Amen this evening we're gonna go over the book of Romans chapter number three
we'll start in verse number one where the Bible reads here what advantage then
hath the Jew or what profit is there of the of circumcision much every way
chiefly because that unto them were committed the oracles of God so right
away we start reading again regarding this matter of the Jews right and Paul
the Apostle picks up in verses number one and two from where he left off in
verses 28 to 29 in Romans chapter number two now why does he start off by saying
what advantage then hath the Jew why does he say that well if you look down
at your Bibles in Romans chapter 2 in verse number 28 he says for he is not a
Jew which is one outwardly neither is that circumcision which is outward in
the flesh but he is a Jew which is one inwardly and circumcision is that of the
heart and the spirit and not of the letter whose praise is not of men but of
God so he finishes chapter 2 just really given a slam to the Jews right you say
you're not a Jew why because just because you're circumcised just because
you're obeying the law does not make you a Jew in the eyes of God the Bible says
that he is a Jew which is one inwardly circumcision is that of the heart and of
the spirit not of the letter whose praise as we mentioned last week the
recognition of God is not of men but of God so then he starts off in chapter
number three in verse number one he says so what advantage do they have them
you know if they're not a real Jew according to the flesh if they're not a
real Jew spiritually then what advantage do they have and he goes on to say there
what profit is there of the circumcision and then he answers it right there he's
as much every way chiefly in other words the the prime reason the biggest reason
wise because that unto them were committed the oracles of God now hold
your place there and go to Acts chapter number 7 Acts chapter number 7 I find it
interesting that Darby who obviously is burning in hell today who wrote his own
Bible translated Romans chapter 3 in verse number 1 to say what superiority
then hath the Jew okay he didn't put what advantage does do they have he said
what what is their superiority why are they superior to us now the Word of God
doesn't say that it doesn't say that one race is more superior than the next
that's that's evolution that's Darwinism but yet he said the Jews why are they
superior right well that's not what our King James Bible says it says what
advantage then hath the Jew X chapter 7 verse 37 we'll see why it says here this
is that Moses which said unto the children of Israel a prophet shall the
Lord your God raised up unto you of your brethren like unto me him shall you hear
this is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to
him in the Mount Sinai and with our fathers who received the lively oracles
to to give unto us so when the Bible talks about oracles it's referring to
the Word of God okay and the reason that the Jews or reason Israel just in
general had an advantage over us as Gentiles it's because they received the
Word of God first in fact the Bible says the salvation came of the Jews right it
doesn't mean the Jews are the ones who saved the world it means that Jesus
Christ was born among them okay and the Bible tells us in John chapter 1 he came
into his own and his own received them not obviously but the advantage that
they had was simply for the fact that they were basically the ones who God
entrusted the Word of God unto that's the advantage that they have and that's
a great advantage I mean we're thankful for the Jews who got saved right and
began preaching the Word of God unto the Gentiles correct that is the advantage
and notice it says lively oracles why is that because the Word of God is quick
and powerful sharper than any two-edged sword he said well there you go that's
why the Jews are superior right that's why they have the advantage that's why
the superior because the with the covenants were given unto them and
they're the ones who God has a promise whether he has a covenant with he has
not broken well let's keep reading and verse 39 look what it says to whom our
fathers would not what obey but thrust him from them and in their hearts turned
back again into Egypt so the Bible tells us that they were given the lively
oracles but guess what they didn't obey it then they didn't want to believe on
God that's why you see over and over and over again God given the Israelites
over to a foreign nation because they're a disobedient you see that throughout
Jeremiah through the major prophets that God is always chastising Israel why
because they go out a whoring after other gods and God has to punish them
because they break their covenant with God now go to Hebrews chapter number 8
Hebrews chapter number 8 and look you need to get used to hearing about this
matter of the Jews while we're studying the book of Romans because Paul the
Apostle dedicates chapters large portions of verses to debunk this matter
of being pro-israel okay and this this is nothing compared to like Romans
chapter 9 and Romans chapter 11 wait till we get into those okay look what
Hebrews chapter 8 says in verse number 7 because a lot of people like to think
and to be honest with you I don't know why or where they get this from obviously
they have to get it from unsafe people or Jew worshiping Christians who are not
safe okay but they get this thing stuck in their head well you know the Jews
are God's chosen people they have a covenant with God and you know it's it's
it's unconditional and all these things but they but they they neglect to read
Hebrews 8 and look get familiar with Hebrews 8 and it'll settle it right
there look at the Bible says in verse 7 for if that first covenant had been
faultless then should no place have been sought for the second for finding fault
with God is that what it says no it says with them right now look God is not
a man that he should lie we're gonna look at that God fulfills his promises
but the fact of the matter is the Covenant came with conditions and the
condition was obedience right but didn't obey they didn't obey they went and
served other strange gods and it says it right there in verse 8 for finding fault
with them he saith behold the days come saith the Lord when I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah now here's the
funny thing people think well you you just came up with this new concept and
there's New Testament teaching no this is quoting Jeremiah he said this in
Jeremiah's day that he will create a new covenant this is it this isn't a Sam
Gibb doctrine was just like oh God messed up here or we messed up or
whatever may be and God has to create a new plan no he had already planned this
from the beginning and even if you study verses in the new and Old Testament in
Isaiah you'll see that God has always wanted to reach the Gentiles okay verse
9 look what it says not according to the covenant I made with their fathers in
the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt
because they continue not in my covenant and I regarded them not saith the Lord
now what's interesting to know is that this is a quotation from Jeremiah I
believe is Jeremiah chapter 30 33 I'm not not necessarily the verses not
coming to mind right now but in Jeremiah it says this it quotes this and it says
this you know that he made a covenant with them and he says because I was a
husband unto them and someone like James White in these Calvinist reform
