God’s Righteousness Revealed Romans 3:21-26 ReconciliationSacrificePropitiationRedemptionJustified

Romans 1:16-17 (ESV) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

Romans 3:10-12 (ESV) 10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”

Reconciliation  We are separated from God because of our sin.  We have no way to get back to God on our own.  Reconciled means “to make one.”  This term is used for the broken relationship between ourselves and God.  Because of our sin, we are separated from God.  The glory of the Gospel is that God comes to make us one with Him. God’s Righteousness Revealed Romans 3:21-26

2 Corinthians 5:16-19 (ESV) 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

GOD THE FATHER JESUSMAN

Sacrifice  All who live are sinners.  Sin separates us from God and results in death.  Physical death separates our soul and spirit from the body.  Spiritual death separates our soul and spirit from God. God’s Righteousness Revealed Romans 3:21-26

Sacrifice  This is what we deserve as a consequence of our sin.  Jesus took that death to Himself by His sacrifice.  Jesus became our substitute by experiencing both physical and spiritual death in our place. God’s Righteousness Revealed Romans 3:21-26

GOD THE FATHER JESUSMAN SACRIFICE SUBSTITUTION

Propitiation  A religious term found in the language of the temple.  The definition can be translated as satisfaction.  The focus refers to an offering so great that it removes both guilt and anger. God’s Righteousness Revealed Romans 3:21-26

Propitiation  This term was used for the appeasement of God’s justified wrath so His love could come through.  This is the word used for the mercy seat.  God took all His pent-up rage and anger and hurled it on His Son. God’s Righteousness Revealed Romans 3:21-26

Propitiation  Four elements in propitiation 1. An offense to be taken away 2. A person offended who needs to be pacified 3. An offending person – a person guilty of the offense 4. A sacrifice or some other means of making atonement for the offense God’s Righteousness Revealed Romans 3:21-26

GOD THE FATHER JESUSMAN SACRIFICE SUBSTITUTION PROPITIATION RELIGIOUS SATISFACTION

Redemption  A commercial term used in the language of the slave market.  The definition can be translated to “purchase” or “buy out of.”  The focus is on the slave market.  The root word means “price of a slave.”  Jesus uses it when He says that He came to give His life as a ransom for many.  We are Gomer in the book of Hosea. God’s Righteousness Revealed Romans 3:21-26

GOD THE FATHER JESUSMAN SACRIFICE SUBSTITUTION PROPITIATION RELIGIOUS SATISFACTION REDEMPTION OUT OF SLAVERY

Justified  A legal term used in the language of the courtroom.  The definition can be translated to acquit or “to be declared upright.”  It does not suggest innocence of all charges.  The uprightness it implies is objective, not subjective.  Justification is done for us, not in us.  It is an act, not a process. God’s Righteousness Revealed Romans 3:21-26

GOD THE FATHER JESUSMAN SACRIFICE SUBSTITUTION PROPITIATION RELIGIOUS SATISFACTION REDEMPTION OUT OF SLAVERY JUSTIFIED LEGALLY UPRIGHT

Summary  Being declared upright  Justification  Being made upright  Sanctification  Being eternally upright  Glorification God’s Righteousness Revealed Romans 3:21-26

GOD THE FATHER JESUSMAN SACRIFICE SUBSTITUTION PROPITIATION RELIGIOUS SATISFACTION REDEMPTION OUT OF SLAVERY JUSTIFIED LEGALLY UPRIGHT JUSTIFICATION SANCTIFICATION GLORIFICATION