Peter Barnes | Romans 1:16-17
SERMON NOTES
THE GOSPEL ANNOUNCED
(Romans 1:16-17)
Rom.1-4 – ‘the just by faith’; Rom.5-8 – ‘shall live’; Rom.9-11 – ‘to the Jew first, also for the Greek’; Rom.12-15 – more on ‘shall live’.
Thomas Schreiner: ‘The gospel is the saving power of God in which the righteousness of God is revealed.’
1. We are not to be ashamed of the gospel.
– 1:16; temptation in 1 Cor.1:18; Paul’s positive response in Gal.6:14
– Mark 8:38
2. The gospel alone has power to save.
– 1:16; beware of substitutes
3. This gospel is announced to all.
– 1:16; the gospel saves all (John 6:37, 39; 18:9)
– to the Jew first (John 4:22; Acts 13:45-46)
4. God’s righteousness is received by faith.
– 1:17; ‘no more vital verse in the whole of Scripture’ (Martyn Lloyd-Jones); note Luther’s experience
– Phil.3:8-9; righteousness linked to salvation in Ps.143:1-2; Dan.9:7, 14, 16
– how God can save and still be righteous (note Ex.23:7; Prov.17:15)