The Book of Romans Part 2 – Guilty As Charged

The Book of Romans Part 2 – Guilty As Charged

P.. Jason Hubbard

1. Lawlessness = (1:18-32)

2. Self-righteousness = (2:1-24)

1. Rebellion is of God and in a lie.

Romans 1:25 CSB – They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.

A. His .

B. His .

C. His rewards are primarily in the .

Romans 1:22-23 CSB – Claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

2. Rebellion results in being increasingly by my flesh.

Romans 1:24 CSB – Therefore God delivered them over in the desires of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.

3. Rebellion changes our moral values to relieve the tension between our and .

Romans 1:28-31 CSB – And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right. They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, senseless, untrustworthy, unloving, and unmerciful.

4. Ultimate rebellion is of the same rebellion in others.

1. Religiosity faces the judgment as rebellion.

2. Self-righteousness mistakes God’s kindness as a sign that He’s pleased with our religiosity when in fact, He’s actually patiently waiting for us to .

We must be careful to not misinterpret God’s patience as .

A. of others. (V. 1)

B. because of not practicing what is being preached. (V. 3)

C. Becoming about sin because of misinterpretation. (V. 4)

D. Increasingly guilty because of a pattern of . (V. 5)

Romans 2:28-29 CSB – For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh. On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ​– ​by the Spirit, not the letter. That person’s praise is not from people but from God.

Luke 5:32 NLT – “I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.”

1 John 1:9 CSB – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Luke 15:7 CSB – “I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.”

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