Wednesday After the Fourth Sunday After Pentecost Romans 3:9-31

WEDNESDAY AFTER FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23-24 + Here Paul summarizes what he said in previous chapters. He had a dispute with all those who consider themselves righteous. There isn't a righteous person on earth. There is not one man who can endure in the face of God. No one has loved God above all else and his neighbor as himself. Even if mankind hadn't committed all the sins mentioned in the psalm Paul quotes, the whole world is in debt to God. "For by works of the law no human being will be justified in His sight" (Romans 3:20). Through the Law comes the knowledge of sin. I ... continue reading