Don't Miss the Good Stuff | Jason Morris | New Testament Challenge
Teaching Notes
“...Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.”
Romans 3:9
What is sin?
Sin: ἁμαρτία [ham·ar·tee·ah]
to be without a share in.
to miss the mark.
to err, be mistaken.
to miss or wander from the path
What is the mark that I am missing?
“...Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. As it is written: ‘There is no one righteous, not even one;...”
Romans 3:9-10
What is righteousness?
Hebrew: tzadeqah, right relationship, being made right with.
Greek: Dikaios - pertaining to being in a right relationship with someone”
“(Those) right with God and therefore committed to putting right all other relationships in life.”
Alec Motyer
“This means, then, that Biblical righteousness is inevitably ‘social,’ because it is about relationships. When most modern people see the word ‘righteousness’ in the Bible, they tend to think of it in terms of private morality, such as sexual chastity or diligence in prayer and Bible study. But in the Bible tzadeqah refers to day-to-day living in which a person conducts all relationships in family and society with fairness, generosity, and equity.”
Timothy Keller, Generous Justice
“The living God is not a solitary God. The living God is not an isolated God. From all eternity the living God has lived in relationship-- indeed, has lived as relationship. At the center of the universe is relationship. From all eternity the living God has been community, family. From all eternity the living God has been infinitely pleased as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”
Darrell W. Johnson, Experiencing the Trinity
NEW: SIN IS MISSING THE MARK OF RIGHT RELATIONSHIP
They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Romans 1:29-32
The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice. He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm achieved salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.
Isaiah 59:15-16
Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.
1 Timothy 1:15
This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.
Romans 3:22
TESTAMENT: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AN OXYMORON
CHALLENGE: PLEASE DON’T MISS, RIGHT-US-NESS
You Are… (From Ephesians)
Saints (1:1)
Faithful (1:1)
Holy (1:4)
Blameless (1:4)
adopted as children (1:5)
Chosen (1:11)
praise of His glory (1:12)
marked in Jesus with a seal (1:13)
His possession (1:14)
alive with Him (2:5)
His handiwork (2:10)
created in Him (2:10)
one new humanity (2:15)
no longer foreigners (2:19)
fellow citizens (2:19)
members of His household (2:19)
a dwelling in which He lives (2:22)
heirs together (3:6)
members together (3:6)
rooted and established in love (3:17)
Called (4:4)
His “graced ones” (4:7)
Infants (4:14)
made new (4:22)
new self (4:22)
created to be like Jesus (4:22)
sealed...for redemption (4:30)
dearly loved children (5:1)
now you are light (5:8)
members of His body (5:30)
the church (5:30)
Going Deeper Discussion
Read John 17 and find the words that imply relationship.
What are the ways that people miss relationship with God?
What are the ways that people in society miss each other?
Read Philemon and discuss in verses 8-9 how Paul creates right-us-ness.
Share the relationship that you struggle most and pray for each other that Jesus will give guidance on creating right-us-ness.
Sunday Set List
WFC Lenexa + WFC Anywhere
We Praise You- Brandon Lake
King of Kings- Hillsong
You Say- Lauren Daigle
Jesus Is Our King-The Collective KC
WFC Speedway
Holy Water- We The Kingdom
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