Matt Morton

Grace Bible Church

“True Purpose”

Romans 15:14-33

The Gospel gives us a purpose and direction for our lives that nothing in this world can provide.

Romans Outline

I. Introduction/Theme (1:1-17)

II. All of Humanity Condemned Because of Sin (1:18-3:20)

A. God’s Wrath Revealed (1:18-32)

B. The Moral Man Condemned (2:1-16).

C. The Religious Jew Condemned (2:17-3:8).

D. Everybody is Guilty (3:9-20).

III. Justification: God Gives Us His Righteousness (3:21-5:21)

A. The Work of Jesus In Salvation (3:21-26).

B. Saved Through Faith Alone (3:27-4:25).

C. The Blessings of Justification (5:1-11).

D. Identified With Christ (5:12-21).

IV. Sanctification: Practical Righteousness (6:1-8:39).

A. Dead to Sin, Alive to God (6:1-14).

B. Free From Sin, Servants of God (6:15-23).

C. The Problem of the Flesh (7:1-25).

D. The Power of the Spirit (8:1-13).

E. The Blessings of Adoption (8:14-27).

F. The Security of Salvation (8:28-39).

V. God’s Faithfulness to Israel (9:1-11:36).

VI. Practical Responses to the Gospel (12-15).

The Gospel Gives Us:

I. Courage (14-16).

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

—Matthew 28:18-20

II. Significance (17-19a).

Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

—Romans 3:27

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

—2 Timothy 4:7-8

III. Direction (19b-21).