ALL MEN ARE UNDER SIN

As it is written, None is Righteous, just and truthful

And upright and conscientious,

NO, NOT ONE. [Ps. 14:3.]

NO ONE understands—

NO ONE intelligently discerns or comprehends;

NO ONE seeks out God. [Ps 14:2.]

ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE;

Together they have gone Wrong

And have become Unprofitable and Worthless;

NO ONE does Right, NOT EVEN ONE!

Their throat is a yawning grave;

They use their tongues to deceive--

To mislead and to deal Treacherously.

The venom of asps is beneath their lips. [Ps. 5:9; 140:3.]

Their mouth is full of Cursing and Bitterness. [Ps. 10:7.]

Their feet are swift to shed blood.

Destruction (as it dashes them to pieces)

And Misery mark their ways.

And they have no experience of the Way of Peace--

They know NOTHING about Peace,

For a Peaceful Way they do not even recognize. [Isa. 59:7, 8.]

There is no (Reverential) Fear of God before their eyes. [Ps. 36:1.]

Now we know that whatever the Law [of God] says

It speaks to those who are under the Law,

So that [the murmurs and excuses of] every mouth may be hushed,

AND ALL THE WORLD MAY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD.

For no person will be Justified—

Made Righteous, acquitted and Judged acceptable--

IN HIS SIGHT by observing the works prescribed by the Law.

For [the real function of] the Law

Is to make men recognize and be conscious of SIN

[Not mere perception, but an acquaintance with SIN

But an acquaintance with SIN which works toward REPENTANCE,

Faith and Holy Character].

But now the Righteousness of God has been Revealed Independently

And altogether apart from Law,

Although actually it is Attested by the Law and the Prophets.

Namely, the Righteousness of God

Which comes by Believing with Personal Trust

And Confident Reliance of Jesus Christ, the Messiah.

[And it is meant] for ALL who Believe.

For there is No Distinction,

SINCE ALL HAVE SINNED

And are falling short of the Honor and glory

Which God bestows and receives.

[ALL] are Justified and made Upright and in Right standing with God,

Freely and Gratuitously by His Grace

(His Unmerited Favor and Mercy),

Though the Redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,

Whom God put forward [before the eyes of ALL]

As a Mercy Seat and Propitiation by His blood--

The Cleansing and Life-giving Sacrifice of Atonement and Reconciliation--

[To be received] through FAITH.

This was to show God's Righteousness,

Because in His Divine forbearance He had Passed Over

And Ignored former SINS without punishment.

It was to Demonstrate and Prove at the Present Time

(In the now season)

That He Himself is Righteous

And that He Justifies and Accepts as Righteous

Him who has [True] FAITH in Jesus.

THEN WHAT BECOMES OF [OUR] PRIDE AND OUR BOASTING?

It is Excluded—Banished, Ruled Out Entirely.

On what Principle?

[On the Principle] of doing Good Deeds?

NO, but on the Principle of FAITH.

For we hold that a man is Justified and made Upright by FAITH

Independent of and distinctly apart from Good Deeds

(Works of Law).--

The Observance of the Law has NOTHING to do with Justification.

Or is God merely [the God] of Jews?

Is He not the God of Gentiles also?

YES, of Gentiles also.

Since it is One and the Same God

Who will Justify the Circumcised by FAITH

[Which Germinated from Abraham]

And the Uncircumcised through their [newly acquired] FAITH.--

[For] it is the same Trusting FAITH in both cases,

A Firmly Relying FAITH [in Jesus Christ].

Do we then by [this] FAITH make the Law of no effect,

Overthrow it or make it a Dead Letter?

CERTAINLY NOT!

On the Contrary, we Confirm and Establish and Uphold the Law.

(Romans 3:10-31, AMP)

We Confirm and Establish the Law [of Moses]

Because the Law of Christ Jesus Is a HIGHER LAW—

The Law of Obedience to the Spirit of God,

Who makes it possible to Obey the Law of Christ Jesus.

It is Christ working in and through us our Hope of Glory. (Colossians 1:27)

Be always on the Watch,

And pray that you will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,

And that you may be able TO STAND before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:36)

Today, the World is raging against God, rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)

This World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!