Romans | Lecture 8 : BC303-Rom-20260901

Yes, just let us start recording. Okay, welcome back after the break. Um, so yes, coming back to Sri Raj's question and what Julianne also said, there were two instances when um when Paul was in uh prison. Okay, so the one that uh in act 16 no soldier was killed. Okay, the Jo jailer was going to kill himself but did not kill but accepted the Lord and was baptized. That's what Julian said. But there is Acts chapter 12 uh verses 4 to 10 where um Peter was uh imprisoned. It was not Paul and Silas. But yeah, Julianne was right in saying um uh mentioning about you know um um uh Acts chapter 16 that it was Paul and Silas and there was no soldier that was killed. But I think um Siraj was mentioning about Acts chapter 12 about Peter being imprisoned by King Herod and then um uh the angel came and released him at night and uh you know he was led out of prison and when Herod found out he killed the uh the four squads of uh soldiers he put them to death. So that is the question that he asked again there um yeah God will judge based on the deeds desires and the motives. Okay. Yeah. Thank you S point the point is that they were innocent as they were been guarding Peter because that was their duty. >> Yes. Any people who are innocent are killed they die. So you know they would be again judged based on their deeds, their desires and their motives again. Yes. Huh? Yeah. So God is a righteous judge. He does he will judge them based on that. Does that help Sri Raj? >> Amen. >> No. >> Amen. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. So, we'll move on to verses 9 to 20. Any questions before that? Chapter verses 1 to 8. No. Okay. Then let's look at verse 9. >> Maybe just just just a clarification pastor. >> Mhm. >> I am I am wondering the last verse number eight. The last statement when Paul says their condemnation is just, is he talking about their condemnation on his doctrine of grace and leaving them? because what I'm reading in the in the in the in the PDF seems to imply that he is talking about their condemnation of him or is he talking about their condemnation because of the comment they are making? >> Yes, it's a good question. But here we see that Paul is actually not taking the time to respond to the slanderous statements or the false reports that people are making about him. He's basically talking about the overall condemnation that they will be condemned. Like I said, it'll be condemned because they have misinterpreted the gospel. Okay. um because he asked in chap verses 1 and two shall we continue to sin cuz uh that grace may abound and he says certainly not. Secondly I said that they deserve condemnation because they treat uh sin as a tool instead of rebellion. So they uh you know rebelling against sin they deliberately choose evil thinking God will somehow use it as good that is mocking God's holiness and that is willful rejection of his righteousness and thirdly I said they will be condemned because you know they are claiming that evil brings good then um no sin could ever be condemned and um you know um and they're saying their sin is helping God which is undermining God's justice. And the fourth thing he says they can be condemned is because of their heart issue that they say such things not out of love for God or out of righteousness. They are looking for loopholes or ways in which they can keep sinning and you know a cover up for their uh sins. So for such hearts judgment is right and deserved. So he's talking here not about uh they they be condemned because of what they have spoken against him. He's not using this as a personal weapon against them. But he's talking about the overall thing about how they think that their sin is making God uh or their unrighteousness is making God righteous. their um their sin is glorifying God and is a bringing about his fulfilling his plan and purpose. Yeah, I hope that helps Samuel. >> Yeah, that's fine. >> Okay, thank you. Okay, so we'll uh any other questions? Any other questions? [snorts] No. Okay, then we'll move on to verse 9 where he asked another question. So can somebody read verse 9 please? >> What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are under the power of sin. Amen. >> Thank you. So here he's coming back to another question. He's saying so are the Jews better than the Greeks or the Jews better than the Gentiles? Are we better than they? Who is the we? Who who are the we here? Are we? Who's writing this letter? >> So when he says we means what? >> The Jews. >> The Jews. Are we the Jews better than they? Who's a they? >> Gentiles. How do you know he's talking about Jews and Gentiles? Because the same verse says we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. Okay. So he says both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin. Now he's reaching his main conclusion. What is his main conclusion? I said, what is the main conclusion? All have sinned. Thank you. So let's read verses uh 10 to 20. Can somebody read that please? 