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Romans 3:4

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No, even if everyone else is a liar, God will always do what he says. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win when people accuse you.” Psalm 51:4

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I did what you said is wrong. You are the one I have sinned against. I say this so that people will know that I am wrong and you are right. What you decided is fair.

Yes, even when I was upset and said, “There is no one I can trust!”

We Jews came to Christ to be made right with God, so it is clear that we were sinners too. Does this mean that Christ makes us sinners? Of course not.

These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he says something, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. So these two things are a great help to us who have come to God for safety. They encourage us to hold on to the hope that is ours.

This faith and knowledge make us sure that we have eternal life. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie.

“The Lord is the Rock, and his work is perfect! Yes, all his ways are right! God is true and faithful. He is good and honest.

I will share my knowledge with everyone. I will prove that my Maker is right.

Whoever accepts what he says has given proof that God speaks the truth.

Every word you say can be trusted. Your laws are fair and will last forever.

“Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: “Here is a message from the one who is holy and true, the one who holds the key of David. When he opens something, it cannot be closed. And when he closes something, it cannot be opened.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding. So now we can know the one who is true, and we live in that true God. We are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God, and he is eternal life.

So what does this mean? That God is not fair? We cannot say that.

I bow down toward your holy Temple, and I praise your name for your love and loyalty. You are famous, and doing what you promised will make you even more famous!

God, please be true to Jacob. Be kind and loyal to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors long ago.

The Lord is good! There is no end to his faithful love. We can trust him forever and ever!

Whoever believes in the Son of God has the truth that God told us. But people who do not believe God make God a liar, because they do not believe what God told us about his Son.

I am not the one destroying the meaning of God’s grace. If following the law is how people are made right with God, then Christ did not have to die.

So what should we do? Should we sin because we are under grace and not under law? Certainly not!

So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? Not at all! In fact, faith causes us to be what the law actually wants.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and people say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine. He’s a friend of tax collectors and other sinners.’ But wisdom is shown to be right by what it does.”

“Are you trying to show that I am unfair? Are you trying to look innocent by saying that I am guilty?

I hope I will never boast about things like that. The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for boasting. Through Jesus’ death on the cross the world is dead to me, and I am dead to the world.

So I ask, “Did God force his people to leave him?” Of course not. I myself am an Israelite. I am from the family of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

People cannot really help. You cannot depend on them. Compared to God, they are nothing— no more than a gentle puff of air!

But if you can believe God, then you can believe that what we tell you is never both yes and no.

So I ask: When the Jews fell, did that fall destroy them? No! But their mistake brought salvation to those who are not Jews. The purpose of this was to make the Jews jealous.

You might think I am saying that sin and the law are the same. That is not true. But the law was the only way I could learn what sin means. I would never have known it is wrong to want something that is not mine. But the law said, “You must not want what belongs to someone else.”

Of course not! Our old sinful life ended. It’s dead. So how can we continue living in sin?

He will come and kill those farmers. Then he will lease the land to some other farmers.” When the people heard this story, they said, “This should never happen!”

Does this mean that something that is good brought death to me? No, it was sin that used the good command to bring me death. This shows how terrible sin really is. It can use a good command to produce a result that shows sin at its very worst.

Surely you know that your bodies are parts of Christ himself. So I must never take what is part of Christ and join it to a prostitute!

Without a doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great: Christ was shown to us in human form; the Spirit proved that he was right; he was seen by angels. The message about him was told to the nations; people in the world believed in him; he was taken up to heaven in glory.




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