#99. Romans 3:24 – An Introduction to Grace (Justification Series, Part XXII)
Part III: Our Justification, Confirmed Being justified gratuitously in His grace… Ah, “grace.” At the beginning of this study, I had called grace “the critical theme to Romans.” I stand by this, within the context in which I had said it. As a review, here is every occurrence of “grace” as we have seen it thus far: …through [Christ] we obtained grace and apostleship for faith-obedience… Grace to you and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Both of these passages are found in Romans’ intro. Beyond this, grace is absent until our present verse. This is more evidence to the fact that “grace” is not in view where “indignation” and “judgment” were present, as neither of those topics were the “evangel of God” (Rom. 2:16.) How, then, is “grace” the critical theme to Romans? Let’s examine some statistics, and the claim will be understood. The word “grace” is charis in Greek. It appears 25 times in Romans. This is the most it is used in any literature in the New Testament, ye...
