ROMANS
CHAPTER 3
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
OBSERVATION
STAGE
The purpose of
the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the
normative rules of language, context and logic 
which limits the observer to the content offered by the book of Romans.
This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more
importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective
comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.
Remember that
something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in
view.
Notice that 3:1
begins with 'What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value
is there in circumcision?' This continues Paul's discussion of the Jew and
the value of having the Law and circumcision in chapter two. So we will
begin there so as not to miss the context that chapter three continues and
is a part of:
[Excerpt from
chapter two below - or skip to verse 3:1 
]:
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JEWS
ARE IN VIEW WHO HAVE AND ARE SUPPOSED TO BE INSTRUCTED IN THE LAW, A
SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION. THEY HAVE A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AS HIS
CHOSEN PEOPLE TO REPRESENT HIM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE WORLD
THE
LAW IS THE EMBODIMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS THE
SOURCE UPON WHICH KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH IS MADE CONCRETE AND PERCEPTIBLE.
HENCE THE LAW IS ALSO THE EMBODIMENT OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS
THE
LAW WAS GIVEN FOR THE JEW TO BE PART OF HIS SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD; TO PROVIDE THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S WILL; TO BE A SUPERIOR WAY OF
LIFE; AND IT IS NOT THOSE WHO HEAR THE LAW BUT IT IS THOSE WHO OBEY THE
LAW WHO WILL BE DECLARED RIGHTEOUS; TO BE A GUIDE FOR THE BLIND AND A
LIGHT FOR THOSE IN THE DARK; TO BE AN INSTRUCTOR OF THE FOOLISH AND A
TEACHER OF INFANTS
THE
JEWS WERE GIVEN THE LAW BY GOD IN ORDER TO REPRESENT GOD AND HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE WORLD. THEY FALSELY CLAIMED TO RELY ON IT AND
CONSTANTLY VIOLATED IT CAUSING GOD'S NAME TO BE BLASPHEMED AMONG THE
GENTILES
GOD'S
NAME IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE THE JEWS DISHONOR GOD BY
CONSTANTLY BREAKING THE LAW YET HOLD THEMSELVES UP AS SUPERIOR TO THE
GENTILES. THEY HAVE A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AS HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE
TO REPRESENT GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE WORLD THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO
THE LAW, THEIR UNIQUE POSSESSION. THEY CLAIM THEY RELY ON IT FAITHFULLY
JEWS
HAVE A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO
THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW WHICH WAS GIVEN TO
THEM AS GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE WHICH THEY HAVE LARGELY FAILED TO LIVE UP TO
THE
CIRCUMCISION IN VIEW IN THIS PASSAGE HISTORICALLY BEGAN AFTER ABRAHAM
BELIEVED GOD'S PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE AND GOD ACCOUNTED IT TO HIM AS
RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
1)
God Promises That Abram Will Be Father Of A Great Nation Leading To
Blessings To Abram And All People Through Abram And His Seed, Who Is
Christ
a)
[Compare Gen 12:1-7]:
i)
The Seed Is Christ
[Compare
Gal 3:16]:
ii)
God Promises Eternal Life To Abram
[Compare
Gen 12:3]:
[Compare
John 8:56]:
2)
God Repeats His Promise To Abram
a)
[Compare Gen 13:14-15]:
3)
Abram Believes In God's Promise And God Credits It To Abram As
Righteousness Unto Eternal Life
a)
[Compare Gen 15:1-6]:
AFTER
ABRAHAM BELIEVED IN GOD'S COVENANT FOR ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED OF ETERNAL
LIFE AND TEMPORAL BLESSINGS, GOD COMMANDED CIRCUMCISION OF ABRAHAM AND
ALL IN HIS HOUSEHOLD TO AFFIRM THIS EVERLASTING COVENANT WHICH
SYMBOLLICALLY REPRESENTS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD RECKONED TO ABRAHAM
