![]() May He write its eternal truth upon our hearts. Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in His sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin."Īmen and thus ends this reading of God’s holy, inspired and inerrant word. That every mouth may be closed, and all the world may become accountable to God. "Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law. What is the relationship of that law to us? And Paul begins to work that out for us here in Romans 3, verses 19 and 20. And he wants to straighten out their thinking so that we might understand the relationship to us of a law in a fallen world where we are already sinners. Paul is concerned that there may still be some Jews in his hearing, and perhaps even some Jewish Christians in the church which are confused about some very important matters. ![]() The prosecuting attorney is now preparing to rest his case.Īnd what we’re going to look at today are the final words of that closing argument. And then beginning with Romans, chapter 3, verse 9 he starts what we might call his closing argument. Then in the first eight verses of Romans, chapter 3, Paul, we saw, had three or four objections to some of the things that he had said in the course of making these charges, and he responds to each of those objections. ![]() And the Apostle Paul makes that very clear in Romans, chapter 2. They had rejected the Messiah who was God’s way of salvation, and, therefore, they were under condemnation. They had been the special recipients of the law and had even been given a great sign of promise, the sign of circumcision. Then Paul turned his focus upon his Jewish friends, and he made it very clear that they themselves were under the condemnation of God, even though they had been specially chosen from amongst the nations and been given a unique vocation by God. He laid out his argument against the Gentiles in Romans, chapter 1, verses 18 to the end of the chapter, and Romans, chapter 2, although his Jewish friends had been nodding their heads all along agreeing yes, the Gentiles were under condemnation. Ever since Romans, chapter 1, verse 18, we said Paul has been functioning like a prosecuting attorney, both for the Jews and for the Gentiles that all the world might be found guilty before God. ![]() The last time we were together we said that Paul was beginning his closing arguments. If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 3, verse 19. ![]()
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