Amos 3 & 4, Romans 3: 9-31, Psalm 106: 32-39
Romans 3: 21-22 (ESV)
“But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart
from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the
righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.”
Verses 21 through 22 from Romans 3 shows Paul’s argument
that we are saved from our sinful nature because of our faith in Christ Jesus.
We are not saved by knowing the law, because our sinful nature will always lead
us to break God’s laws. Paul also says we cannot be saved by our deeds. God’s
righteousness is apart from the law of the first covenant God made with Abraham.
God’s righteousness will only come from our faith in Jesus Christ. We cannot
earn righteousness by our faith in Christ. Our righteousness comes through
Christ. The gift of righteousness is freely given to all who believe in Jesus
Christ, because Christ paid for sins by his death on the cross and
resurrection.
Paul lays out a complex argument explaining that God’s first
covenant with Abraham never worked, because of our sinful nature. Even when we
know God’s laws and try to follow them, our sinful nature will always lead us
to break God’s laws. God’s new covenant with his people through the sacrifice
and death of Jesus Christ, ensures that grace is freely given to us despite our
sinful nature because Christ paid for ours sins in advance with his death. Leon
Morris from his book “The Epistle of the Romans” writes that “Through faith points
to the fact that faith is not a merit, earning salvation. It is no more than
the means through which the gift is given.”
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