AND ALL WHO BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL AS ABRAHAM DID
1)
[Compare Gen 17:1-14]:
2)
[Compare Ro 2:29]:
ABRAHAM'S
CIRCUMCISION WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE MOSAIC LAW AS A RULE OF LIFE FOR
JEWS TO RECEIVE TEMPORAL BLESSINGS - ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO EXERCISED
THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM; AND IT WAS A DEMONSTRATION TO THE WORLD OF AN
ISRAELITE WHO WAS TO REPRESENT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN
GOD'S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM, THE GOSPEL, UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
1)
[Compare Lev 12:2-3]:
2)
[Compare Ro 2:29]:
CIRCUMCISION
IS CONNECTED WITH OBSERVING THE LAW WHICH THE LAW EMBODIES AND
REPRESENTS GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS
CIRCUMCISION
HAS CERTAIN TEMPORAL VALUE AS A TESTIMONY TO THE WORLD OF WHAT IT
SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTS WHILE A JEW OBSERVES THE LAW WHICH THE LAW
EMBODIES GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. WHILE A JEW IS NOT OBEYING THE LAW HE IS
UNRIGHTEOUS AND DURING THAT TIME IT IS AS IF HE HAD NOT BEEN CIRCUMCISED
DURING
THOSE TIMES UNCIRCUMSIZED GENTILES ARE KEEPING THE RIGHTEOUS
REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW, THEY ARE A LAW FOR THEMSELVES AND ARE REGARDED
AS BEING CIRCUMCISED IN THE SENSE THAT THEY REPRESENT GOD AND HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS EMBODIED IN THE LAW
DURING
THOSE TIMES UNCIRCUMSIZED GENTILES ARE KEEPING THE RIGHTEOUS
REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW THEY WILL CONDEMN BEFORE GOD THE JEW WHILE HE IS
A LAWBREAKER WHO CLAIMS SUPERIORITY HAVING THE WRITTEN CODE AND PHYSICAL
CIRCUMCISION BUT ACTING AS IF HE HAS NOT BEEN CIRCUMCISED
AN
OUTWARD, (PHYSICAL), JEW MUST BE A JEW IN ANOTHER SENSE: AN INWARD ONE
VIA CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART BY THE SPIRIT - BY FAITH IN THE GOSPEL,
NOT BY THE LAW, IN ORDER TO BE DECLARED A JEW IN GOD'S SIGHT. GENTILES
AND CHRISTIANS ARE NOT IN VIEW IN THIS VERSE
CIRCUMCISION
OF THE HEART (MIND) BY THE SPIRIT IS A SPIRITUAL OPERATION, A REMOVAL OF
ONES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SINS AT THE POINT OF A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN
CHRIST ALONE - THE GOSPEL - UNTO THE IMPUTATION OF A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM
GOD
SUCH
A MAN'S PRAISE OF ANOTHER FOR BEING A GODLY JEW, WHICH IMPLIES HAVING AN
IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD, COMES NOT AS A RESULT OF HUMAN DOING BUT
AS A RESULT OF THE WORK OF GOD
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I)
[Ro 3:1]:
A)
AFTER EXPOUNDING UPON THE JEWS' UNIQUE POSITION BEFORE GOD HAVING A
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD; BEEN GIVEN THE LAW, CIRCUMCISION, ETC;
AND IN VIEW OF THEIR PERSISTENT FAILURE TO LIVE UP TO THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE GOD; PAUL ASKS TO WHAT ADVANTAGE IS THERE BEING A
JEW OR WHAT VALUE IS THERE IN CIRCUMCISION?
II)
[Ro 3:2]:
A)
MUCH IN EVERY WAY IS THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING A JEW - THE VALUE OF
CIRCUMCISION. FIRST OF ALL THEY HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE VERY WORDS
OF GOD AS CONVEYED TO THEM DIRECTLY AND THROUGH OTHERS AS RECORDED IN
SCRIPTURE GIVING THEM THE RESPONSIBILTY TO OBEY, REPRESENT GOD AND
CONVEY THOSE WORDS TO THE WORLD
B)
THE FIRST ADVANTAGE FOR BEING A JEW, THE FIRST VALUE OF CIRCUMCISION IS
BEING ENTRUSTED WITH THE VERY WORDS OF GOD WHICH ARE THUS IMMEDIATELY
AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AVOID ETERNAL AND
TEMPORAL CONDEMNATION THROUGH FAITH AND OBEDIENCE RESPECTIVELY, AND
RECEIVE TEMPORAL BLESSINGS THROUGH THAT SAME OBEDIENCE
III)
[Ro 3:3]:
A)
THE QUESTION IS ASKED IN VIEW OF THE JEWS' UNFAITHFULNESS - WOULD THIS
NULLIFY GOD'S FAITHFULNESS TO HIS PROMISES IN HIS VERY WORDS WHICH WERE
ENTRUSTED TO THE JEWS?
