No One is Righteous | Romans 3:9-20

About this episode

This episode discusses the concept of righteousness as presented in Romans 3:9-20, emphasizing that no one can achieve righteousness through their own efforts.

Many believe that we can make ourselves righteous with enough effort. In Romans 3:9-20, God’s Word emphatically rejects this, stating that “No one is righteous, no, not one.. no one does good, not even one.. for by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight.” The difference between Christianity and every other religion is that Christianity claims we’re declared righteous by what Someone Else did. As one scholar put it, justification is outside-in, not inside-out. We are sa...

Topics covered

• righteousness
• justification
• Romans 3
• Christianity

Keywords

• righteous
• works of the law
• justified
• Christian faith

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