The Doctrine of Original Sin Part 3:Effects of The Sin Nature
Romans 3:1-19
Rom 3:1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
Rom 3:2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.
Rom 3:3 What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
Rom 3:4 By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.”
Rom 3:5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
Rom 3:6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
Rom 3:7 But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
Rom 3:8 And why not do evil that good may come?–as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
Rom 3:9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,
Rom 3:10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
Rom 3:11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.
Rom 3:12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Rom 3:13 “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.”
Rom 3:14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
Rom 3:15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Rom 3:16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
Rom 3:17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
Rom 3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Rom 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
As we see in this passage of Scripture all man kind is under this harsh taskmaster called sin, as taught in Romans 6. There is no one who is exempt from this. When we really admit that we are dead in sin and realize that we cannot please God, with any amount of good deeds we will be better off. And anyway, dead means dead. This was the purpose of the work of Jesus Christ. And so it is logical that the Scripture teaches that there is none righteous, no, not one. That means no one. Someone might say, “I am a good person and have done nothing wrong.” Yes, compared to other people you look good. Compare yourself to a God Who is perfect in every way and we are filthy without Christ. In God’s eyes there is no one who is righteous. No one who really understands because sin blinds us to the realities of the person and work of Jesus Christ. God asked Job, “Who is it that darkens my council?” It is natural to see God through our twisted understanding of Him. Another point is that we do not truly understand how sinful we really are. We tend to view ourselves as being better than we really are. We deny what our true spiritual condition is before God and man naturally rejects the remedy for his soul.
Also, sin is repelled by the holiness of God. An analogy Jesus gave to us about Himself in speaking of His holiness was that He is the light that came into the world. See what He says about the relationship of man verses the Light.
Jesus is that light here in John 1:1-5:
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 He was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Joh 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
And what man does with that light in John 3:18-20
Joh 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Joh 3:19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
Joh 3:20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
This is why man flees from God, even when they want what God has, they are powerless, and without a true desire to run to God on their own because they are repelled by the holiness of God. It is truly an act of God to save a person from their sins. I will continue with the rest of the passage in Romans 3 from verse 12 soon in part 4 otherwise this post is going to be pretty big. This is a general overview of the Scripture and as God leads I might have one post speaking about things in a little more detail. Hopefully by this weekend I’ll have part 4. God bless.