10 to 20. >> As it is written, there is none righteous not know one. There is none who understands the There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside. They have to they have together become unprofitable. There is there is none who does good. No, not one. Uh their their their throat is an open throat is an >> open tomb with their uh tomb with their tongues. >> They they have practiced deceit. The poison of as u is under their lips whose mouth is full of uh cursing and bitterness. Their feets are swift uh swift to shed blood. Destruction and uh misery and are in their ways and the and the way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes. Uh now we know that whatever the law says it says to those who are under under the law that every mouth may be stopped and all the word may uh become guilty before God. Therefore therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will justify in his sight. For by the law is is the knowledge of sin. >> Amen. Thank you. Okay. So, Romans chapter 3 10 to 12. Basically, he is quoting from Psalms 14 1 and 1 2 and 3. Okay. And also here there's an echo of Psalms 53:es 1-3. So these Psalms B Psalm 14 verse 1-3 Psalm 53:1-3 basically describe the universal corruption of mankind. And Paul uses this to emphasize that no one is righteous by nature. Okay? And in verse 13, the first part of verse 13, he says, "Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have practiced deceit, he's quoting from Psalms chapter 5 verse 9 where he shows how speech reveals a the corruptness of a person's heart. When you speak, it shows the corruption in your heart." verse 13, the latter part of verse 13, the second half of verse 13, you know, uh he says the poison of asps is under their lips. He's quoting from Psalm 140:3 uh which basically illustrates how people use their words as venom to poison uh to harm others. Okay, asps basically means wipers or cobras, you know, or adders, very very very dangerous snakes. Okay, so he's saying that people use this, he's using this as an illustration to show how people's words are like venom that can harm others, like poison that can harm others. verse 14 he's quoting from Psalm 10:7 where he's basically pointing to the fact that hatred and bitterness flows from a sinful heart. So if you are filled with hatred and bitterness it flows from where? A sinful heart. Okay. So we need to take note of that. verses 15-1 17 he's quoting from Isaiah chapter 59 verse 7 and 8 where he's describing the violence and injustice that results from sin okay that because of sin there is violence and injustice and verse 18 there is no fear of God before their eyes he's quoting from Psalms chapter 36 verse1 so here he's basically saying the root problem of sin is there is a lack of reverence for God. So like I said in the introduction of the book of Romans, Paul uses a lot of Old Testament scripture to consolidate his argument or to you know reasoned or to bring out uh beautifully what he's saying so that the Jews can understand because they know the Old Testament. Okay. So let's uh look at it in detail. verses 10 to 12 he says as it is written there is no one righteous know not one so Paul begins by emphasizing that no human being is inherently righteous before God okay there's no one who is naturally born you know who is righteous before God and he saysnone who understand what does that mean it means that apart from God's revelation, humanity cannot grasp the truth that is in God. Apart from the revelation that God has given, humanity does not grasp God's truth. And he says no one who seeks after God means he says or it shows that people left to themselves cannot or do not pursue God but they rather turn away from him. And he proved that in chapter one. Yes or no? Yes, there's no one who seeks after God. Even though creation reveals the invis invisible attributes of God, his uh his uh divine nature and his power. Okay. But there are people who do not seek after God. They do not pursue God, but they rather turn away from him. And then he says they have all turned aside which indicates a deliberate rebellion and a wandering away from God's truth which he speaks in chapter one and chapter two how they go away wander away from the truth and they seek their own knowledge and their own truth their own understanding. Okay. And he says what happens as a result become unprofitable or worthless. This conveys that sin makes humanity fail to fulfill its purpose of glorifying God. We were created to do what? We were created to glorify God. And so because of sin, humanity fails to fulfill its purpose. That's why we become unprofitable because we are unable to glorify God. So the summary is sin is not partial but total. It affects all people and it leaves none who are good by God's standards. Okay. Now we'll move on to verses 13 to 14 where he talks about the corruption of speech. He says that truth is an open tomb. That means he says that words reveal the corruption and the decay within the heart. So how corrupt is your heart? It shows in your the words that you speak. Just like an open grave uh which gives out when you when you dig an open grave when the grave you put a dead body close it when you open it what what what happens it's a stench. Yeah. It's a terrible smell. Okay. So sinful speech exposes spiritual death. Okay. And he says with their tongues they have practiced deceit. That means humanity uses words for lies, for manipulation and for falsehood. Okay. And says a poison of asps is under their lips. That means words can be venomous. They can be poisonous and destructive like snake that you know when it when it strikes somebody the venom can kill that person. And here it's talking when it talks about asps is talking about wipers and adders very deadly snakes and cobras. Okay, that if just one bite can kill the person. And he says mouth full of cursing and bitterness. That means sinful speech flows from a corrupt inner attitude. A heart that is filled with sin filled a corrupt inner attitude of anger, resentment and hostility. So you know when you use your words you can find out how sinful or how righteous your or holy your heart is. Look at your own words that you speak. So in summary the tongue is a mirror of the heart. Right? Tongue is a mirror of the heart and sin deeply corrupts human communication. Okay. Now in verses 15 to 17 he talks about corruption