Prayer

Open your bibles with me to Romans 3:20-28

Context:  At the time that Paul is writing this letter there are two sets of jews, Gentile Christians who were very non-Jewish in costume and Jewish Christian who followed the law.

Paul is writing this letter to the divided churches with the purpose of sharing the Good news that will unify the churches.

Read romans 1:17-18 these versed reveals the righteousness of God while also uncovering his wrath.

Through out Romans 1:18-3:20 Paul is explaining that we are all sinners and are accountable to God for our sins which is a big  problem for all people Jew and Gentile. 

However in our focus verses  Paul’s switches our attention to the God given solution for this universal problem. 

Vs 20 

The phrase “by doing what the law commands” is referring to obeying the laws of Moses. 

Paul was making its crystal clear that even the Jews who followed the law of Moses and gentle alike needed a way to be made in right relationship with God

No good deed. Moral character, or conduct will make a person acceptable before God.

Attempting to use obedience to the law to maneuver into fellowship with God identifiers ones failure to understand a persons complete fallen nature in God’s eyes. “Its simply foolish”

Vs 21-26 reveal the justification and righteousness of God

The statement “but now” is referring to when  Christ was nailed on the cross. 

Our sin separates us from God. Our sins keeps us from the presence of good our sin prevents us from reaching the placed God created us to experience. We all miss the mark and fail in obeying the laws requirement. God bore the full cost of forgiving us by having Jesus die on Calvary.

 God puts people in right relationship with himself without keeping the requirements of the law 

However The law serves the purpose that it always had— to show everyone their need for a savior.

The Old Testament looked forward to Gods’s righteous in his Son 

What God now accomplishes for us through christ he does apart from the covenant structured set up by the law of Moses read hebrews 8:13

In this new covenant Jesus became what we were so we can become what he is. 

God declared us righteous or provided justification by faith in Christ  justifictation is the understanding of restored fellowship with god because the sin no longer exist. 

this way we get a new status: right with god and forgiven new family: included in goods people and a new future: transformed life. No strings attached 

This means that when a believer trusts Jesus as his or her savior god requires nothing further absolutely satisfied with the perfect sacrifice, god forgives the believing sinner

Read 27-28

We can not boast because all human achievement in salvation is excluded.

The point of this message is that Jesus made it possible for us to be righteous before God.