The Good News of Salvation in Jesus Christ

Studies in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans

Lesson 7 : Sola Fide  –  Sola Gratia  (3:21-31)

“THE CHIEF POINT OF THE WHOLE BIBLE”  –   NOT “BECAUSE OF FAITH” BUT “THROUGH FAITH”  –  MEANS BY WHICH JUSTIFICATION IS CONSIDERED  –  REDEMPTION  –  THE WORK OF THE FATHER AND SON IN REDEMPTION  –  PROPITIATORY SACRIFICE  –  HOW COULD ONE MAN PAY FOR THE SINS OF INNUMERABLE PEOPLE?  –  PAUL EXPOUNDS ON FAITH  –  CONTINUITY WITHIN DISCONTINUITY  –  3:27 – 4:25 CLOSELY RELATED SECTIONS  –  BOASTING TODAY  –  THE LAW OF WORKS VS. THE LAW OF FAITH  –  HOW DOES FAITH “NULLIFY” THE LAW?  –  FAITH UPHOLDS THE LAW