of action. He says feet swift to shed blood. That means because of their sin, humanity has a tendency towards violence and destruction. Then he says destruction and misery are in their ways. That means whenever sinful humanity goes, wherever sinful humanity, sorry, wherever sinful humanity goes, it leaves behind brokenness, suffering and ruin. Okay, that is what happens in our lives when we are living sinful lives. Wherever we go, we leave destruction and misery. Okay, because sinful humanity leaves behind brokenness, suffering and ruin. The way of peace they have not known. So instead of peace, people pursue conflict, hatred and division. Okay. And so what is he trying to say here in these verses? verses 15 to1 17 is that sin is not only in words but also in deeds and what is the result of sin it produces chaos, destruction, brokenness, pain, suffering instead of peace. Okay, verse 18 he talks about the root cause of sin. So he says there is no fear of God before their eyes. This is the core issue. What is the core issue? When people lose reverence for God, they lose their moral compass. That means moral compass. You know the compass. When people take the compass, they want to know which is north, south, east, west, which direction they're going. Okay? So when people lose reverence for God, they lose their moral compass. Their moral compass does not show them the right way or the right direction. And the fear of God in scripture means basically reverence for God, the awe of God and submission. So without it, sin, you know, uh, runs unchecked. Okay. So here he's basically saying in verse 18 that the ultimate problem is godlessness. Okay, that means people rejecting God's rightful place in their life. So that is what he's talking about in verses um uh 10 to verse 18 and he's doing that by quoting Old Testament scripture. Okay, any questions? No. Uh we'll move on to verses 19 and 20. So can somebody please read um verses 19 and 20 please? Now we know that whatever the law says it is says to those who are under the law that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in his sight. For by the law it's that knowledge of sin. >> Amen. Thank you. Okay. So verses 19 and 20 says, "So if you have the law, you will be judged by the law." Okay. He's telling the Jews and ultimately the world stands guilty before God. That means all of us stand guilty before the law. So Jews by the deeds of the law, he's sending the Jews by the deeds of the law, you can never be justified. You can never be made righteous before God because the law exposes our sin. What does the law do? It shows when we have failed, when we have broken it. Okay? So the law basically exposes our sin. It shows that we are sinful. Right? Because when we break the law, we know we have done something wrong. It shows that we are sinful. So Paul is writing to the church and the church needs to understand that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Okay. So this is through uh you know um uh this is how we are before God. We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. So through all that Paul has written so far now he starts presenting the solution. What has he done so far? What has he presented so far? All have sinned. We have all sinned. What else has he presented? We have all broken the law. And so we stand guilty before God. And so now he's coming to the solution. He's saying now this is the solution. Okay. Now in giving the solution, Paul is basically maintaining something. He's maintaining what? That God is righteous. Okay. He's saying that God is providing a solution for us in our predicament. That means God is providing a solution for us in our mess, in our difficulty, in our uh problems that we are in the sin that we have, you know, soaked into or steeped into God is providing a solution. And by providing a solution, he's trying to prove that God is being righteous. Okay? So the key truth he's coming to is justification and righteousness is through faith. Okay. And so here from verse 21 onwards Paul presents or makes a grand presentation of the gospel. So Romans chapter 3 21 onwards he's making a grand presentation of the gospel. Okay. So can somebody please read verse 21 to 26. Before that, anyone has any doubts? Any doubts? Okay, there no doubts. Can somebody please read verse 21-26, please? >> But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been made known to which the law and the prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile. For all have sinned and fall short of glory of God and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement through the shedding of his blood to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness because in his forbearance he had uh left the sins and committed before and unpunished. He did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. Amen. >> Thank you Siraj. So these verses speak about what? What is this talking about? >> The righteousness of whom? God. Yes. So what does it mean to be righteous? Huh? right standing with God to be blameless to be just. Okay. So the righteousness of God means that God himself is blame is is is blameless is faultless and is beyond accusation. Okay. No one can find fault with God. That is what it means when we say God is righteous God. No one can find fault with him is blameless and beyond accusation. Now when the Bible says that we are made righteous before God, it means that we have been given a position of being blameless and faultless in his eyes. Okay. So when God when the Bible says that we are made righteous before God, what does it mean? It means that we have been given a position where God looks at us as though we have never sinned. We are