3. Righteous in WHO HE IS Righteous in WHAT HE DOES Psalm 11:7 For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face.

4. Big Idea: God is proven right by making all things right through the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel reveals the righteousness of God by saving all who believe.

5. RIGHTEOUSNESS INTRO (1:1-17) RIGHTEOUS in judgment (1:18-3:20) RIGHTEOUS in justification (3:21-5:21) RIGHTEOUS in sanctification (6-8) RIGHTEOUS in history (9-11) RIGHTEOUS through our lives (12-16)

6. RIGHTEOUS in judgment (1:18-3:20) 1:18 – synthesis of section Gentiles’ need righteousness –Immoral (1:19-32) –Self-righteous (2:1-16) Jews’ need righteousness (2:17-3:8) ALL need righteousness (3:9-20)

7. Jews were given greater revelation (2:17-18) Jews were given greater responsibility (2:19-20) Romans 4:13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

8. Principle #1: Doing right = righteousness Principle #2: Unrighteousness --> disqualification Principle #3: Greater revelation --> greater accountability

9. Jews were given greater revelation (2:17-18) Jews were given greater responsibility (2:19-20) Jews were trusting in ritual not reality (2:25-29)

14. Jews were given greater revelation (2:17-18) Jews were given greater responsibility (2:19-20) Jews were trusting in ritual not reality (2:25-29) 1 Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God.

15. There is great value in being a descendant of Abraham (3:1-2) Human failure does not invalidate God’s promises (3:3-4) Don’t even think about shifting the blame to God (3:5-8)

16. The charge (3:9) The proof (3:10-18) The verdict (3:19-20)

17. Inherently whole or broken? Our God is astonishing “...the Talmud teaches: ‘All Israel have a portion in the World to Come,’ i.e. a person is destined for the place of True Reward – unless he or she does something to lose it.” Yaakov Astor