Something in Common

Good morning and welcome in today. Today we’re going to take a look at some scripture from Romans chapter 3.

There is something that each of us on the face of this Earth share in common. It is something that truly makes us all equal with each other in the eyes of God. It’s the fact that we are all sinners who cannot obtain eternal life without Gods forgiveness that is found in Jesus Christ.

No matter how good we think we may be, or how many good deeds we attempt to do, we all come up short because each of us have sinned at one time or another. We have all made mistakes, and all of us need God’s forgiveness.

It only takes one sin in your life to keep you out of heaven, and the bible is perfectly clear that all have sinned.

Rom 3:9-12 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

¹⁰ As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

¹¹ There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

¹² They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Why was the Judaic Law written? It was to convict us of our sinfulness. It has a purpose, to make us realize that we could not get to heaven without help from God.

Rom 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Gal 3:24. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

It was meant to lead us to Jesus, the lamb of God; The heavenly Fathers only begotten Son who He sent into this world as an offering for our sinful condition.

The Apostle Paul was a Judaic pharisee at one time who converted to Christianity. He new the law very well but recognized that he hadn’t kept it. No one had.

Gal 6:13 for neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

Paul later referred to himself as a wretched man. Wetched means desperately wicked.

The law was referred to as the ministry of condemnation. When someone did something wrong, it only resulted in a punishment or a penalty.

It’s clear that some of us have sinned more than others, and some less but we are all equal in the fact that we all need God’s mercy. The Apostle Paul referred to himself as the chief of sinners, but He truly understood how forgiving God is.

The tendency of the human nature is to lift oneself over others because you feel that you are better than them, or to look down on them as if they are beneath you. The truth is that no matter if you have sinned just one time, you are just as guilty as the rest of us.

James 2:10-13. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

¹¹ For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

¹² So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

¹³ For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

If you sinned just one time in your entire life, you were guilty of everything. A liar was just the same as a thief. An adulterer was just the same as a murderer. In the church we get forgiven for our sins and become equals through his grace, we are equally forgiven sinners.

Christ Jesus, who is God, abolished the law of the Old Testament and gives us a new commandment. He wants us to love one another. He forgives us of our sins in the new testament, which is referred to the law of liberty. We want to be forgiving and merciful with others, instead of standing in judgement over them.

James 4:11 – Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

You can either be judged by the law which leads to punishment, or by the law of forgiveness. Which do you choose? Which would you rather have forgiveness or judgment?

Matt 7:1-5 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

² For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

³ And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

⁴ Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

⁵ Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

Some people just want to stand in judgment over others while the truth is they should go take a look in the mirror and realize that they are just the same as the rest of us, a sinner.

Many of the religious leaders were judging Jesus, simply because they hated him and we’re trying to find something out about Him to accuse Him.

Instead of judgement, God wants us to be merciful to each other, not be stumbling blocks to each other but loving each another. God is love.

Matthew 5:7 – Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Love one another and be forgiving and merciful with each other. Those are the biggest things that we should share in common!

Think about those things for today and Lord willing we will talk to you some more tomorrow. Till then, bye bye everybody. ♥️

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