Summary of passage: The whole world is accountable to God and His Word. His Word makes all conscious of sin and merely observing the law does not make you righteous.
Questions:
11) The whole world is accountable to God and His Word. His Word makes all conscious of sin and merely observing the law does not make you righteous.
12a) Just that: To silence every critic, God is making it clear ALL are guilty before Him.
b) So far, it hasn’t really. I’ve learned more about the importance of it, but it hasn’t had an concrete effects on identifying and confessing sins. It’s Week 4.
Conclusions: Unsure why we need a whole day on these two verses (besides the obvious that Romans only has 16 chapters for a 30 week study), which in my mind only emphasizes the facts we’re not righteous just because we obey the law, which is what we’ve been talking about all week.
End Notes: The law cannot save you. It gives you knowledge of your sins, not salvation. In fact, it condemns you, not saves you. Yes, God wants you to keep His laws and walk in His ways. But that alone will not give you eternal life. Only the purifying blood of Jesus can do so under the New Covenant.
J.B. Phillip’s paraphrase of “through the law we become conscious of sin” is striking. He writes, “it is the straight-edge of the Law that shows us how crooked we are.“
