Romans 3:9-20

Romans 3:9-20

There is None that Doeth Good

Rom 3:9  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;

Rom 3:10  As it is written, [“]There is none righteous, no, not one:

Rom 3:11  There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

Rom 3:12  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Rom 3:13  Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

Rom 3:14  Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

Rom 3:15  Their feet are swift to shed blood:

Rom 3:16  Destruction and misery are in their ways:

Rom 3:17  And the way of peace have they not known:

Rom 3:18  There is no fear of God before their eyes.[“]

Rom 3:19  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.

Rom 3:20  Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

1. Scripture Reveals That We Are All Condemned – vs. 9*
1. 1 John 1:8-10 

                                                              i.      You are condemned by what you are – vs. 10-12*

1.      Paul quotes from Psalm 14 to give evidence for his indictment. - Psalm 14:1-4 

2.      No human is righteous - Psalm 53:1-3 

3.      No human understands God - Isaiah 55:8-9 

4.      No human seeks God - Isaiah 53:6 

5.      No human follows God - Exodus 32:8 

6.      No human is worthy - Genesis 6:6-7 

7.      No human is good - Ecclesiastes 7:20 

                                                            ii.      You are condemned by what you say – vs. 13-14*

1.      Out of the throat comes death.

a.       Psalm 5:9-10 

2.      The tongue speaks lies

a.       James 3:5-6 

3.      The lips speak poison.

a.       Psalm 140:3 

4.      The mouth is filled with cursing and bitterness.

a.       Psalm 10:7 

                                                          iii.      You are condemned by what you do – vs. 15-17*

1.      Isaiah 59:7-8 

2.      Man murders himself

3.      Man brings suffering and destruction on himself

4.      Man has been at war since the beginning of time

a.       Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for only 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history. (From the New York Times, Found in the article What Every Person Should Know About War)

                                                          iv.      You are condemned what you fear – vs. 18*

1.      Psalm 36:1 

2.      Man fears everything but God.

a.       Psalm 111:10 

2. All Men Are Guilty of Breaking God’s Law – vs. 19*
1. James 2:10 
3. The Law Cannot Save You, it Simply Shows You Your Sin – vs. 20*
1. The hope of the gospel does not lay in your ability to reform yourself; it is only in the person of Jesus Christ. Only in Christ can you be saved.

                                                              i.      Galatians 3:22-26