"In Christ Alone, By Faith Alone" (Romans 3:21-31) - P. Seung Kim, Nov. 8, 2020

Outline of Romans
• Romans 1:1-15 – Introduction
• Romans 1:16-17 – The power of the Gospel: God's righteousness revealed
• Roman 1:18-3:20 – The need for the Gospel: All have sinned and are under God's wrath
• Romans 3:21-11 – The content and outworking of the Gospel
• Romans 12:1-15:13 – Christian life in light of the Gospel
• Romans 15:14-16:27 – Paul’s plans and final words

Introduction
• The main point is that because we are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ by _ _ _ _ _ alone in _ _ _ _ _ and his righteousness alone, we _ _ _ _ _ in him, not in ourselves.

1) Justified in _ _ _ _ _ alone
• What does it mean to be justified? Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A 33.
o Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardons all our sins, and accepts us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.
o It means God _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ us to be righteous because of faith in Jesus.
• We cannot be justified before God by our own obedience to his law (Romans 3:20).
• The good news is that God's righteousness has been manifested _ _ _ _ _ from the law (v.21). God _ _ _ _ _ the righteousness that he _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
• God's righteousness in v.21 refers to Jesus' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ obedience to God's law (passive obedience and active obedience). That is how God is both _ _ _ _ and the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the one who has faith in Jesus (v.26).

2) Justified by _ _ _ _ _ alone
• _ _ _ _ _ is an instrument by which we receive Christ's righteousness. This means that what is Jesus' is counted as ours (Romans 4 - Abraham).
• This is called imputation: By faith, when God sees us, ungodly sinners, he sees Jesus and his righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21). Because of our faith in Jesus, we are not just forgiven of our sins, but we are also counted as if we have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ obeyed the law.
• This is all God and there is nothing to boast in ourselves, not even the _ _ _ _ or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of your faith (v.27).

Conclusion