Key words and phrases: Remnant, Elect, Fullness of Gentiles, Justified,
Righteousness, Faith, Jew, First, Fullness of the Gentiles, Salvation of
Israel, Isaac, Ishmael, Jacob, Esau
Paul emphasizes the fact that we are justified by faith and not by works of
the law. The greatest challenge to the early church was misunderstanding of
the law and justification. Justified means to be declared righteous. Paul uses
Abraham as the example of a man justified by faith apart from the law,
which came after Abraham through Moses. The Gospel must be believed in
order for a person to be saved.
Paul declares the entire world is guilty before God. The Jews were guilty
because of the law. Justification is only by faith, and not the works of the
law. Paul also explains that all physical Israel is not the true Israel. Many
Jews were in unbelief, by the remnant but the remnant was being saved.
(Rom 9:27) God’s plan for Israel’s salvation was always to the remnant, and
not to all the physical seed of Abraham. Paul emphasizes the elect being
saved.
Paul discusses the blindness if Israel and the fullness of the Gentiles, and the
salvation of Israel.
The word faith is mentioned 35 times in the book of Romans. (KJV)
Key Versus: 1:16-17; 2:28-29; 3:9-11; 23, 28, 4:1-5, 6-9, 24-27; 10:5-18
11:5-9; 14:17; 15:8-12.