IV)
[Ro 3:4]:
A)
THE ANSWER TO WHETHER THE JEWS' LACK OF FAITH WILL NULLIFY GOD'S
FAITHFULNESS IS "NO!" ALL MEN ARE LIARS BUT GOD IS TRUE TO HIS
WORD
1)
[Compare Ps 116:1-11]:
2)
[Compare Ps 51:4]:
V)
[Ro 3:5-6]:
A)
SINCE MAN'S UNRIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS OUT GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS MORE CLEARLY,
THEN ISN'T GOD UNJUST IN BRINGING HIS WRATH ON THE WORLD? ABSOLUTELY
NOT! UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE WORLD DEMANDS JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
CONTRAST BETWEEN MAN AND GOD
VI)
[Ro 3:7-8]:
A)
THOSE WHO ARGUE THAT SINCE THE FALSEHOOD OF THEIR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
ENHANCES GOD'S TRUTHFULNESS AND SO INCREASES HIS GLORY THEN THEY SHOULD
NOT BE CONDEMNED AS SINNERS - THEIR CONDEMNATION IS DESERVED
B)
PAUL AND OTHER JEWISH BELIEVERS WHO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF FAITH ALONE
IN CHRIST ALONE ARE BEING SLANDEROUSLY ACCUSED OF ENCOURAGING EVIL SO
THAT GOOD MAY RESULT WHICH SUCH ACCUSERS ARE STIPULATED AS DESERVING
CONDEMNATION
VII)
[Ro 3:9]:
A)
TO CONCLUDE: JEWS AND GENTILES ALIKE ARE ALL UNDER SIN, I.E., ARE BORN
SINNERS BEFORE THEY HAVE EVEN COMMITTED THEIR FIRST SIN, A CONDITION
THAT EXISTED BEFORE THEY WERE BORN AS A RESULT OF SOMETHING THAT
OCCURRED BEFORE THEY WERE EVEN CONCEIVED
VIII)
[Ro 3:10-18]:
A)
SINCE THERE IS NO ONE WHO IS EXCLUDED FROM BEING IN VIEW IN 1:18-2:1 TO
SOME EXTENT; THEN THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO ONE IS BEYOND GOD'S
CONDEMNATION
B)
OT SCRIPTURE CORROBORATES PAUL'S STATEMENT THAT JEWS AND GENTILES ALIKE
ARE ALL UNDER SIN
1)
[Compare Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3]:
2)
[Compare Eccl 7:20]:
C)
SCRIPTURE IS REFERRED TO IN ORDER TO CORROBORATE PAUL'S DISSERTATION ON
HOW TOTALLY DEPRAVED ALL MEN ARE IN WORDS, DEEDS AND THOUGHTS
BEFORE GOD - NO EXCEPTIONS
1)
[Compare Psalms 5:4-9]:
2)
[Compare Psalms 140:3]:
3)
[Compare Psalms 10:7]:
4)
[Compare Isa 59:7-8]:
5)
[Compare Psalms 36:1]:
IX)
[Ro 3:19]:
A)
THE LAW HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD: THAT THE WORLD IS HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD TO LIVE BY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS THE STANDARD OF
THE LAW
B)
THE LAW WAS ESTABLISHED PREVIOUSLY IN CHAPTER TWO AS A SUPERIOR
INSTRUCTION OF A RULE OF LIFE WITHIN WHICH IS THE EMBODIMENT OF
KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH REPRESENTING GOD'S RIGHTEOUS STANDARD OF BEHAVIOR
FOR THE WORLD
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[EXCERPT
FROM CHAPTER 2 SUPPORTING THIS POINT
OR
CLICK HERE TO GOTO END OF EXCERPT ]
JEWS
ARE IN VIEW WHO HAVE AND ARE SUPPOSED TO BE INSTRUCTED IN THE LAW, A
SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION. THEY HAVE A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AS HIS
CHOSEN PEOPLE TO REPRESENT HIM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE WORLD
THROUGH THE PRECEPTS OF THE LAW AS GOD'S STANDARD OF CONDUCT
THE
LAW IS THE EMBODIMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS THE
SOURCE UPON WHICH KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH IS MADE CONCRETE AND PERCEPTIBLE.
