Romans 3:23-28 – For all have

sinned; all fall short of God’s

glorious standard. 24Yet now God in

his gracious kindness declares us

not guilty. He has done this through

Christ Jesus, who has freed us by

taking away our sins.

25For God sent Jesus to take the

punishment for our sins and to

satisfy God’s anger against us. We

are made right with God when we

believe that Jesus shed his blood,

sacrificing his life for us.

God was being entirely fair and just

when he did not punish those who

sinned in former times. 26And he is

entirely fair and just in this present

time when he declares sinners to be

right in his sight because they

believe in Jesus.

27Can we boast, then, that we have

done anything to be accepted by

God? No, because our acquittal is

not based on our good deeds. It is

based on our faith. 28So we are

made right with God through faith

and not by obeying the law. NLT

First Truth

Christians are Not Guilty.

Romans 3:24a - Yet now God in his

gracious kindness declares us not

guilty. NLT

Guilt is never a feeling in the NT -

it is a fact (forensic/legal term)

Second Truth

All the Christian’s Sin has been

Taken Away.

Romans 3:24b – He has done this

through Christ Jesus, who has freed

us by taking away our sins. NLT

Why confess?

This restores the

Quality

of Relationship with God.

First Truth

Christians are Not Guilty.

Second Truth

All the Christian’s Sin has been Taken Away.

Third Truth

Jesus paid for all the

Christian’s Punishment.

Romans 3:23a – For God sent

Jesus to take the punishment for

our sins and to satisfy God’s anger

against us. NLT

First Truth

Christians are Not Guilty.

Second Truth

All the Christian’s Sin has been Taken Away.

Third Truth

Jesus paid for all the Christian’s Punishment.

Fourth Truth

You are Made Right with God

When You Believe.

Romans 3:25b & 26b – For 25

…We are made right with God

when we believe that Jesus shed

his blood, sacrificing his life for us. 26 ….he declares sinners to be right

in his sight because they believe in

Jesus. NLT

When you Believe in your Heart

(Rm 10:9)

To live as though you are guilty

fearing God’s Judgment is to believe

a lie

Satan’s Pleasure

First Truth

Christians are Not Guilty.

Second Truth

All the Christian’s Sin has been Taken Away.

Third Truth

Jesus paid for all the Christian’s Punishment.

Fourth Truth

You are Made Right with God when you Believe.

Fifth Truth

Live by Faith

not works.

Romans 3:27 – Can we boast,

then, that we have done anything to

be accepted by God? No, because

our acquittal is not based on our

good deeds. It is based on our

faith. NLT

Christians are Not Guilty

All the Christian’s Sin has been Taken Away

Jesus paid for All the Christian’s Punishment

You are Made Right with God when you Believe

Live by Faith not works

Five Truths

Fearlessly

run to God with your sin

because you are

Not Guilty!

Case

Closed