I. EXORDIUM:
Are you made righteous by faith or by Law?
By faith. JESUS CHRIST has already done it all for me, I just believed on Him and on His finished work.
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers/unbelievers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that the LORD JESUS CHRIST has already done everything for us in order to complete our salvation, we only believed and therefore we are saved.
Luke 7:50 (Amplified Bible)
But Jesus said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go (enter) into peace [in freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin].
1 Corinthians 15:2 (Amplified Bible)
And by which you are saved, if you hold fast and keep firmly what I preached to you, unless you believed at first without effect and all for nothing.
IV. TEXT:
Romans 10:6 (Amplified Bible)
But the righteousness based on faith [imputed by God and bringing right relationship with Him] says, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into Heaven? that is, to bring Christ down;
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for I believed in You and therefore I am saved and healed.
VI. TITLE:
Righteousness of Faith
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: Apostle Paul
B. Date written: 57 A.D.
C. Place written: From Corinth
D. Purpose: To prepare Roman believers for his long awaited visit.
E. To whom written: Roman Christians
VIII. MAIN BODY:
Romans 10:6 (Amplified Bible)
But the righteousness based on faith [imputed by God and bringing right relationship with Him] says, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into Heaven? that is, to bring Christ down;
Romans 10:6 (New King James Version)
But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down from above)
A. Speaks "do not say in your heart who will ascend into heaven?"
"But the righteousness based on faith [imputed by God and bringing right relationship with Him] says, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into Heaven?"
Romans 3:22 (Amplified Bible)
Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [And it is meant] for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
Romans 3:25 (Amplified Bible)
Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment.
Romans 4:13 (Amplified Bible)
For the promise to Abraham or his posterity, that he should inherit the world, did not come through [observing the commands of] the Law but through the righteousness of faith.
Genesis 17:4-11 (Amplified Bible)
As for Me, behold, My covenant (solemn pledge) is with you, and you shall be the father of many nations.
Nor shall your name any longer be Abram [high, exalted father]; but your name shall be Abraham [father of a multitude], for I have made you the father of many nations.
And I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting, solemn pledge, to be a God to you and to your posterity after you.
And I will give to you and to your posterity after you the land in which you are a stranger [going from place to place], all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
And God said to Abraham, As for you, you shall therefore keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your posterity after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token or sign of the covenant (the promise or pledge) between Me and you.
Romans 9:31 (Amplified Bible)
Whereas Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law [for the securing] of righteousness (right standing with God), actually did not succeed in fulfilling the Law.
Philippians 3:9 (Amplified Bible)
And that I may [actually] be found and known as in Him, not having any [self-achieved] righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law’s demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), but possessing that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the [truly] right standing with God, which comes from God by [saving] faith.
Hebrews 11:7 (Amplified Bible)
[Prompted] by faith Noah, being forewarned by God concerning events of which as yet there was no visible sign, took heed and diligently and reverently constructed and prepared an ark for the deliverance of his own family. By this [his faith which relied on God] he passed judgment and sentence on the world’s unbelief and became an heir and possessor of righteousness (that relation of being right into which God puts the person who has faith).
Genesis 6:13-22 (Amplified Bible)
God said to Noah, I intend to make an end of all flesh, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I will destroy them and the land.
Make yourself an ark of gopher or cypress wood; make in it rooms (stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, and compartments) and cover it inside and out with pitch (bitumen).
And this is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits [that is, 450 ft. x 75 ft. x 45 ft.].
You shall make a roof or window [a place for light] for the ark and finish it to a cubit [at least 18 inches] above—and the oor of the ark you shall put in the side of it; and you shall make it with lower, second, and third stories.
For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy and make putrid all flesh under the heavens in which are the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.
But I will establish My covenant (promise, pledge) with you, and you shall come into the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
And of every living thing of all flesh [found on land], you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
Of fowls and birds according to their kinds, of beasts according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind—two of every sort shall come in with you, that they may be kept alive.
Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and you shall collect and store it up, and it shall serve as food for you and for them.
Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
MAKE YOURSELF AN ARK OF GOPHER OR CYPRESS WOOD; MAKE IN IT ROOMS (STALLS, PENS, COOPS, NESTS, CAGES, AND COMPARTMENTS) AND COVER IT INSIDE AND OUT WITH PITCH (BITUMEN). In our time and in this dispensation, since we are not able to make an ark, unlike Noah, GOD had already made an ARK - this is the LORD JESUS CHRIST, all glories and praises to Him, and this ark has lot of rooms, because there are lot of doors, the LORD JESUS CHRIST is also the rooms, and the doors.
John 10:7 (Amplified Bible)
So Jesus said again, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that I Myself am the Door for the sheep.
This time that door is only available for the sheep, no other animals are allowed, only sheep, meaning only believers are allowed to come in through that door, and the DOOR is JESUS CHRIST and He is also the Way to that Door.
John 14:6 (Amplified Bible)
Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.
B. To bring CHRIST down from above
"that is, to bring Christ down;"
This is one of the example what law can do, even to bring CHRIST down, for Him to cancel what He has done for us 2,000 years ago, which cannot be cancelled, because the LORD JESUS CHRIST had already done, completed and fulfilled the requirements of the Law, so we just believe in Him through faith. The Law is always do this or do that, but living in faith is always believe this and believe that, and it will all take place in our lives.
The Law is always do this or do that:
Deuteronomy 30:11-14 (Amplified Bible)
For this commandment which I command you this day is not too difficult for you, nor is it far off.
It is not [a secret laid up] in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it?
Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it?
But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your mind and in your heart, so that you can do it.
Proverbs 30:4 (Amplified Bible)
Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, if you know?
While living by faith, is always believe this and believe that and it will all be yours:
Mark 11:23-24 (Amplified Bible)
Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him.
For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].
John 6:50-51 (Amplified Bible)
[But] this is the Bread that comes down from heaven, so that [any]one may eat of it and never die.
I [Myself] am this Living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever; and also the Bread that I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).
IX. CONCLUSION:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for I believed in You and therefore I am saved and healed.
