The Law Can’t Save You

Romans 3:19-20 The Law Can't Save You If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 3, verse 19. The last time we were together we said that Paul was beginning his closing arguments. 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. 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. Yes, the Gentiles needed to be saved. Yes, the Gentiles were law breakers. Then Paul turned his focus upon his Jewish friends, and he made…

God’s Righteous Judgment on All

Romans 2:12-16 God's Righteous Judgment on All If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 2. We continue to work our way through Paul’s gospel to the Romans. You remember in Romans, chapter 1, verses 18 through 32, Paul had spoken especially to those pagans who were Gentiles who had never heard the law of Moses, and he had brought to bear the searching judgment of God against their sin. He had revealed to them through their attitudes and actions, their need for the gospel of grace so as to preclude a response to his message that went something like this: “Well, Paul that’s very nice, but I don’t need your gospel.” The whole point of Romans, chapter 1, verses 18 to the end of the chapter to those Gentiles apart from Christ was that was…

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The Law Can’t Save You

God’s Righteous Judgment on All