Review
What are you counting on to be accepted by God?
Justification by faith alone and victorious living Gal 2:20
Rom 1:17
2 Cor 5:14
2 Cor 3:9
Paul's passion for the Gospel Romans 1:14-15

To the heathen Romans 1:18-32
There was a small town on a river..
Romans 1:18-20 God has revealed His attitude towards sin.
Man also knows basics of right and wrong - all cultures.
Some read this and think...
The good news is John 3:16 and Christians should follow suit.
Romans 1:21-32

To the Religious Romans 2
Repentance first step Rom 2:4 Rom 2:1
Romans 2:8-9 The Jews refused to see that the law must be perfectly obeyed. You do righteous because you are righteous.
Rom 3:10-12 All in the same boat
Romans 1:5, 17 Paul told us where we were going.
Romans 3:22-24 Romans 4:2-4 Ephesians 2:8-9
James 2:10 Abraham already declared righteous by faith.
Romans 2:13-15 Real faith will produce real deeds.

To both the religous and heathen
Romans 3:9-12
Romans 3:19-20 The evidence is overwhelming - you have sinned.
How then can unrighteous sinners be accepted by God?

Justified by faith alone Romans 3:21-4:25
Rom 3:21-24 This righteousness has nothing to do with mans sin. Only by faith in Jesus can this righteousness come.
Romans 3:25-26 Sacrificial system - How could He forgive them?
romans 3:28, 31
Romans 4:1-3 if they could not be accepted by obeying the law..
Romans 4:7-8 Paul states clearly that only through faith.
Romans 4:23-25