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Intro:The big problem, is sin….no
matter what other problems you have that is why the church exists, we have a message that addresses the biggest problem of mankind…
It’s not financial, physical, relationship, it’s sin…
You don’t have to teach a child how to be a sinner, from a very early age….
Sin never leads into a fulfilled life
James 4
ILL: Plane running off the runway
God embraces this….you
know….God knows you have sinned, and He is reaching out to you despite that, in fact He is the remedy to it…
Who did he choose?
What is the problem?
God is holy, man is sinful
I.
The Requests About Sin (1-9)
Question #1
The First Objection: What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
(Romans 3:1) Back at the end of chapter two Paul made the point that circumcision is inward, and not outward.
It is not a ritual of the flesh, but the righteousness of the heart that God is looking for.
Their argument is that if both Jews and Gentiles are lost sinners, then what is the advantage of being a Jew?
The Answer: Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
(Romans 3:2) The word oracles speaks of the supernatural utterances of God.
The word God word was committed to the Jew.
The word committed comes from "pisteuo" and means "to committ, put in trust with, to entrusted."
The Jews were to be the custodians of God's Word (Deuteronomy 4:7-8, Psalm 147:19-20).
Paul's argument is that the Jews have enjoyed a tremendous advantage because they had the word of God and that was the greatest advantage of all.
Question #2
The Second Objection: For what if some did not believe?
shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
(Romans 3:3) The argument here is that since some have failed does that mean that God has cast away the entire Jewish nation?
Has the failure of a few ruined it for all.
In essence what they are asking is, Will Jewish unbelief cancel out the faithfulness of God?
The Answer: God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
(Romans 3:4) This is a strong and emphatic answer.
The phrase God forbid is the strongest negative Greek expression and carries the idea of an absolute impossibility.
The fact is that no one will ever be able to charge God with being unfaithful.
If there is any untruth, it is on man's side.
The reason for the question.
The thought is that God should have given a Gospel that man would have readily accepted, and that if man rejects the Gospel, then this makes God faulty and His Gospel invalid.
• The reply to the question.
"God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged" (Romans 3:4).
Paul's answer is very forceful.
His language is very strong.
The idea that God is deficient because man rejects the Gospel is absurd.
This would make man's wisdom more than God's wisdom.
Unbelief does not discredit God but it discredits man.
Unbelief shows the stupidity of man not the stupidity of God.
Unbelief does not make God a liar but it makes man a liar.
Unbelief does not make God wrong (He is "justified in thy sayings," cp.
Psalm 51:4); but it makes man wrong.
Struggling with Unbelief Do you struggle with unbelief?
How do you know if you are struggling with it?
The Bible provides us with answers.
1. Debating or questioning God's Word.
Thoughts such as, "I don't know if that's true," begin to surface in our hearts.
This is a strategic weapon of the devil.
Satan said to Eve in Genesis 3, "Hath God said?" 2 Peter 3:4—And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?
for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2. Doubts of God's ability and power.
Psalm 78:19, 20—Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
3. Departing or backsliding away from the Lord.
Hebrews 3:12—Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 4. The Dulling and Deadening of your heart in spiritual matters.
You become spiritually cold and hard and there is no desire to do spiritual things.
Acts 19:9—But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
5. Disregarding evidence of God's truth and work.
John 12:3—But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: 6. Disputing or resisting the Holy Spirit's leading.
Acts 7:51—Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Conviction is shunned; His leading and calling are ignored.
7. We are Defeated & Discomfited by our circumstances.
Our problems overwhelm us to the point that we lose confidence in God's strength and ability.
Matthew 14:31—And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
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The Domination of fear, worry, and stress in our lives.
Mark 4:40—And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful?
how is it that ye have no faith?
9. We Detest or hate God's messengers.
Acts 7:54—When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Acts 7:57—Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, When these conditions are becoming evident in our lives, we are struggling with unbelief.
Question #3
The Third Objection: But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say?
Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance?
I speak as a man.
(Romans 3:5) This is a clever but unreasonable argument.
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God.
Their argument is that their disobedience gives God an opportunity to show his righteousness.
Therefore, their sin was really a good thing.
Talk about Scripture twisting!
This an argument much like the idea of situation ethics which says if the end justifies the means it's OK.
The Answer: God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
(Romans 3:6) Paul's answer is an emphatic no! God is the judge of all the world.
For God to be a just God, He must punish sin.
God is no respecter of persons and He will judge all the lost justly.
The reason for the question.
The issue here is that if the sinfulness of man causes God to be glorified through saving sinful man, does that not condemn God for judgment upon sin?
After all, the question argues, if it wasn't for sin, God would not be able to be glorified in the saving of souls.
• The reply to the question.
"God forbid" (Romans 5:6).
Paul's answer is again forceful.
The reply focuses on two issues in the question.
First, it stops God's judgment.
"Then how shall God judge the world?" (Romans 3:6).
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