Romans Recap (Part 1 of 3): The Bad News and the Great News
Part 1 of 3 • ⏱️ 2-Min Read Passage: Rom.3:21-26 Scripture Focus: "Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:" (Rom.3:24) Romans Recap Over the last few weeks, we walked through Romans and saw some important truths. I'd like to recap the key learnings in 3-parts before we move on to 1 Corinthians (with a new format). In Romans 1-5 we learned that everyone, both Jew and Gentile, stands guilty before God. No amount of religious ritual or moral effort can fix our sin problem. But then we hit the turning point in Romans 3:21. We saw that God's righteousness is revealed completely apart from the law. We are justified freely by His grace. This is not a process we maintain. It is a legal declaration of innocence purchased by the blood of Christ and received simply by faith. We closed those chapters knowing that the law only brings the knowledge of sin, but grace brings absolute acquittal. Your standing before God rests entirely o...