#91. Romans 3:23 – An Introduction to Sin (Justification Series, Part XIV)
Part III: Our Justification, Confirmed Yet now, apart from law, a righteousness of God is manifest (being attested by the law and the prophets), yet a righteousness of God through Jesus Christ’s faith, for all, and on all who are believing, for there is no distinction, for all have sinned, and are wanting of the glory of God. The word “sin” appears nearly 50 times in Romans. Hitherto, we have seen its root and prefix, “UN+MARK,” appear five times – 2:12 (“whoever sinned without law… whoever sinned in law”), 3:7 (“being judged as a sinner ”), 3:9 (“both Jews and Greeks all under sin”), and 3:20 (“through law is the recognition of sin”). As we are now breaching our justification, a verdict which cannot be grasped without a clear conception of sin, we will spend this study becoming familiar with the word and its meaning as God uses it, apart from the opinions of your favorite tax-free piety-producing institution. In this study, I wish to dispel the rumors of Christendom regarding this te...
