{"id":436,"date":"2006-01-17T21:52:46","date_gmt":"2006-01-17T21:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/01\/romans_3.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:47","slug":"romans_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/01\/romans_3.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Romans 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romans 3:20 – Someone asked me recently what the purpose of the OT law (specifically the 10 Commandments) was, Well, here we learn that it was not for justification. God did not give the law to prove how righteous we were. If anything, it was the opposite, he gave the law to show us just how far we are from him.
\nThis is a concept that was always a little hard for me as I read Romans before. It seemed a bit harsh of God to make up laws to prove us failures. But perhaps the law was not something ‘made up’ by God for any purpose, it sprung from who He was. He didn’t ‘make it up’ as we might think but instead simply recorded who He was and how He lived. By doing so, He illuminated the stark difference between He and us.
\nRomans 3:21-24 – On the surface the it appears that the law is a means to get to know God – God expect you to do this and that and avoid these and those if you would be like Him and follow Him. Instead of leading us to Him, it just becomes quickly clear, however, that we are not capable of following that road.
\nBut wait – God, now that it is plain to all of humanity that we cannot be like him, has given<\/em> us, not a way to be righteous, but given us righteousness. It’s not that Jesus offers us a way<\/em> to be Godly he just offers us the Godliness. It’s like those get rich quick schemes “Here’s an easy way to millions!” except that God, thorough our faith in Jesus, just says “Here’s millions!” How cool is that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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