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This passage answers some difficult theological questions concerning sin and its wages: physical and spiritual death and salvation and eternal life through Jesus Christ. Paul wrote about sin and death coming into the world through Adam's disobedience to God and God's love and grace through the person and work of Jesus Christ, offering the gift of salvation and eternal life.

Scripture designates Adam as the first Adam and Jesus as the Second Adam. Let's undertake a joint exploration of this passage, unearthing the profound truths that God has laid before us.

In this passage today, Paul gives us valuable insights into the benefits of our salvation by faith in Christ, which empowers us through the Holy Spirit to live in peace and hope in this wild world, no matter the circumstances.

God's holy love and grace are like diamonds with many beautiful facets. Paul wrote about this is Romans 4:13-25 so that we might walk with Christ, no matter our circumstances.

Angel Madea challenges us to live life from the foundation of God's love through faith in Christ.

Paul, a masterful communicator, used relatable and real illustrations to convey his point. His letter to the church in Rome was not just a casual correspondence but a labor of love to correct the wrong theology about biblical salvation and justification. He addressed the misguided beliefs of the Judaizers, who advocated for salvation through works, not faith in Christ's work alone.

In the first three chapters of Romans, Paul makes a solid theological and biblical case that salvation is only through faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross. So, Paul decides to use Abraham's life to illustrate what biblical faith in Christ and justification mean and what they look like in real life.

The Bible tells us that we cannot earn our salvation through good works, religious rituals, or religious service, so God is in our debt—God is never indebted to us. It also tells us that our salvation is done through the Person and work of Jesus Christ. We can do nothing to earn it or make God indebted to us. Salvation is done once and for all through the Person and work of Christ. Listen to what Jesus said right after He experienced the full wrath of the Father as He took on my sin and yours. Right before Jesus died, He said, "It is finished" (John 19:30). This means that the penalty for sin has been paid in full and is done! God freely offers His righteousness and salvation by faith alone in Christ.

Paul wants to drive this home to the churches in Rome in these last verses of chapter three.

He does this by raising four critical theological questions.