The Misery of Sin Romans 3

The Misery of Sin
Questions 3, 4 and 5
 
3. Whence do you learn of your misery?
Out of the law of God.
Rom. 3:20. Through the law comes the knowledge of sin.—Rom. 7:7
4. What does the law of God require of us?
Matt. 22:37. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.
Rom. 13:10. Love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.
5. Can you keep all this perfectly?
No; for I am prone by nature to hate God and my neighbour.
    1 John 1:8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.—Rom. 8:7. The mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.—Titus 3:3.
6. Did God then create man so wicked and perverse?
"There is none righteous, not even one;
11 There is none who understands, There is none who seeks for God;
12 All have turned aside, together they have become useless; There is none who does good, "Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,"
"The poison of asps is under their lips"; 14"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness"; 15"Their feet are swift to shed blood, 16 Destruction and misery are in their paths, 17 And the path of peace they have not known." 18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."


You Can't Argue The Charges
Sin Is A Debt
Sin Is A Disease
Sin Is A Departure
How Sin Affects Sinners
Sin Affects
Our legal standing
"There is none righteous, not even one;
Our minds 11 There is none who understands
Our motives. "No one seeks God"
Our wills. "All have turned away"
Our tongues. "Their throats are open graves" "The poison of asps is under their lips"; 14"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness";
Our relationships. 15"Their feet are swift to shed blood, 16 Destruction and misery are in their paths, 17 And the path of peace they have not known."
Our Relationship with God. 18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."
You Can't Avoid The Condemnation
There is No Excuse
There is No Exemption
There is No Exception
There is No Escape
How Righteousness Doesn't Come
   Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
You Could Not Anticipate The Cure
It is LOGICALLY IMPOSSIBLE
It is LOVINGLY INSPIRED
It is LEGALLY IMPUTED
It is LAMENTABLY IGNORED
How Righteousness Comes
it "comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe"
it cannot come through our own actions or efforts (v 23).
it is given "freely"
It is given to those who put trust in Jesus.

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