Romans 3
The Confusion of Human Religion (vv. 1-18)
- Do religious people have an advantage?
- Does religious hypocrisy prove God false?
- Is it fair for God to punish our sin if it points to His righteousness?
Conclusion One (vv. 19-20)
- All are guilty of breaking God’s law
- None will be justified by keeping God’s law
More to Consider
That no one is righteous indicates human inability to secure salvation apart from God's provision. This does not mean that people are as bad as they can be, or that they cannot do good things from a human perspec-tive. However, as to eternal salvation, their situation is hopeless so long as they are left to themselves. God's initiating grace must come first. Righteousness must come from God (vv. 21-22). The Apologetics Study Bible.
"There is a great difference between your religion and mine," said a Christian to his neighbor. "Indeed!" was the reply. "What is that?" "It is this: Yours has only two letters in it, while mine has four:" "What do you mean?" said he. "Well, yours has 'DO'. Mine has 'DONE.'" Encyclopedia of 15,000 Illustrations
He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and the Christian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He assumed the earnestness of a man weighed down by historic responsibility. He handed out pious stories to the press, especially to the church papers. He showed his tattered Bible and declared that he drew the strength for his great work from it as scores of pious people welcomed him as a man sent from God. Indeed, Adolf Hitler was a master of outward religiosity--with no inward reality! Today in the Word, June 3, 1989.
