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Previous Lesson -- Next Lesson ROMANS - The Lord is our Righteousness
Studies in the Letter of Paul to the Romans
PART 1 - The Righteousness of God Condemns all Sinners and Justifies and Sanctifies all Believers in Christ (Romans 1:18 - 8:39)
A - The Whole World Lies under the Sway of the Wicked One, and God will Judge all in Righteousness (Romans 1:18 - 3:20)
3. All Men are Corrupt and Blamable (Romans 3:9-20)ROMANS 3:9-10 Paul summed up his complaint against both the Jews and Gentiles in the name of God, and proved to them that none has any preference or advantage over the other. All have sinned, and their sins are tangible. They left the straight way of God, and became slaves of sin, bound by their lusts and self-deceit. Paul included himself in his own complaint, confessing with us that he was sinful. Have you ever seen anything so disgusting that you became nauseated? Your sin is so disgusting that it makes your spirit and soul nauseated. Compare yourself with Paul’s complaint, and you will recognize that you are he who is described in it. ROMANS 3:11-12 We are all unclean before the shining holiness of God. There is none righteous but Christ. Our minds are surrounded with a thick fog, and we are unable to see God, our great standard, as he is. We do not know the horribleness of our sin. If only men would seek the glory of God that they might become clever! However, everyone takes his own way, clinging to his own honor, bound by his lust, and seeking ease. All men lost the way of their Lord, and nobody walks in the right way. You are not good in your manners at all. They have all turned aside, become unprofitable, and gone astray. We are all wicked in nature, and our consciences know us exactly. ROMANS 3:13 The corruption of men appears in their tongues. We are all killers and butchers, because we cause the destruction and ruin of the reputation, happiness, and peace of others with our sharp tongues; we poison the atmosphere with lies, charges, insults, and shameless jokes; and we complain against God’s directions. Our opposition is like bitter blasphemy in our mouths. We are disobedient to God’s discipline, and do not know that we deserve nothing but heavy blows and indispensable judgment. ROMANS 3:14-17 Our hatred does not change quickly, for we do not like our enemies, but we wish to get rid of hard men. The peoples who hate their enemies shed rivers of blood, because man, in his fury, turns into a beast. There is no peace in us, in spite of all our chattering talks about peace. All men are murderers, and their hearts are filled with contempt, spite, and haughtiness, because they do not know that God is love, truth, and purity. They lost the sense of truth, and have neither a standard nor rest, but have dropped themselves in a critical situation. ROMANS 3:18 All those who do not know God, are fools; and all those who do not fear him are void of wisdom, for the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Unbelief is growing these days, and men behave as if there is no god. No wonder, therefore, that sin abounds, and raises its head impudently in the streets, in magazines, and in hearts! ROMANS 3:19-20 The godly of the Old Testament are only sinners, because the Law brought them up to know sin. It is true that the Law promises us with all blessings of heaven if we keep the commandments, but no man can fulfill this condition. Whenever we try to rebuild by our own efforts, our evil engagements appear in our blood. We all deserve God’s punishment, and all our charities are polluted with our selfishness, and we find no favor with God. Do you agree to these Pauline principles? Read once again what Paul wrote that you might become prudent and broken. PRAYER: O heavenly Father, we thank you because you gave us hope in Christ that we may become neither desperate nor pessimistic. We are all evil in our hearts, tongues, hands, feet, and eyes; and our hearts are filled with deceit, hatred, lust, and lies. What a dirty person am I! Forgive me my sin, and draw your holiness before my eyes that the sediments of pride may be broken in me, and I may worship only you. O Lord, deliver me completely from my sins. QUESTION:
QUIZ - 1Dear reader,
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