Lesson 2
In last week's lesson man was diagnosed as sinful and guilty before God. Paul will provide the needed treatment in this lesson.
Paul's Roman terminology In the language of the law court,
the believer is justified and receives pardon.
In the language of the slave market,
the believer is redeemed and receives liberation.
In the language of the altar,
Jesus is the believer's propitiation/sacrifice and receives atonement.
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(Romans 3:27-31) Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law. |
(James 2:14-26) What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe; and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God. You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. |
In 4:9-12 Paul points out that Abraham was not justified by _____________.
In 4:13-15 Paul points out that Abraham was not justified by __________.
Upon what does justification depend according to verse 16?
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