3-5-2017
"How to Get a Ticket to Paradise"
Romans 4

HOW TO GET A TICKET ROMANS 4 I.  DO YOU HAVE A TICKET?  (Analogy from previous message). A.  Nobody is ________- thus nobody is able to enter God’s righteous Kingdom B.  God will give us a ticket…A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM ______ II.  THE TICKET HAS BEEN PAID FOR:  by Jesus Christ A.  Justified freely by his ______ B.  God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement through faith in his blood (v.25) III.  HOW DOES ONE GET A TICKET TO PARADISE?  BY ________ A.  Righteousness is used 9x - in Romans 4 B.  Faith 7x - in Romans 4;  Believe/trust 4x IV.  ____________- AN EXAMPLE OF ONE WHO HAD FAITH A.  What does the scripture say?  “Abraham __________  God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” (4.3) B.  Abraham was fully persuaded that God was able to do what he had promised (v. 21) C.  The truth about “righteousness by faith” … is not just for Abraham, Paul says:  “but also for ___ to whom God will credit righteousness- for ___  who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.” V.  QUESTION:  WHAT IS FAITh? A.  Some believe God ______…Some believe God can. B.  Some believe GOD ________ C.  Faith is depending on God that HE WILL DO AS HE HAS PROMISED! VI.  DO YOU HAVE THAT SAVING FAITH?  WILL YOU ASK jESUS TO “SAVE YOU BY HIS ACT OF LOVE AND SACRIFICE?” A.  Faith doesn’t often begin as “full blown” - Often is a ____________ B.  Even so – today is a good day to _______  trusting…or to step closer to Jesus.  VII.  LORD’S SUPPER IS A REMINDER-  JESUS HAS ALREADY PAID FOR OUR TICKET…FOR OUR REDEMPTION A reminder of what Jesus did to ________ our “righteousness from God.” Reminder of his death (bread broken) Reminder of his _______ shed (the drinking of the cup)