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October 6 - Romans 3 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here and it is Monday.
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  It's the 6th of October. Great to have your company.
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  Thank you for inviting me into the beginning of your week as we
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  are going to open up their Bibles to the book of Romans and
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  continue reading through this letter that Paul is writing to
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  this church, trying to get their heads around how do we make
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  peace with Jews and Gentiles coming together, these two
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  worlds colliding and trying to coexist in this new Christian
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  Church. And we probably don't need to
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  think too much about Jew and Gentile, but we can think about
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  those who are in and those who are out, those who might
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  traditionally be thought of as church kind of people and those
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  who don't maybe fit that mould. And Paul is writing about how
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  under this new church, it's not about the old ways, but it's
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  about the new ways and trying to unpack what that looks like.
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  So how about let us dive into this and as we do, Holy Spirit,
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  open up our hearts and teach us your ways and your truths as we
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  read this. Your inspired word as written in
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  Romans chapter 3. Then what's the advantage of
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  being a Jew? Is there any value in the
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  ceremony of circumcision? Yes, there are great benefits.
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  First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the whole
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  revelation of God. True, some of them were
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  unfaithful. But just because they were
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  unfaithful, does that mean God will be unfaithful?
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  Of course not. Even if everyone else is a liar,
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  God is true, as the Scriptures say about Him.
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  You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your
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  case in court. But some of you might say our
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  sinfulness serves a good purpose, for it helps people see
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  how righteous God is. Isn't it unfair, then, for him
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  to punish us? This is merely a human point of
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  view. Of course not.
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  If God were not entirely fair, how would he be qualified to
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  judge the world? But some might still argue, how
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  can God condemn me as a Sinner if my dishonesty highlights his
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  truthfulness and brings him more glory?
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  And some people even slander us by claiming that we say the more
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  we sin, the better it is. Those who say such things
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  deserve to be condemned. Well then, should we conclude
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  that we Jews are better than others?
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  No, not at all, for we have already shown that all people,
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  whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the power of sin.
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  As the Scriptures say. No one is righteous, not even
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  one. No one is truly wise.
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  No one is seeking God. All have turned away.
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  All have become useless. No one does good, not a single
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  one. Their talk is foul, like the
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  stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with
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  lies. Snake venom drips from their
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  lips. Their mouths are full of cursing
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  and bitterness. They rush to commit murder.
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  Destruction and misery always follow them.
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  They don't know where to find peace.
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  They have No Fear of God at all. Obviously, the law replies to
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  those to whom it was given for. Its purpose is to keep people
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  from having excuses and to show that the entire world is guilty
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  before God, for no one can ever be made right with God by doing
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  what the Law commands. The Law simply shows us how
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  sinful we are. But now God has shown us a way
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  to be made right with Him without keeping the requirements
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  of the Law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the
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  prophets long ago. We are made right with God by
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  placing our faith in Jesus Christ, and this is true for
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  everyone who believes, no matter who we are, For everyone has
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  sinned. We all fall short of God's
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  glorious standard. Yet God in His grace freely
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  makes us right in His sight. He did this through Christ Jesus
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  when He freed us from the penalty of our sins, for God
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  presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin.
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  People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus
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  sacrificed His life shedding His blood.
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  This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when He held back
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  and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for He was
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  looking ahead and including them in what He would do in this
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  present time. God did this to demonstrate His
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  righteousness, for He Himself is fair and just, and He makes
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  sinners right in His sight when they believe in Jesus.
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  Can we boast then that we have done anything to be accepted by
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  God? No, because our acquittal is not
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  based on obeying the law, it is based on faith.
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  So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying
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  the Law. After all, is God the God of the
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  Jews only? Isn't He the God of the
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  Gentiles? Of course he is.
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  There is only one God, and He makes people right with himself
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  only by faith, whether they're Jews or Gentiles.
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  Well then, if we emphasise faith, does this mean that we
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  can forget about the Law? Of course not.
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  In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfil the Law.
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  Oh Father, it is you and it is your love for us and Your
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  provision for us through Jesus that makes us right with you.
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  If we for one second are confused and we think that you,
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  Father, are this angry God sitting on your throne in
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  judgement of us, let these words of Paul ring in our ears.
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  That it was your plan forever ago to save us.
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  Not by forcing us to live a certain way, but by Jesus
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  sacrificing himself for us to make us whole in your sight.
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  That we can come to you, our loving Father, and be restored.
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  And that now that we have this faith in Jesus that you have
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  given us, even that is a gift from You.
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  We are made right and we are made righteous in your sight and
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  that saved and whole, we can even be inspired to live
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  according to the way that you want us to live because we know
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  that out of love you have made this better way.
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  So we just come before you, Jesus, and we trust in you and
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  we believe in you, and we accept this incredible gift that you
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  give us, this gift of your sacrifice.
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  And we know that it's in this faith that we are made right.
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  Ah, thank you, God for your great love for us.
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  We just praise you and pray all of this in your precious name,
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  Jesus, Amen.