HENCE THE LAW IS ALSO THE EMBODIMENT OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS
THE
LAW WAS GIVEN FOR THE JEW TO BE PART OF HIS SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD; TO PROVIDE THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S WILL; TO BE A SUPERIOR WAY OF
LIFE; TO OBEY IN ORDER TO BE DECLARED RIGHTEOUS; TO BE A GUIDE FOR THE
BLIND AND A LIGHT FOR THOSE IN THE DARK; TO BE AN INSTRUCTOR OF THE
FOOLISH AND A TEACHER OF INFANTS
THE
JEWS WERE GIVEN THE LAW BY GOD IN ORDER TO REPRESENT GOD AND HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE WORLD. THEY FALSELY CLAIMED TO RELY ON IT AND
CONSTANTLY VIOLATED IT CAUSING GOD'S NAME TO BE BLASPHEMED AMONG THE
GENTILES
GOD'S
NAME IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE THE JEWS DISHONOR GOD BY
CONSTANTLY BREAKING THE LAW YET HOLD THEMSELVES UP AS SUPERIOR TO THE
GENTILES. THEY HAVE A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AS HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE
TO REPRESENT GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE WORLD THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO
THE LAW, THEIR UNIQUE POSSESSION. THEY CLAIM THEY RELY ON IT FAITHFULLY
JEWS
HAVE A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO
THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW WHICH WAS GIVEN TO
THEM AS GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE WHICH THEY HAVE LARGELY FAILED TO LIVE UP TO
[********
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X)
[Ro 3:20]:
A)
NO MAN IS ABLE TO KEEP THE RIGHTEOUS STANDARD OF THE LAW. RATHER THROUGH
THE LAW ALL MEN BECOME CONSCIOUS OF SIN AND SUBJECT TO THE WRATH OF GOD
XI)
[Ro 3:21-24]:
A)
RECEIVING A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE, THE GOSPEL, IS
ACCOMPLISHED APART FROM HUMAN DOING, HAS BEEN MADE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE
AGES AND IS TESTIFIED AS SUCH IN SCRIPTURE
B)
THE OLD TESTAMENT TESTIFIES TO A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD THROUGH
ABRAHAM'S FAITH IN A COMING MESSIAH
*** [EXCERPT
FROM ROMANS CHAPTER 2 ***
*** -
or skip to next topical heading:
]
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THE
CIRCUMCISION IN VIEW IN THIS PASSAGE HISTORICALLY BEGAN AFTER ABRAHAM
BELIEVED GOD'S PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE AND GOD ACCOUNTED IT TO HIM AS
RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
1)
God Promises That Abram Will Be Father Of A Great Nation Leading To
Blessings To Abram And All People Through Abram And His Seed, Who Is
Christ
a)
[Compare Gen 12:1-7]:
i)
The Seed Is Christ
[Compare
Gal 3:16]:
ii)
God Promises Eternal Life To Abram
[Compare
Gen 12:3]:
[Compare
John 8:56]:
2)
God Repeats His Promise To Abram
a)
[Compare Gen 13:14-15]:
3)
Abram Believes In God's Promise And God Credits It To Abram As
Righteousness Unto Eternal Life
a)
[Compare Gen 15:1-6]:
*** [END
OF EXCERPT FROM ROMANS CHAPTER 2] ***
XI cont.)
[Ro 3:21-24 cont.]:
C)
A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD CANNOT BE ACHIEVED BY ANYONE, JEW OR GENTILE,
THROUGH HUMAN EFFORT BUT SOLELY THROUGH A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN JESUS
CHRIST ALONE
D)
ALL INDIVIDUALS, JEWS AND GENTILES ALIKE - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE,
HAVE SINNED THROUGH ADAM'S SIN AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, I.E.,
THEY CONSTANTLY SIN
E)
THE DEFINITION OF "JUSTIFIED" IS TO HAVE REVEALED IN ONE A
RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD WHEN ONE BELIEVES IN JESUS CHRIST, THE GOSPEL.
