SINNERS MADE RIGHTEOUS THROUGH JESUS ALONE!
For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The poison of vipers is on their lips.” “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways, and the way of peace they do not know.” “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin. —Romans 3:9-20
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. —Romans 3:21-26
This passage is very clear.
- Every person is under the power of sin
- Every person is unrighteous
- Every person does not seek God
- Every person does not understand
- Every person has turned away from God
- Every person has become worthless before God
- Every person doesn’t do good
- Every person’s throat is like an open grave
- Every person’s tongue practice deceit
- Every person has the poison of vipers on their lips
- Every person has mouths full of cursing
- Every person has mouths full of bitterness
- Every person is swift to shed blook
- Every person has ruin marking their ways
- Every person has misery marking their ways
- Every person does not know the way of peace
- Every person does not fear God
- Every person’s mouthy is silenced by the law
- Every person is held accountable to God
- Every person cannot be declared righteous by works of the law
- Every person becomes conscious of their sin through the law
Wow, every person is in deep trouble before God. Every person is guilty before God. Every person is headed to hell because of their sin. That is the position of every person and then we read this…
- The righteousness of God has been made known apart from the law (works)
- The Law and Prophets testify to this
- This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe
- This righteousness is for Jew and Gentile
- This righteousness is for all sinners
- This righteousness is for all who have fallen short of the glory of God
- All are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that comes by Jesus Christ
- God present Christ as a sacrifice of atonement through the shedding of His blood
- This atonement is to be received by faith
- God did this to demonstrate His righteousness
- God’s forbearance had left sins committed beforehand unpunished
- God did this to demonstrate His righteousness at this present time
- God is just
- God justifies all those who have faith in Jesus
Wow… look at what God has done for us! Brothers and sisters, fellow followers/disciples of Jesus, we should be like fawns jumping for joy in the spring! Yes, Dear Father, You have brought great joy to us by all that You have done for us through Jesus and through Your Holy Spirit. Now, in joy, may we serve You by the power of Your Holy Spirit and in the authority of Your Son Jesus. So may it be and fall for Your glory and honor and the benefit of many others.
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. —II Corinthians 5:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqe6Mwb-eh0&list=RDpqe6Mwb-eh0&start_radio=1