blameless. We are faultless in his eyes. And this is something that we cannot earn on our own strength in our deeds in our own ways but it's something that has been given to us something that has been granted to us. Now the words just, justify, justification, justly um righteous, righteousness, right? Uh righteously, you know, all come from the same root Greek word, the same root Greek word called dai, which simply means what is right. Okay, so you can use just, justify, right, righteous, all mean the same thing. It mean basically means what is right. So righteousness is basically a state of being right um or the act of doing what is right and being just. So it's being in a state that is being approved and acceptable before God. So when you're being righteous that means that you are in a state that you are approved and acceptable to God. So at times righteousness also refers to the act of doing what God approves and accepts. Okay. So Paul continues to show that no one is perfect because all have sinned. Every person stands condemned before God. No one can be justified by the law because the law only reveals sin. And then Paul brings out this beautiful solution in verse 21. He declares that the righteousness of God does not come through the law. The ability to stand blameless and faultless before God is not achieved by keeping the law. Okay? And he says this is already spoken by the prophets beforehand. They foretold that God himself would bring about his righteousness. So the prophets of old also told us that we cannot be justified or made righteous, you know, by keeping the law. But it'll this uh this it is God's very own righteousness and it is a gift to all who believe in Christ Jesus. Okay. So it was foretold that God himself will bring about this righteousness. Now in verse 22, Paul emphasizes that the whole world is guilty before God. No one can be justified in God's sight. But now God offers his righteousness to all without partiality. Both Jew and Gentile are invited. And this is not just human righteousness. It's God's very own righteousness. His gift to all who believe in Christ Jesus. Amen. So how is God's righteousness made available? How is God's righteousness been made made available? How is God's righteous state available to us? Through faith in Jesus Christ. Now when Paul says the righteousness of God, it means two things. When Paul means what what does Paul mean when he says the righteousness of God? It means two things. First, it is a righteousness that comes from God. It is God given. It is given to us by God. God given. It comes from God. Secondly, it's a righteousness that belongs to God. Okay? So, it's not something inferior or secondary, but it is God's own righteousness. It's God's own nature being given to us, being clothed on us, being imputed upon us or put into our account, so to say. So, Paul says the righteousness of God, it means two things. First, it's a righteousness that comes from God. It is God-given. And second, it's a righteous righteousness that belongs to God. It is not something that is inferior or secondary righteousness, but it is God's own nature. Amen. And then verse 23, he reminds us all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. That means we have all missed the mark. Man was originally created to carry out and display the glory of God. But sin has robbed us of this. Okay. Now, in verse 24, Paul explains that righteousness is freely given by God's grace. Yes, it comes through redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Now, what is the meaning of word redemption? Why does Paul use the word redemption? Because the word redemption is something very familiar in a Jewish mind and it would bring the uh to the Jewish mind the idea of buying something back at a price from a uh from a slave market or purchasing something out of a slave market by paying a price. It also carries the idea of paying a ransom to secure someone's freedom. That means you're making a payment so that you can set somebody free and give them the freedom you know from their ransom. Okay. So redemption is basically buying something back. It is restoring something back to its original state of freedom. So Jesus purchased us with what? His blood. >> Blood. >> Okay. He purchased us from where? From what? from what go. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So, um from where did he purchase us from? >> Where did he purchase us from? >> Slavery of sin. What else? Only sin. death >> and who else? Slavery from whom? >> The kingdom of darkness. >> Kingdom of darkness that is Satan. Yes. >> So he purchased us from the being slaves of sin, death and Satan. So the righteousness of God is given to whom? >> Who is the us? >> Who are we? Those who believe. Okay. What else does he say? The righteousness of God is given to those who >> believe. >> Believe. >> Those who believe uh God promises eternal life. >> Okay. >> And whoever believes in him shall see the truth also know the truth and the truth will set them free. >> Okay. Thank you. Yes. The righteousness of God is given to all who believe to all who put their faith in Jesus Christ. His righteousness is given freely by his grace and his righteousness is being given to us on the basis of redemption that is in Christ Jesus when we were bought back to God with the price and and he restored us to what he has created us to be. Okay. So again I'll repeat that. So the righteousness of God is given to us to whom is given to all who believe to all who put their faith in Jesus Christ is given to us freely by his grace. It's given to us based on the redemption that is in Christ Jesus when God has bought us back with a price and restore us to what he created