Romans 3:9-23 contains a series of statements from the Old Testament Scriptures. Paul utilizes these to show that the Jews and Greeks are similar under transgression. Subsequent to setting up that “there is none that doeth good” from Psalm 14:1, Paul utilizes statements from Psalms and Isaiah to show ways we have consistently utilized our bodies, throats, tongues, lips, feet, and eyes, to verbalize our wrongdoing. Yet, he finishes the part with his most grounded articulation, that no individual will be exonerated by adhering to the works of the law in God’s sight. The law can show us our transgression, it cannot save us from it.
In verse 9:
Paul answers the question that he gives to the Jews, “Are we better than they?” referring to the Gentiles. His answer is in no wise are we better. Paul calls attention to again that each individual is that “they are all under sin,” regardless of whether Jewish or Gentile. At the end of the day, the Jewish public really do enjoy a benefit on a public level. They are God's hand-picked people and the recipients of his incredible promises. God stays devoted to the covenants that he made with them. Also, as individuals from God's hand-picked people, they have especially close accessibility to God's revelations and words.
In verses 10-18:
Have we at any point contemplated internally that we are not really awful and that we are consistently good individuals? We should take a gander at these couple of verses and check whether any of them concern us. Have we at any point lied? Have we at any point hurt the feelings of others with our manner of speaking or with the words that we express? Is it safe to say that we are angry toward anybody? Do we end up being furious with the individuals who unequivocally cannot help contradicting us? In idea, word, and deed, we, similarly to every other person on the planet, stand liable before God. We should remember who we are in God's sight, estranged miscreants. We should not dismiss that we are a heathen. All things being equal, we ought to permit our urgent need to guide us to Christ.
• In verse ten, all of humanity are Unrighteous (Psalm 14:1-3).
• In verse eleven, none Understand and none Seek after God. Basically speaking, all are Unreasonable.
• In verse twelve, they are Unrepentant, all have gone out of the way. They are Unprofitable, meaning that none have any value. They are Unregenerate, there is none that doeth good.
• In verses thirteen through eighteen, it describes the Attributes of a Sinful man.
In verse 19-22:
The last time that somebody blamed us for immoral behavior, what was our response? Could it be said that there was any denial, did we contend, and would we say that we were defensive? The Bible lets us know that the world stands quieted and liable before the Almighty God. No reasons or contentions are left. Have we arrived at the point with God where we are prepared to hang up our safeguards (defenses) and anticipate his decisions? In the event that we have not arrived at that point, we need to stop now and concede any transgression that we may have to him.
Paul summarizes his case that the law cannot shield anybody from God's judgment of their own transgressions. Any individual who accepts that concept is misleading themselves. Paul composes that the law addresses those under the law. Also, what else does it say? It says, “none of you keepeth the law” (John 7:19). This was the end upheld by Paul's earlier references to the Old Testament: that no one lives a righteous life in contrast with God’s standards.
• Romans 2:2, But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
• Romans 2:12, For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
The law was to be sure God's gift to Israel, yet it was not the way to being upright in God's sight. Paul puts it obtusely: no individual is justified in the sight of God by the works of the law. Why would that be? Since no individual can keep the works by the law impeccably. Essentially, we are sinners. Regardless, sometimes everyone decides to do what they know is not right.
The law is a gift since it demonstrates to Jews and Gentiles, how sinful we all are. Without God's composed portrayal of righteousness in the law, we may be enticed to contend that we are fairly good individuals. In any case, at the point when we contrast our lives and the standards of the law, we should at last concede that we are frantic sinners. We disregard God's law in a bigger number of ways than we can count.
In verse twenty-one, the words “but now” that start this verse, might be two of the main words in the entirety of the Bible. Paul has quite recently said in the past section that “by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight.” It is not possible for anyone to keep the law impeccably, and no individual carries on with a daily existence deserving of God's righteousness (Romans 3:10). Things sounds somber for us. Even if those that can follow the law cannot get away from God's irate judgment, what hope do any of us think that we have?
At last, Paul turns the corner to the primary concern of Romans: “But now.” Something urgent has changed in humanity’s set of experiences. Something that not a solitary one of us could satisfy, “the righteousness of God,” has now been showed (“manifested”), or made known (“being witnessed”), aside from the law. As such, Paul will proceed to say that there is hope. There is a way to God’s righteousness which does not compel us to keep God's law.
In verses 23-24: All have sinned.
Some sins may appear to be greater than others on the grounds that their undeniable results are significantly more serious. For instance, murder appears to us to be more regrettable than enmity, and infidelity appears to be more awful than lustful desire. In any case, this does not imply that since we commit lesser sins, do we merit timeless life. All wrongdoing makes us sinners, and all transgression cuts us off from our sacred God. All transgression, consequently, prompts demise (since it excludes us from living with God), paying little mind to how incredible or little, the wrongdoing is by all accounts. We ought not limit little sins or misrepresent large sins. They all can divide us from God, however they all can be excused.
"Being justified freely" means to be pronounced not blameworthy. At the point when an appointed authority (judge) in an official courtroom pronounces the litigant not liable, every one of the charges are taken out from his record. Legitimately, it is as if the individual had never been charged. At the point when God excuses us of our transgressions, our record is cleaned off, as though we had never transgressed.
“Redemption” alludes to Christ liberating sinners from the servitude of sin. In Old Testament times, the debts of an individual could bring to being sold as a slave. The closest relative could pay his debts and buy his freedom. Christ bought our freedom with his life.
