Still recovering from the flu, but I wanted to keep this going so bear with me this morning. I really enjoyed the reading out of Romans 3 this morning. Although we may have heard this before it never hurts to hear it again.
Paul is talking about God’s faithfulness and man’s brokenness. He talks about the Law and the fact that it is there not so that we can work to do right, but so that we are aware that we are not right.
Romans 3:20 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.
So then if we are sinful people and unrighteous how do we change that? Obviously we do not, but through faith in Christ Jesus we become righteous in the sight of God.
Romans 3:22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.
If this is the case then once we believe in Jesus Christ and are saved where does that put the law? Do we just disregard it and live in Christ knowing that we are saved? Of course not, we would be stupid to think so. It is because of this saving grace that we desire to uphold the law and honor God.
Romans 3:31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
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