us to be that is to manifest his glory. Okay. And in verse 25, Paul writes of Jesus. He says, "Whom God set forth as an propitiation by his blood." What does the word propitiation mean? The word propitiation in Greek is closely tied to the term mercy seat. Where do you read the mercy seat? >> Yeah. So the word in the English the word propitiation is used to capture what happens at the mercy seat. Where is the mercy seat? >> The ark of the covenant. Where? Where in the ark of the covenant? Where in the ark of the covenant? Yes. It's good. It's in the ark of the covenant. Huh? >> Yeah. The ark of the covenant is kept in the holy of holies. But where is the mercy seat in the ark of the >> center between the cherams? >> In the center of between the cherums. >> Yes. So we have on the cover of the the the what is that called? The >> the ark of the covenant. >> The ark. >> Yes. The ark of the covenant. on the on the lid we have the two cherubams. Okay. And in between is the mercy seat. And God the the the high priest would go there um once every year and will sprinkle the blood that was you know sacrificed on behalf of the Israelites and a ram that was sacrificed for the priest sin and he will sprinkle it at the mercy seat and God said I will meet you there. Okay. So when the blood was sprinkled, atonement was made. Atonement means what? The sins of the people were covered and it was a place where reconciliation happened. That means God was reconciled to man and it in signified that God would meet uh that you know that man could meet with God because of the blood of the atonement that was sprinkled on the mercy seat. So when the blood was sprinkled, God would come and meet with man. Okay. So that is the whole idea that you know um was there in the Old Testament and that is what Paul is using because he's writing to the Jewish audience and they're able to understand. So when Paul says Jesus is the propitiation, it means that Jesus became our mercy seat. How did Jesus become our mercy seat? That means Jesus is now in the place where he made the atonement for our sins. And because of his atonement that he made, man is reconciled back to God and we can actually meet God because we are made blameless, faultless and righteous before him. That is why when Jesus died on the cross, the curtain was torn into two. That means atonement was made because of Jesus's blood. And Jesus himself is now the place where atonement is made. And because of him, we have been reconciled back to God. That means God looks at us as though we have never sinned. We are blameless, faultless, and righteous before him. Okay. So Paul then explains that this demonstrates God's righteousness. What does what demonstrates God's righteousness? In the past, God passed over sins. Meaning he did not pour out his full judgment immediately. Not that pass over sins means he looked away from sin or he you know he did not judge sin or you know he did not condemn sin. No he not that he overlook sin. No, pass over sins means he did not pour out his full judgment immediately. Look at verse u verse 25. What does verse 25 say? Can somebody read that again? >> God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement through the though the shedding of uh his blood to be received by faith. It did this to demonstrate his righteousness because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed be before and unpunished. Amen. >> Amen. So what does it mean that he left the sins unpunished? That means do you think God did not judge sin or what does it mean when you know the NKJV says God has passed over the sins that were previously committed. It does not mean that God overlooked sin. It does not mean that he you know he did not judge sin. No, he's a righteous God. You know that this is his nature. When he sees sin, judgment has to pass. He is a righteous, just God. Okay? So that does not mean that he did not judge sin. But here when he's saying that, you know, passed over sins means he did not pour out his full judgment on sin immediately. Instead, he reserved judgment until the cross. So, he fully judged sin on the cross. And at the cross, his righteousness was revealed. How is his righteousness revealed at the cross? Think how is God's righteousness revealed on the cross? Depending on this verse, he passed over sin. That's now I said he does not did not judge sin fully or immediately but he reserved judgment at the cross. So what is the meaning? >> What is the meaning? >> Um can I ma'am u might be God is giving us a chance through Jesus Christ whoever believes in him that they get salvation the unbelievers will be judged after that. Okay, thank you. >> Uh we can say that at the cross that is where he meted the judgment on of sin upon Jesus Christ who carried and beared all the burden for us. So finally he still dealt with the sin problem through judgment. >> Yes. Thank you. Thank you both of you. Good. Okay. So what does it mean? At the cross his righteousness was revealed. Look at verse 26. Paul says God is both righteous and the justifier. What does it mean? He is righteous because sin has to be what does he do? Because he's righteous. What does he do to sin? >> Sin has to be condemned. >> Yes. Sin has to be condemned. Sin has to be judged. At the same time he's justifier. What is the meaning of justifier? >> Huh? Who does the right judgment? Okay. He's a justifier means what? Because he declares righteous those who put their faith in Jesus Christ. So God is able to say I am righteous because I have judged sin. So I'm a righteous God. I'm also a justifier of sin. Justifier means not you know okay it's okay you go. It doesn't matter. No. What does it mean that I'm also the one who