The Book of Romans - Lesson 5 - All Under Sin

1. SIN DEMANDS JUDGMENT (Romans 3:1-8)
1. By the Oracles of God (Romans 3:1-4; Acts 7:38; Hebrews 5:12; 1 Peter 4:11)  - oracles: an utterance of divine revelation
1. The Jewish advantage (Romans 3:1-2; Romans 9:4-5; Deuteronomy 4:32-34)
2. The sinners accuser (Romans 3:3-4; John 12:48)
2. By the Truth of God (Romans 3:5-8; Romans 2:2)
1. The righteous judge (Romans 3:5-6; 2 Timothy 4:8)
2. The guilty sinner (Romans 3:7-8; Romans 14:12)
2. SIN DEMANDS GUILT (Romans 3:9-20)
1. The Universal Character of Sin (Romans 3:9-12)
1. All under sin (Romans 3:9; Romans 3:19)
2. None righteous (Romans 3:10; 1 John 5:17)
3. None seeking God (Romans 3:11; Isaiah 53:6; Proverbs 14:12)
4. None doing good (Romans 3:12; James 4:17)
2. The Universal Practice of Sin (Romans 3:13-18)
1. Sins of the tongue (Romans 3:13-14; James 3:5-6)
2. Sins of the feet (Romans 3:15-17; Isaiah 59:7-8)
3. Sins of the eyes (Romans 3:18; Psalm 36:1)
3. The Universal Knowledge of Sin (Romans 3:19-20)
1. Accusing all the world (Romans 3:19; Galatians 3:22)
2. Proven by the law (Romans 3:20; Romans 4:15; Romans 7:7)
3. SIN DEMANDS GRACE (Romans 3:21-31)
1. Based on the Righteousness of God (Romans 3:21-23)
1. Without the law (Romans 3:21; Galatians 3:11-12)
2. By the faith of Christ (Romans 3:22a; Philippians 3:9; Galatians 2:16)
3. For the benefit of believers (Romans 3:2b-22; 2Peter 3:9)
2. Bought by the Redemption of Christ (Romans 3:24-26)
1. Our cost of redemption (Romans 3:24; Romans 5:15-18)
2. The extent of redemption (Romans 3:25; Hebrews 9:15)    - propitiation: Christs satisfaction of Gods demand
3. Our access to redemption (Romans 3:26)
3. Received Through Justification by Faith (Romans 3:27-31)
1. Without the boasting of man (Romans 3:27; Ephesians 2:8-9)
2. Without the deeds of the law (Romans 3:28; Romans 3:20)
3. Without the exclusion of race (Romans 3:29-30; Romans 1:16)
4. Without the rejection of the law (Romans 3:31; Romans 10:4)

MEMORY VERSE:     Romans 3:9

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;