THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS
Roman 3:9-20 (Psalm 14:1-7)
BORN IN SIN IN NEED OF SALVATION
V:9. What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
A. In verses 1-8, Paul explained the advantage of the Jews over the rest of society.
They were the chosen of God. They were under the covenant of God and the
promise of Abraham. They were recipients of the written Word given to them
through Moses.
1. The Jews were subject to the consequences of their sins.
2. Their relationship with Abraham was no advantage to the penalty sin.
B. Our relationship with Jesus does not save us from the consequences of
sin on this earth.
1. Israel suffered from their sins through out the ages.
2. We will suffer from our sins.
3. It is the grace of God that allows us to suffer so we can learn
obedience.
OUR SINFUL STATE
V:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
A. We were born in sin and shaped in iniquity.
1. Our born condition is not our fault. That responsibility belongs to Adam
and Eve.
2. The responsibility of staying under the curse of sin rests with each individual.
3. We cannot seek God with out His intervention.
a. Jesus said no one can come to me unless the Father draws them (John 6:44).
b. We were not born with a desire to seek God.
c. We were born in the flesh with a desire to satisfy ourselves.
B. Since we can’t come to God without His intervention, we can’t understand
His Word without the power of the Holy Spirit.
1. When we study God’s Word we are taught by Him (Luke 12:12).
2. Without the teaching of the Holy Spirit we are left to the lies and deceptions
of the world.
3. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.
THE THOUGHTS OF A SINNER
V:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
A. Out of our mouths comes the evil thoughts of the heart.
1. Psalms 5:9
For there is nothing trustworthy in their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.
2. The unregenerate person can only say what he knows.
3. The unsaved is in the flesh and therefore is selfish and looks
out for himself.
THE WORDS OF A SINNER
B. People have a way of poisoning there own relationships,
1. James 3:8
But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly
poison. 9With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people, who
have been made in the likeness of God;
2. It is only through the power of the Word that the tongue can be tamed.
3. When we put off the old self and put on the new creation in Christ can
we speak words of encouragements and enlightenment.
THE
ACTIONS OF A SINNER
V:15
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17And the way of peace have they not known:
A. From talking sin the unsaved move to committing which includes acts
acts of violence,
1. Proverbs 1:11-12
If they say, “Come with us, Let’s lie in wait for blood,
Let’s ambush the innocent without cause;
Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, like those who go down to the pit;
2. There are no boundries to what an evil person will go
B. The wicked causes confusion every where they go.
1. Isaiah 57:20-21
But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet,
And its waters toss up refuse and mud.
“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
LACK OF REVERENCE
V: 18There is no fear of God before their eyes.
A. The wicked do not reverence the Lord or the laws of man.
1.Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
2. Fools say in their hearts there is no God
B. Because the wicked do no fear God, their actions lead to destruction.
1. The worst thing a Christian can do is hang around a foolish person.
2. Unknowingly, you can easily get caught up in their trouble
THE LAW CONDEMNS, FAITH SAVES
V:19. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
A. No one has ever been able to keep the law,
1. Jesus came not to do away with the law but to fulfill all the requirements of the
law, so that man maybe justified by faith.
2. The law was the covenant God made with Israel.
3. The Law does not save, but shows our sinfulness.
B. Because Adam sinned, we were born enslaved to sin.
1. Within ourselves we have no power to turn from evil to God.
2. It by the grace of God that Jesus saw our sin and gave himself up
for our corruption.
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
5510 West Sam Houston Parkway North
Houston, Texas 77041
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