justifies the sin is because sin has already been judged in Christ Jesus. And because sin has already been judged in Christ Jesus. Atonement has already been made. And those who believe in Jesus have been covered with the righteousness of God. So God says, "I can justify the sinner who puts their faith in Jesus Christ." Okay? Why can he justify a sinner? Because sin has already been judged, taken away by Jesus Christ. Because sin Jes God has all God the father has already judged sin in Jesus Christ. Condemns sin in Jesus Christ. And he looks as the sinner as one a sinner who believes in Jesus Christ as one who's justified before his sight. Why? Because sin has already been uh judged in Christ Jesus. So Paul's message is that God can be both the judge, the one who condemns sin, okay, and judges sin and the one who is also the justifier. That means the one who can also forgive sin. And why? because of the cross. Why can he justify a sinner? Because a sinner who believes in Jesus Christ is already been forgiven because of what has been con what has been done through Jesus Christ. That sin has been condemned on the cross. So because of the cross, God can be both the >> judge and the justifier or he can be both the the righteous and the justifier. Okay. So at the cross, Christ became our mercy seat. He became our place of atonement and our redemption. That means he took our place. He made atonement for our sin and he redeemed us from uh this being slaves of sin uh sin, Satan and death. So when Paul says God is both righteous and justifier, he means this. God is just in judging sin and at the same time he can also acquit the sinner because he's able to do both because of what Christ has done on the cross or what has been accomplished on the cross. Now having explained this, Paul is now preparing to make his conclusion and he's about to drive home what he really wants us to understand and that is what he's going to present in verses 24 to 25. Okay. So any doubts still here? No. Okay. Okay, if there are no doubts, can somebody please read verses 24 to 25, please? Being justified by justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus whom God uh set forth as a uh propos >> propitiation prop. >> Okay. >> Okay. No worries. Go ahead. >> By his blood >> through faith to demonstrate his righteousness because in his forbe for forbearance God had passed over the sin that were previously committed. >> Thank you. Amen. Thank you. So in these two verses, Romans 3:24-25, Paul uses three key words here to describe what God has done in response to our sin. What are the three words? Three key words God use. Three words to describe what God does in response to our sin. What are the three words? >> Redemption, justification, >> propitiation. What is justification? It has to do with us being set free from the penalty and the condemnation of our sins and being declared as righteous as in the court of law. What is redemption? It has to is I it has to do with us being set free from the power of sin, Satan. Okay. and all of sin's consequences as in purchasing us uh you know purchasing freedom purchasing um God purchasing paying the price to purchase us from the uh being uh uh you know slaves to sin, Satan and um death and giving us freedom. Okay. So purchasing the freedom of a slave from slavery through the payment of a ransom. And what is propitiation? >> Yes, it has to do with us reconciling us to God, making us friends again with God, you know, appeasing and removing his wroth and displeasure towards us uh because of our disobedience and sin. So that is what is propitiation. So propitiation has to do with us being reconciled back to God or making us friends again with God. You know basically appeasing and ruing his wroth and displeasure towards us because of our disobedience and sin. Okay. Now verses 27 to 31 is the next set of rhetorical questions about the Jews and the law. Okay. So can somebody read that verses 27 to 31? >> 27 to 31. >> 31. >> Where then is boosting? It is excluded because of what law? The law that requires works? No. Because of the law that requires faith. For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. Yes, go ahead. 31. >> Uh, or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? S of Gentiles too. Since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same fate? Do we then nullify the law by his faith? Not at all. Rather we upload uphold the law. Amen. >> Thank you. So here he asks three questions. Verse 27, verse 29 and verse 31. So what is the first question in verse 27? >> Yes. Where is the boasting then? So what is what is the answer? >> No one can boast. No one, no one can take credit for them sells. We cannot boast of the law and works. And he says no one can boast because now everything is by >> faith in Christ Jesus. So how is boasting excluded? Because of the law of faith. Okay. So there is no boasting because boasting is excluded, left out because the law of faith. So he's slowly guiding them to the next topic which is faith which he discusses or presents in chapter 4. Okay. Now verse 28 he presents the conclusion. What is the conclusion? >> Man is made righteous or justified by faith. So man is put in right standing with God. He's made faultless and blameless before God by by faith. Okay? And it's not dependent on the deeds of the law or doing things of the law. Okay, we'll stop here. We'll continue with verse 29 next week. Any questions so far? Are you all able to understand what was taught today? Yes. Any questions? Online students, no questions. Okay. Okay. If there's no questions, then we will um end class here. Thank you all for joining class. I'll meet you all next week. Thank you. God bless.