2-26-2017
"Your Ticket to Paradise:  Righteousness Through Faith"
Romans 3. 21-31

YOUR TICKET TO PARADISE:  RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH Romans 3. 21-31 I.  ONE OF PROBLEMS WHEN READING ROMANS IS “BIG ____.” -In this passage alone there are several:  Righteousness, Law, Justified/Justice, Redemption, Sacrifice, Atonement, Forebearance II.  1st GOD IS ABSOLUTELY ______- HOLY- & RIGHTEOUS A.  Thus, everyone will be accountable to God… B.  Ticket Illustration:  which represents ________________ -So who here- should receive a ticket?   -If you don’t have a ticket, then you cannot get into Heaven. III.  BUT NOW, THERE IS ANOTHER _____ TO GET A TICKET! A.  The ticket- RIGHTEOUSNESS- is available for believers B.  The ticket comes as a gift (________) from God because Jesus – will redeem you. IV.  REDEMPTION/ATONEMENT:  more big words…big concepts? A.  When it comes to life- our sin amasses a ______ B.  Jesus will atone for (pay for) your debt.  C.  ____________- your bill is paid V.  HOW DOES THIS REDEMPTION & ATONEMENT WORK? A.  __________- God’s patient waiting for the right time to make things right. B.  Believers – past, present, and future- needed redemption: to have debts paid. C.  So God waited, and at the _________time (On Calvary’s Cross) D.  WHAT GOD REQUIRES- HE __________ - God is JUST AND JUSTIFIER… VI.  PAUL CONCLUDES:  “WHERE IS _________?”  A.  Does anyone have a ticket?  B.  Why is it that no one can boast?   BECAUSE there is ONLY ______ WAY TO BE RIGHTEOUS…(GET A TICKET) BY FAITH