SSS4 : Epistle to the Romans : Lesson 26

Text: Romans 3-5
8 October 2017

THE DOCTRINE OF GRACE

1. The grace of God
“Much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the One Man” (Romans 5:15)

a) The operative system
b) The underlying structure
c) Grace- something totally undeserved!
d) Grace of God
e) Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

2. Application of Grace

a) Justified freely by His grace (Romans 3:24)
b) Therefore it is of faith that it might be of grace (Romans 4:16)
i) Justified by faith (Romans 5:1)
ii) Access into this grace in which we stand (Romans 5:2)
c) The gift of righteousness (Romans 5:17)
(Imputed righteousness)

3. The Abundance of Grace

a) Abundance of grace (Romans 5:17)
b) Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more (Romans 5:20)
c) Grace must reign in our life (Romans 5:21)
i) Through righteousness
ii) To eternal life
iii) Through the Lord Jesus Christ

4. Grace to be appreciated against the backdrop of sin

a) Sin’s offence (Romans 5:15)
b) The wrath of God… judgment… condemnation (Romans 5:16)
c) Death as a consequence of sin (Romans 5:17)