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New Testament Survey


2. Justification by faith apart from circumcision: Romans 4:9-12
a. The question about circumcision: Romans 4:9-10
b. The answers from Abraham's condition: Romans 4:10
c. Abraham's circumcision: Romans 4:11-12
3. The promise achieved by faith: Romans 4:13-17
a. The means of attaining the inheritance: Romans 4:13
b. The reason for the faith method: Romans 4:14-15
c. The recipients of the promise: Romans 4:16
d. The harmony with Scripture: Romans 4:17
4. The example of the faith of Abraham: Romans 4:17-25
a. The object of his faith: Romans 4:17
b. The nature of his faith: Romans 4:18-21
c. The reward of his faith: Romans 4:22
d. The importance of his faith: Romans 4:23-25
D. The permanency of justification: Romans 5:1-11
1. The present results of justification: Romans 5:1-2
2. The inability of trials to destroy this hope: Romans 5:3-5
a. The effect of trials: Romans 5:3-4
b. The experience of God's love: Romans 5:5
3. The love of God in Christ confirms this hope: Romans 5:6-11
a. God's love: Romans 5:6-10
(l) The demonstration of His love for the lost: Romans 5:6-8
(2) The assurance of salvation: Romans 5:9-10
b. The experience of reconciliation: Romans 5:11
E. The foundation of righteousness: Romans 5:12-21
l. Two representative men: Romans 5:12-14
a. The result of Adam's act: Romans 5:12-14
b. The headship of Adam as a type of Christ: Romans 5:14
2. The differences between Adam and Christ: Romans 5:15-17
a. In quality: Romans 5:15
b. In operation: Romans 5:16
c. In results: Romans 5:17
3. The similarities of Adam and Christ: Romans 5:18-21
a. Similarity in scope: Romans 5:18
b. Similarity in operation: Romans 5:19
c. Similarity in measure: Romans 5:20-21

III. The righteousness of God in sanctification: Romans 6:1-8:39

A. The believer's relationship to sin: Romans 6:1-23
1. Death to the principle of sin: Romans 6:1-14
a. The question of remaining in sin: Romans 6:1
b. Rejection of the suggestion: Romans 6:2