1. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness (Rom. 1:18).
2. Every person has the law of God written on their heart (Rom. 2:14–15).
3. There is none righteous (Rom. 3:10).
4. The central message of the gospel is that we can receive righteousness apart from the law through faith in Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:21–22).
5. Many individuals were saved after reading Romans: 

• Augustine was saved when reading Romans 13:13–14. 

• Martin Luther was saved after reading Romans 1:16–17. 

• John Wesley was saved while reading Romans 8:1–4.

• John Bunyan used Romans as a guide while writing Pilgrim’s Progress

In Romans, God is glorifying Himself through the gospel, so that He might demonstrate His superior goodness in the salvation sinners, the damnation of the wicked, and for the preservation of His people, for His eternal glory, and their eternal joy.

“Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God… ” (Rom. 1:1).

“To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints” 

Romans 1:7

“So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also”

Romans 1:15

“But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”

Romans 3:21–26

“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Romans 5:6–8

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: ‘For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 8:35–39

1. Men and women are justified by faith alone, not by the works of the law.
2. All men know that God exists, but unbelievers suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
3. The Law and the Prophets are witnesses to the truth of the gospel.

1. Introduction (Rom. 1:1–17)
2. Justification by Faith Alone (Rom. 1:18–11:36)
3. Relationships that Mark a Justified People (Rom. 12–16)