“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23
I use this prominent verse to open up Romans 3 because this verse sums up what Paul has been addressing since chapter one. In Romans three Paul is beginning to deal with reoccurring arguments throughout this passage he reminds us of what’s most important. Neither Jews nor Gentiles nor anyone can obtain righteousness. We cannot justify or make ourselves righteous by obeying rules, regulations, commandments. In the end we all fall short of the glory of God.
“There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.” Ecclesiastes 7:20
“Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned“ Romans 5:12
“Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.” Psalm 51:5
Don’t mistake yourself, do not judge, and don’t lose yourself to self righteousness. For it is only by God’s grace any good exists in any of us.
On the Day of Judgment I pray that when I stand before Him, I call out His name proclaiming that He is all I have, He is life, and He is the only good that exists within me. I do not deserve the gift of entering heavens gates but it is threw His grace for sending His son that I can enter. I had nothing in me that gives reason for why I should be granted eternity in heaven other than because He has perfect judgment He knows where my heart stands, He knows my sins, He knows me.
January 13 & 14,
In Romans 2 Paul addresses a very critical aspect of humans, our CONSCIENCE. The simplest explanation for conscience is that it’s a standard a human sets himself of what is morally right or wrong. Everyone has it, God set this in us, and otherwise judgment among ourselves wouldn't exist. When I see someone doing something that I disagree on I judge what they do upon their character. Paul addresses here that we have no excuse for denying Gods existence for the truth of God has been revealed in man’s conscience. Otherwise why would there even be a standard of living of what is morally right and wrong existing in us? What purpose would it serve, and why should we care whether there is a right and wrong.
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge” Psalm 19:1-2
Know that though your conscience exists it is not fair or just, our minds tend to be very biased and how are we to grant ourselves the right to proclaim that someone is wrong when we are guilty of sin also.
“You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.” Romans 2:1-2
Through our conscience we know there exist a creator, and then there is the controversy of If God exists why he lets tragic things happen, Romans 1:24, 26 and 28. We are given a choice, whether we choose to accept there’s a God and live by His laws or go on living the way that’s pleasing to us. God is not going to stop us, He gives us the assurance that we will reap what we sow
“He will repay each one according to his works” Romans 2:6
“If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,” Won’t He who weighs hearts considers it? Won’t He who protects your life know? Won’t He repay a person according to his work?” Proverbs 24:12
It’s so sad to see that so many people turn from God. Rather than seeing that God exists and it true and perfect in all things we only credit Him to all the events that hurt us. I hope I can learn to praise God through every storm and challenge and know that He only desires His will for me.
January 16,
It is by God’s grace we have life, we should praise Him for His grace, perfection, and know that as it speaks in Romans 3 that it is impossible to avoid judgment day. We must all stand before Him, we are all given an invitation to have eternal life, my prayer this week is that because I already have the precious gift of salvation that I can step up to the plate and help another find this. What I learned from Romans 1-3 is that we are all sinners; God shows His evidence through everything, we as humans cannot judge since we are sinners also. Most important all humans fall short in effort to attain a pure and perfect relationship with Christ but because Jesus has already come and done what none of us could achieve we now may have an unfathomable closeness with God. We have such an advantage that Paul didn’t have the Savior has already come, and been resurrected now is the time to share and show the evidence of Him by showing Him through our lives.
“For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.” Romans 1:20
SIDE NOTE:sorry for a random picture, I'm not sure what to take a picture of, as of late:( If you have any ideas please tell me! and I'll make an attempt to do it!
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