Matt Morton

Grace Bible Church

“Refreshing Romans”

The book of Romans

The book of Romans centers on the message of the Gospel, which is the critical message we must understand in order to know the purpose and direction of our lives. Its key themes are: sin leads to death, God saves us by His grace, God empowers us for righteousness, and His grace summons us to worship.

I. Sin Leads to Death.

“There is none righteous, not even one; There is none who understands, There is none who seeks for God; All have turned aside, together they have become useless; There is none who does good, There is not even one. Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving, The poison of asps is under their lips; Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; Their feet are swift to shed blood, Destruction and misery are in their paths, And the path of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

—Romans 3:10-18

II. God Saved Us By His Grace.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

III. God Empowers Us For Righteousness.

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

—Romans 8:11

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

—2 Corinthians 3:18

IV. God’s Grace Summons Us To Worship.

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

—Romans 12:1-2