences.” C. Swindoll

Autopsy of Depravity

Romans 3:10-11

10 As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. 11 No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God.

Romans 3:12 
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All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.”

Romans 3:13-14

13 “Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with lies.” “Snake venom drips from their lips.” 14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

Romans 3:15-18

15 “They rush to commit murder. 16 Destruction and misery always follow them. 17 They don’t know where to find peace.” 18 “They have no fear of God at all.”

We are measured not against human standards but against the unblemished perfect character of God

God’s only purpose in giving the law is so we’d see how sinful we are.

Romans 3:19-20

19 Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God. 20 For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.

God drew clear lines of right and wrong to introduce grace, not wrath


It was always God’s plan to make us right with Him

Romans 3:21

21 But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago

Faith in Jesus is the Only Way to be Made Right, No Matter Who You Are


Romans 3:22

22 We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.

We all fall short of God’s standard but we still try to justify ourselves

Justification & Grace

Romans 3:24

24 Yet God, in His grace, freely makes us right in His sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when He freed us from the penalty for our sins.

Romans 3:23

23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

Grace (Charis)

God’s gift that forgives believers and frees them to live new lives by the Spirit

Grace empowers us to serve God and others.

Justification

Romans 3:24

“freely makes us right in His sight”

Justify (Dikaioo): Legal status of Not Guilty. Being declared righteous

Propitiation

God Justifies making us right in His eyes by providing a Sacrifice in our place 



Romans 3:25

25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood.

Propitiation –[Grk. Hilasterion: from Hebrew for Mercy Seat]



Appeasing wrath of the offended party.

Blood of Jesus appeased 
the wrath of God.

Grace By Faith Has Always Been The Way To A Relationship With God

Romans 3:25-26

This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, 26 for he was looking ahead and including them in what he woul