Skip to main content

Romans 5

 

SECTION OUTLINE FIVE (ROMANS 5)

Paul talks about the joy that comes from faith. He contrasts the sinful Adam with the sinless Christ.

I. A Summary of Justification (5:1–11): Paul lists five results of divine justification.

A. The believer has peace with God (5:1): This is accomplished through the work done by Jesus Christ.

B. The believer has access to God (5:2): This high privilege brings about great confidence and joy concerning the future.

C. The believer has assurance from God (5:3–4).

1. The fact of this assurance (5:3): It helps us in time of suffering.

2. The fruit of the assurance (5:4): Suffering produces perseverance, which produces character, which produces hope.

D. The believer is indwelt by God (5:5): The Holy Spirit lives in the hearts of believers.

E. The believer is preserved in God (5:6–11): A believer’s salvation is secure, guaranteed by:

1. Christ’s past work on Calvary’s cross (5:6–8)

a. What he did (5:6): He died on the cross for us.

b. Why he did it (5:7–8a): He died because he loves us.

c. When he did it (5:8b): He did it when we were still helpless and hostile sinners.

2. Christ’s present work at God’s right hand (5:9–11): Paul says Christ died to save us and now lives to keep us saved.

II. A Summary of Condemnation (5:12–21): Paul contrasts the work of Adam (the sinful father of all people) with the work of Christ (the sinless Savior of all people).

A. The work of Adam (5:12–15, 16a, 17a, 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a)

1. The reality of his act (5:12a): “When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race.”

2. The scope of his act (5:12b–13): “So death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.”

3. The nature of his act (5:19a): “Because one person disobeyed God, many people became sinners.”

4. The results of his act (5:14–15a, 16a, 17a, 18a, 21a)

a. Imputed judgment on Adam’s posterity (5:14): “They all died anyway—even though they did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did.”

b. Eternal judgment on all unsaved (5:15a, 16a, 17a, 18a, 21a): Adam’s sin brought death and condemnation upon all people.

5. The relationship of the law to his act (5:20a): “God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were.”

B. The work of Christ (5:15b, 16b, 17b, 18b, 19b, 20b, 21b): Because of Christ’s death, people can be saved in spite of their sin.

1. The scope of his act (5:15b, 18b)

a. “Jesus Christ … brought forgiveness to many through God’s bountiful gift” (5:15b).

b. “Christ’s one act of righteousness makes all people right in God’s sight and gives them life” (5:18b).

2. The nature of his act (5:19b): “Because one other person obeyed God, many people will be made right in God’s sight.”

3. The results of his act (5:16b, 17b, 21b)

a. Justification (5:16b): All people can now be accepted by God.

b. Sanctification (5:17b): All people can now be made righteous in God’s eyes.

c. Glorification (5:21b): All people can now have eternal life.

4. The relationship of sin to his act (5:20b): “As people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful kindness became more abundant.”

 

 

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

NLT N.T. CHRONOLOGICAL READING PLAN (SEPT-OCT)

  SEPTEMBER   September 24 Mark 1:1a, Luke 1:1-4, John 1:1-18, Matthew 1:1-17, Luke 3:23b-38, Luke 1:5-38    September 25 Luke 1:39-80, Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-40    September 26 Matthew 2:1-23, Luke 2:41-52, Mark 1:1b-8, Matthew 3:1-12, Luke 3:1-18, Mark 1:9-11,  Matthew 3:13-17, Luke 3:21-22    September 27 Mark 1:12-13, Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-15, John 1:19–2:25    September 28 John 3:1–4:45, Luke 3:19-20    September 29 Mark 1:14-15, Matthew 4:12-17, Luke 3:23a, John 4:46-54, Luke 4:16-30, Mark 1:16-20,  Matthew 4:18-22, Mark 1:21-28, Luke 4:31-37, Mark 1:29-34, Matthew 8:14-17, Luke 4:38-41, Mark 1:35-39, Luke 4:42-44, Matthew 4:23-25    September 30 Luke 5:1-11, Mark 1:40-45, Matthew 8:1-4, Luke 5:12-16, Mark 2:1-12, Matthew 9:1-8, Luke 5:17-26,  Mark 2:13-17, Matthew 9:9-13, Luke 5:27-32, Mark 2:18-22, Matthew 9:14-17, Luke 5:33-39 October    October 1 John 5:1-47, Mark 2:23-28, Matthew 12:1-8, Luke 6:1-5, Mark 3:...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Point of Christmas (Ryan Whitaker Smith)

 When the angel visits Joseph to tell him that the unborn child carried by Mary is not the product of an illicit romance but rather the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit, one crucial detail of this revelation is in the stated purpose of this miracle. The angel even tells Joseph what the baby’s name should be! The child will be called Jesus, a derivation of Joshua, which means “God saves.”  This is why the Son of God becomes incarnate—to save sinners.  This is the whole point of Christianity, and thus the whole point of Christmas. Jesus did not come primarily to set a good example, though he certainly did that. And he did not come to give us solid ethics teaching, though he did that too. He didn’t even come primarily to perform signs and wonders, though he undoubtedly did many.  The primary reason for the incarnation was that God might justify sinners through Christ’s sinless life, sacrificial death, and glorious resurrection.
Post a Comment
Read more

NOTES ON ROMANS 6 – JOHN STOTT

  NOTES ON ROMANS 6 – JOHN STOTT United to Christ and enslaved to God (6:1–23) The apostle has been painting an idyllic picture of the people of God. Having been justified by faith, they are standing in grace and rejoicing in glory. Having formerly belonged to Adam, the author of sin and death, they now belong to Christ, the author of salvation and life. Although at one point in the history of Israel the law was added to increase sin (5:20a), yet ‘grace increased all the more’ (5:20b), so that ‘grace might reign’ (5:21). It is a splendid vision of the triumph of grace. Against the grim background of human guilt, Paul depicts grace increasing and grace reigning. What was their criticism? It was not just that Paul’s gospel of justification by grace through faith without works seemed to make the doing of good works otiose. Worse than that, it seemed to stimulate people to sin more than ever. For if, in his understanding of Israel’s story, the law led to an increase of sin, and s...
Post a Comment
Read more