Old Llantrisant Hill
- Many Jews think their Jewishness will make them justified before God
- Paul debunks this viewpoint
- Surely this would have been like a red rag to a bull
- The advantages of being a Jew is many
- You are privileged - but it is what you do with it
- Many today think that their privileges will stand them in good sted at the judgment
- They mean nothing before a Holy God
- They do not bring us salvation
- Paul boldy and bluntly brings this dilemma to the people
- v9-10 - all people are under sin
- Whether we feel or acknowledge this guilt does not remove it
- Paul speaks to the Jews from their psalms to make this point
- We are guilty ...
- In our understanding (v11)
- In our direction (v12)
- In our speech (v13)
- In our actions (v15)
- In our arrogance (v18)
- Man's refusal to acknowledge God has led to the charges laid out here
- These are strong words
- By human standards - even the best of men fail God's standards
- "Some of us are not guilty of all but all of us are guilty of some
- We must judge ourselves by God's standards (not human standards)
- God is God - He sets the standards (v20)
- We apply His standards to our hearts
- What an indictment!
- Gen 6:5
- As we read these things we realise that our sin has trapped us and we have no way of escape ...
- ... unless we look to the way of escape that God has brought
- God's righteousness through faith (v23)
- God has provided a means of escape
- This way of escape is available to all people
- v21 - the way of righteousness is apart from the law
- Relying solely on the work of Jesus on Calvary - not upon the law
- "To all and on all who believe" (v22)
- All we have to do is reach out in faith and accept God's way of escape
- We are all in the place of danger (v23) but the gift of faith is free (v24)
- The Lord Jesus Christ has taken away the wrath of God by taking it upon Himself (v25)
- Have you reached out to receive the gift of faith?
- Closing remarks
- "The things of the world grow dim in the light of His glory and grace"
- Pride
- Fear
- Is their anything stopping you from reaching out to Jesus Christ?
- Receive the life that God is willing to give