TONY’S TOP
TEN
Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be
justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
1. God gave the 10 Commandments fully aware that Israel had no ability to
keep them.
2. In essence the law proved that Israel was no different than any other
nation when it comes to the matters of sin.
3. The law’s purpose was to prove that man is a sinner, possesses sin and
cannot overcome it in order to be righteous before God, even the Jews.
4. The purpose of the law for Israel was to show them what sin was and that
they were no more righteous with the law than the Gentiles without the law.
5. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
6. The clear meaning here is that this included the Jews on the same plain
as the Gentiles who they thought to be sinners instead of themselves whom they
thought to be righteous because of the law.
7. Paul is bringing the Jews into the stark realization that the
righteousness of God cannot be achieved by obeying the law but only by faith in
Jesus Christ upon all them that believe.
8. The idea of attaining righteousness by keeping the law, good works, or
performance is put to rest by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ who through faith in
him is the only access to righteousness before God.
9. Here’s the irony, even though righteousness is without the law, the law
was given as a witness to that very fact.
10. This fact was even revealed by the prophet Habakkuk long before the
birth of Christ in Habakkuk 2:4 but the just shall live by his faith.
By Pastor Tony Kim
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