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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
9 What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin. 10 As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

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
11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one.

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
13 Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” The poison of vipers is under their lips;

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
14 whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood. 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways. 17 The way of peace, they haven’t known.

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
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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
19 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God. 20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

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:

  1. How did the apostle clarify our sins as to clarify the complete corruption of mankind?

QUIZ - 1

Dear reader,
Having read our comments on the Letter of Paul to the Romans in this booklet, you are now able to answer the following questions. If you answer 90% of the questions stated below, we will send you the next part of this series for your edification. Please do not forget to include your full name and address clearly on the answer sheet.

  1. What are the reason and the end of the Epistle to the Romans?
  2. Who founded the church in Rome?
  3. Who wrote this epistle? Where? And when?
  4. What styles did Paul use in his epistle?
  5. What is the outline of this epistle?
  6. What are the titles which Paul took for himself in the first sentence of his epistle?
  7. What is the meaning of the statement that Christ is the Son of God?
  8. What is grace, and what is man’s answer to it?
  9. Which statement in the apostolic benediction do you consider as the most important and the most effecting with respect to your life?
  10. Why did Paul thank God at all times?
  11. How, and how often did God prevent Paul from executing his plans?
  12. Which statement in verse 16 do you consider as the most important? Why?
  13. How is the righteousness of God related to our faith?
  14. Why is the wrath of God revealed?
  15. Why does a man who lives without God have to make an earthly god for himself?
  16. What is the consequence of improper worship of God?
  17. How did Paul depict the appearance of the wrath of God?
  18. What are the five sins in the catalogue of sins, which you deem as the most common in our world today?
  19. How does man condemn himself in whatever he judges another?
  20. What are the secrets, which Paul reveals to us about the judgment of God?
  21. What are the divine principles in the last judgment?
  22. How will God deal with the Gentiles in the Day of Judgment?
  23. What are the privileges of the Law and its burdens on the Jews?
  24. What is the meaning of circumcision in both the Old and New Testaments?
  25. What are the original contradicting questions in the Epistle to the Romans, and what are their answers?
  26. How did the apostle clarify our sins as to clarify the complete corruption of mankind?

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