SUCH JUSTIFICATION COMES THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT CAME BY CHRIST
JESUS
F)
ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN
JESUS CHRIST ALONE TO BE JUSTIFIED, I.E., DECLARED TO HAVE A
RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE FREELY AND BY GOD'S
GRACE, (= UNMERITED FAVOR) WHICH OPPORTUNITY SUPPORTS THE ETERNAL
SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE HIM TO MAINTAIN A GODLY
LIFESTYLE TO KEEP IT
G)
THE REDEMPTION (BEING FREED FROM THE CONSEQUENCE OF SINS UNTO A
RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD) THAT CAME BY CHRIST JESUS THROUGH FAITH IS THE
GOSPEL OF GOD WHICH IS THAT CHRIST JESUS' SATISFACTORY ATONING SACRIFICE
(PAYMENT) FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD PROVIDES A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM
GOD, A SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE FOR ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN THAT
REDEMPTION
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Excerpts
from chapter one below which support this topic - or skip to next heading
THE
CONTENT OF WHAT ONE IS TO BELIEVE IN ORDER TO BE SAVED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
IS TO BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE SON OF GOD FROM THE DEAD WHICH
BY IMPLICATION PROVIDES THE ONE WHO BELIEVES WITH PAYMENT FOR ONES SINS
AND SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
A
RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED AS IMPUTED TO ONE WHO BELIEVES IN THE
GOSPEL AND RECEIVES SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
[End of
Excerpt]
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XII)
[Ro 3:24-26]:
A)
REDEMPTION, (BEING FREED FROM THE CONSEQUENCE OF ONES SINS UNTO A
RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD), CAME BY CHRIST JESUS WHOM GOD DISPLAYED
PUBLICLY, I.E., PROVIDED AN OBSERVABLE DEMONSTRATION TO THE WORLD OF
CHRIST JESUS' PROPITIATION IN HIS BLOOD, I.E., HIS SATISFACTORY ATONING
SACRIFICE IN HIS BLOOD, FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD WHICH REDEMPTION
COMES THROUGH FAITH IN THAT SACRIFICE
B)
SINCE ALL INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT HISTORY ARE IN VIEW IN THIS PASSAGE;
AND SINCE ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE JUSTIFIED IN
THIS PASSAGE; THEN PROVISION HAS TO HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE JUSTIFICATION
OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL EVER LIVE VIA CHRIST JESUS' PROPITIATION-
NOT JUST A CHOSEN FEW
C)
GOD REDEEMED THE SINS OF MANKIND THROUGH A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF
CHRIST JESUS' PROPITIATION, (ATONING SACRIFICE), IN HIS BLOOD IN ORDER
TO DEMONSTRATE GOD AS RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE GOD HAD LEFT UNPUNISHED THE SINS
COMMITTED BY THOSE WHO LIVED BEFORE THE ATONING WORK OF CHRIST. HENCE
THE ATONEMENT JUSTIFIED GOD (AS RIGHTEOUS) BECAUSE IT FULFILLED GOD'S
PROMISE OF A FUTURE PROPITIATION FOR SINS. SO NOW NO ONE CAN ACCUSE GOD
OF BEING UNRIGHTEOUS FOR PASSING OVER THE SINS OF OT BELIEVERS
****** EXCERPT FROM EPH 4 ******
GOD'S
JUSTICE MUST BE SATISFIED BEFORE HE CAN PERMIT SINFUL MAN TO BE WITH HIM
IN HEAVEN
[Ro
3:24-26 NAS]:
[Compare 1 Jn 2:2]:
[Ro 3:24-26 NAS
cont.]:
[Psalm 50:16-23]:
****** END OF EXCERPT FROM EPH 4 ******
D)
PAUL REITERATES FOR EMPHASIS THAT THE PURPOSE OF GOD'S PUBLIC DISPLAY OF
THE SATISFACTORY ATONING SACRIFICE OF MANKIND'S SINS THROUGH CHRIST
JESUS' PROPITIATION IN HIS BLOOD WAS TO DEMONSTRATE AT THE PRESENT
TIME THAT GOD MIGHT BE JUST, I.E., RIGHTEOUS, AND THAT THIS
PROPITIATION QUALIFIED HIM TO BE THE JUSTIFIER UNTO REDEMPTION UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE OF ANYONE WHO EXPRESSES FAITH IN JESUS
XIII)
[Ro 3:27-28]:
A)
HUMAN DOING IS NEITHER CONTRIBUTABLE TO, NOR ACCEPTABLE TOWARD, NOR IS
FAITHFUL HUMAN DOING A SURE RESULT OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S JUSTIFICATION UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE - OR EVEN A MEASURE OF WHETHER OR NOT ONE IS SAVED
XIV)
[Ro 3:29-30]:
A)
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOSPEL AND ONE GOD FOR ALL MANKIND WHO WILL JUSTIFY
THE JEW AND THE GENTILE THROUGH A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE
XV)
[Ro 3:31]:
A)
THE LAW IS THE INSTRUMENT FOR ONE TO REMEDY ONE'S FALLING SHORT OF GOD'S
STANDARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BECAUSE IT ENABLES ONE TO BECOME CONSCIOUS OF
ONES SINS BEFORE GOD AND THEN REMEDY THAT PROBLEM BY FAITH IN CHRIST'S
JESUS' PROPITIATION FOR SINS UNTO THE RECEPTION OF A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM
GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE. THEREBY WE UPHOLD THE LAW.
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