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Before we look at our passage this morning we need to review.
Paul’s Thesis:
To prove his thesis he has to prove
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That all are sinners
2. That no one will be righteous through keeping the Law
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That everyone who believes on Jesus will be justified
In our passage this morning Paul returns to his diatribe which is his method of dealing with objections.
He ask four questions which his hypothetical opponent would ask and then answers the objection.
Where is Boasting Then?
We love getting the credit.
We hate when someone stills our credit
the Jews boasted in their national election as the people of God, the Law of God given to Moses and their attempts to keep that law.
The Gentiles where also full of pride and arrogance and boasted in their achievements thinking themselves to be superior.
This is the way of fallen human nature.
We think we are better than others.
Righteousness as it has been revealed through the gospel is something we have no credit in.
Paul answers this objection sharply “It is excluded” the literal translation is it has been shut out.
Justification by faith in the work of Jesus Christ and his sacrificial death on the cross rules out all possibility of boasting.
By What Principle is it Excluded?
Is boasting excluded by the principle of works?
This question is almost absurd.
It righteousness is of works then we have earned it God would owe it to us and we would get the credit for achieving holiness.
The fact that it is of grace through faith means we cannot boast
Paul answers this with no but by the principle of faith
Boasting is not compatible with justification by faith
Is He the God of the Jews Only?
Or is he the God of the Gentiles also?
Does God’s election of Israel exclude other nations?
To Abraham God said in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.
God id the God of the gentiles also.
Didn’t God send Jonah to the people of Nineveh to warn them?
Paul has proven already that all need salvation because all are sinners.
The Gospel is for everyone no matter what race, no matter your political position, no matter your gender.
God is the creator of all people and the Gospel is for all people.
Is he not the God of the homeless?
Is he not the God of the Muslims?
Is he not the God of the homosexuals and the transvestites?
He created them too.
They are sinners just like me and they need salvation just like me.
When they turn to Jesus by faith and accept the payment of the cross for their sins God makes them righteous just like He did me.
God help us not to become exclusive with the Gospel.
The Jews didn’t like that this gospel put them on equal ground with the Gentiles.
Does Justification Through Faith Make the Law Void?
This is a question that will always arise where the Gospel of justification through faith is preached.
If doing good deeds can’t save us and it’s only by faith, then why would anyone do good deeds.
Paul will answer this more fully in the coming chapters.
by for now he assures his readers that it certainly does not, in fact, justification through faith establishes the law.
We have this idea that no one will do good unless they have consequences for doing bad and reward for doing good.
We have this idea because thats the way the world works.
That’s the rules.
But what if someone changes the rules?
What if God were awaken something within us that made us different?
What if God recreated our heart and something new was born inside us?
A new creature and all things were made new.
Couldn’t that change things?
Wouldn’t that change the rules?
So the works of the Law which we could not keep and would never make us righteous are established by grace through faith.
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