It’s one thing to be guilty … it is another to be released from it

The Jews had been awaiting the promised Messiah, a great ruler, like king David, who would save them by giving them victory over their enemies. Jesus is this great ruler who fulfilled God’s promise. When He came, however, not only didn’t they recognize Him but they put Him to death in extreme cruelty on the cross. In this God accomplished His purposes not only to save Jewish people but people from every nation, tribe and tongue.

In this next part of Romans, Paul, whose background was Jewish, presents some questions which the Jews might ask and then answers them. His answers are hard for us to understand because we don’t have the same mindset as the Jews. His conclusion however is clearer …. “Therefore by the deeds of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the Law is the knowledge of sin.”  There is only one way to God and that is wondrously presented in the last part of this chapter.