Living By Faith Alone

Sep 03, 2023 By: Chad Chauvin Topics: Five Solas, Justification, Racial Reconciliation, Series: Romans: Getting the Gospel Right Scripture: Romans 3:27-31

Passage

ESV Romans 3:27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
30 since God is one– who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
31 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Outline

Paul gives us three ways to live by faith alone, organized by three sets of rhetorical questions. We live by faith alone when we:

  1. Vs. 27-28 boast in the outcome of faith rather than good works.
  2. Vs. 29-30 treat everybody the same.
  3. Vs. 31 show increased appreciation for God’s moral Law.