Romans 3:1-20 No One Is Righteous
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Intro
Intro
Who do you belong to
a Janitor at apple verses a janitor at 7-11
A waiter at mortons vs applebees
The president of San Jose State University
Does that change what they mean??????
Read Romans 3:1-20
1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3 What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? 4 By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.” 5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) 6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7 But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just. 9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” 13 “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” 14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 in their paths are ruin and misery, 17 and the way of peace they have not known.” 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” 19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Who is greater the Jew or the Gentile
Read Romans 3:1-8
1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3 What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? 4 By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.” 5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) 6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7 But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
Paul uses this series of question and answer to make his point
He sets up the arguments then answers them
So the question comes from the statement he makes in Romans 2:28-29
28 For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
So if there is no separating mark for a Jew what makes them special
For the Jew if their circumcision doesnt matter then the logicla question would follow why should it matter if you’re a jew
Notice though how Paul answers this question
How would you answer the question
Does it matter if youre of jewish lineage to be a christian
No it doesnt
But thats not how paul answers the question
Paul answers the question by saying it means a lot to be a jew
Why?????
Like Pastor Jono explained Sunday
The Jews are God’s chosen nation
They were the ones entrusted with the words of God
They were the ones handed the commandments in siani
They were the ones called out of egypt
They are the offspring of abraham and Jacob
They will be a great nation
And nothing changes that
Look at Paul’s answer
What if some of those are unfaithful?
God is still faithful
God is true even if some of the chosen nation walks away
This is an argument paul will bring full circle later
The jews had already and will reject the God they Love but that doesnt change God
So what then
If it is adavntageous to be be a jew but the jew fell away so that God’s Glory can be shown more
So it may reason that it really doesnt matter if we sin or not if God is glorified either way shouldnt we not care
6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
God will Judge and he will do so by Judign the righteous verse the unrighteous its just not going to be done through our own keeping of the law or our heritage
Read Romans 3:9-20
9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” 13 “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” 14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 in their paths are ruin and misery, 17 and the way of peace they have not known.” 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” 19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
