Topical Sermon: Sinners, the Savior and the Saved

Scripture Reading: Romans 3:21-26

SINNERS, THE SAVIOR AND THE SAVED (#1)

Intro.
1. Sometimes people say God is unfair by condemning those who have never heard about Jesus Christ; Worldly thinking, Rom. 3:5.

2. God puts all under command to repent & will judge the world, Acts 17:30-31.

3. Is God to be blamed when sinners are lost? No. Jno. 3:16-17

I. SINNERS ARE LOST.

A. Sinners are Lost Due to Their Own Sin.

1. All people everywhere are sinners, Rom. 3:23, 9.

2. Therefore, all people everywhere are lost in sin.

B. All People are Under Law to God, Rom. 4:15.

1. If not, then they are not sinners; but, all have sinned.

2. Therefore, all are under law to God (1 Jno. 3:4).

C. The Existence of Sin in the World, Rom. 5:12-14.

1. Death spread to all because all sinned, 5:12.

2. Sin imputed to all, because all were (are) under divine law, 5:13 (2:12-13; cf. Gen. 6:5).

a. Gentile world heaped in sin, Rom. 1:18-23 (without excuse).

b. Jewish world heaped in sin, Rom. 2:1, 12 (no escape).

c. All sinners spiritually dead (separated from God), Gen. 2:17; Col. 1:21.

3. Death reigned from Adam to Moses, Rom. 5:14.

4. Now, all are under law to Christ (Matt. 28:18; 1 Cor. 9:21).

D. When We Reach Moral Capacity toward God & Man, We are Responsible for Our Own Sin before God, Rom. 7:7-12.

1. Law is not at fault, 7:7 (Jas. 1:13).

2. Law identifies sin, 7:7 (Rom. 3:20).

3. Law cannot save sinners, Rom. 3:19-20.

4. Salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ, not through the deeds of the law, Rom. 3:21-26, 27-28.

E. God Will Judge the World, Acts 17:31; Rom. 2:16.

1. A righteous judgment, acc. to truth, is coming (17:31); Rom. 2:2, 4.

2. God is not unjust to inflict wrath against sinners, Rom. 3:3-6.

3. God has provided & revealed salvation for all sinners.

4. God is not to be blamed for loving sinners & providing a way of escape! Rom. 5:6-11

Conclusion

We do not have to remain in sin & death, Acts 17:27, 30-31