By Tod Kennedy
2003

Summary: Romans presents God's truth in its three categories--divine establishment, gospel, and doctrine for believers--and demonstrates the effects of God's truth upon mankind. The heart of this letter is the barrier between God and man and the solution to this problem. The gospel of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, is the solution. The gospel  message is that God's righteousness is offered to mankind based on the death and resurrection of Christ; man receives God’s righteousness by faith alone in Christ alone.

Section 1, God's Righteousness and Man's Unrighteousness, Romans 1-3

1. Positive and negative volition at work

2. Judging others is being self righteous

3. All people are sinful

Section 2, God Gives His Righteousness through Faith, Romans 4-5

4. Righteousness through faith

5. Justification gives benefits

Section 3, Living the Christian Way of Life Is Possible, Romans 6-8

6. Union with Christ makes the Christian way of life possible

7. The Old Sin Nature inside

8. The Holy Spirit inside

Section 4, God's Plan for Israel, Romans 9-11

9. Mercy through believed promise

10. Israel needs faith righteousness

11. Always a grace remnant

Section 5, Day to Day Christian Living, Romans 12-16

12. A new kind of priesthood

13. Authority orientation and the Christian Way of Life

14. Give freedom instead of judgments and obstacles

15. Onward and upward

16. Personal notes and greetings