The Law for Righteousness & The Gospel
Romans 9:30 – 10:4
Silas Sproul
September 24, 2023

Introduction:


I. The requires . (Rom. 3:20; James 2:10; Gal. 3:10)

a.

is not . (Eph. 2:8-9; Phil. 3:9)


b. Righteousness is received by . (Gal. 3:6; Heb. 11:7)

c. Only

is righteous. (Heb. 4:15; 1 Pet. 2:22)

II.

: the of . (Rom. 9:33; Is. 8:14; 1 Pet. 2:7-8)

a. Self-righteousness:

and . (Rom. 10:3; Is. 64:6)

b. The

self-righteousness. (Rom. 3:20; Gal. 2:16)

III.

is our . (Rom. 10:4; 1 Cor. 1:30; 2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:8-9)

The law makes you everything you wish you weren’t.
The gospel makes you more than you’d ever hoped you could be.

Closing Thoughts: