The Good News of Salvation in Jesus Christ

Studies in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans

Lesson 5 : Refutation of Jewish Objections / Universal Sin  (3:1-20)

DIFFICULT AND CONTROVERSIAL PARAGRAPH  –  GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH THE JEWS  –  REFUTATION OF JEWISH OBJECTIONS  –  THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING JEWISH BY BIRTH  –  GOD IS FAITHFUL TO HIS CHARACTER  –  SUMMATION / SIMILAR PROBLEM OF ALL WHO TEACH GRACE  –  CONFIRMATION AND CONCLUSION OF PAUL’S DOCTRINE  –  UNDER THE ‘BONDAGE’ OF SIN  –  UNIQUE PAULINE PASSAGE  –  TOTAL DEPRAVITY  –  STRUCTURE OF PAUL’S QUOTES  –  LAW GIVEN TO REVEAL SIN  –  COURTROOM OF HEAVEN  –  ARGUING FROM THE GREATER TO THE LESSER