theologists will say see the King James Bibles wrong because in Hebrews 8 it
says that he regarded them not and that's supposed to be quoting Jeremiah
and Jeremiah says I was a husband unto them and it's because they were
misquoted they didn't translate it right because they didn't have the right
manuscripts until as of recently when we dug them up when we see it it says the
real thing no that's not the case you see the case is this is that back in
those days he was a husband unto them but guess what because they didn't
regard the law of God the Bible says here that he regarded them not you see
they're no longer the people of God as they were in the Old Testament the
people of God are all believers in the Lord and it says this they continued not
in my covenant I regarded them not doesn't that sound reminiscent say
Romans chapter 2 28 to 29 where he says whose praise is not of men but of God
right the recognition is not of minutes of God he doesn't regard them as being
real Jews the real Jews are those who are those inwardly go to Romans chapter
number nine and look this is I often will use Hebrews 8 when I talk to
independent Baptist who say they're King James only because you have one or two
choices if you say you're King James only right then you have to agree with
us on Hebrews 8 and Jeremiah because if you're not King James only then then
James white argument fits perfectly oh yeah the King James got it wrong now
are you gonna say that the King James got it wrong right because if you're
saying the King James got it wrong that you don't believe in the inspiration of
the scriptures right but if you say no we're King James King James bottle
leaving leather lung we're all about the King James inspire preserve word of God
amen so that means you agree with me on Hebrews 8 because Hebrews 8 didn't get
it wrong and the King James version right the King James quotes it
perfectly why because now Jews are not the chosen people of God God is not
regarded them okay and it's not a mistranslation they didn't mess up God
does not mess up in his word it's perfect it's infallible in Aaron Romans
chapter 9 verse number 1 says I say the truth in Christ I lie not my conscience
also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost that I have great heaviness and
continual sorrow in my heart for I could wish that myself were accursed from
Christ for my brethren my kinsmen and look notice what it says according to
the flesh so Paul's very careful to make it to make a distinction between his
brethren in Christ obviously right and then his brethren according to the
flesh which he's referring to the Israelites to Jews verse 4 verse 4 who
are Israelites and look what it says to whom pertain at the adoption and the
glory and the covenants and the giving of the law and the service of God and
the promises whose are the fathers and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ
came who is over all God bless forever amen so yes the advantage was this God
gave him the Word of God to then pertain the adoption to then pertain the
covenants to glory the giving of the law the service of God the promises it
pertain to them it came to them but just as they didn't regard it God did
not regard them okay go to Hebrews chapter number four now why did it not
profit them because in Romans chapter three it says the advantage what did it
profit the circumcision of course the oracles of God were committed unto them
but in all in retrospect that's what it didn't profit them okay why is that well
Hebrews chapter 4 and verse number one tells us exactly why it says here let us
therefore fear lest a promise being left us of entering into his arrest any
of you should seem to come short of it for unto us was the gospel preached as
well as unto them by the way side note dispensationalist the gospel doesn't
preach unto us is the same way those preached unto them okay but the word
preached did not profit them why not being mixed with faith and them that
heard it so the reason they didn't profit them is because when they heard
the Word of God what do they do they rejected it okay they did not believe
and therefore it did not profit them so go back to Romans chapter number three
if you wouldn't David I think I ask you this every single service but can you
turn on the AC please it's gonna warm in here the advantage of the Jews that the
Word of God came unto them and that is a great advantage I mean you think of even
people who you've met in times past as a Christian you know they got saved right
or maybe you got saved later on in life and you're in your latter years of life
you meet someone who basically just got saved right and they're young it's just
like man they have an advantage over me why because they got saved they're still
young they have their whole life to live for the Lord to obey the commandments of
God and to do that which is right in the sight of the Lord but that doesn't make
them better than the elderly who got saved later on in life right it doesn't
make them better it just means they have an advantage so the advantage that the
Jews had over us is simply this is that the Word of God came unto them but as we
read it didn't profit them now what I have you turn you're in Romans chapter
3 I'm gonna reach you from Matthew chapter 20 because it's very important
here in this parable in Matthew chapter 20 of course we read about the labors
that the Lord came to hire right and he came to hire them then he sees other
laborers who were idle and he hires them as well during the 11th hour and what is
that talking about when verse number 8 says so when even was come the Lord of
the vineyard saith unto his servants call the labors and give them their
hire beginning from the last unto the first and when they came that were hired
about the 11th hour they received every man a penny but when the first came they
suppose that they should have received more and they likewise received every
man a penny so let me tell you what's going on here God hires these people
right and really it's a picture of the Jews it's a picture of the Israelites he
hires those in the 11th hour which is a picture of the Gentiles and he gives
them a penny but he also gives these a penny okay he basically pays them the
same amount verse 11 and when they had received it they murmured against the
good man of the house why saying these last have robbed but one hour and thou
has made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and heat of the day but
he answered one of them and said friend I do doing no wrong does not thou agree
with me for a penny take that thine is and go thy way I will give unto this
last even as unto thee is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own
you know the good that God is not willing that any should perish but that
all should come to repentance right it says is thine evil because I am good so
the last shall be first and the first last for many be called but few chosen
so what is that a picture of it's a picture of those of the Jews right who
God called into his labor he praised God that he wants to save the Gentiles as
well we get saved and what are the Jews oh you made them equal unto us yeah we
are equal unto you because the Bible tells us in the New Testament that there
is no difference between the Jew and the Greek for the same Lord over all is rich
unto all who call upon him as the Bible says and look God is just for that amen
thank the Lord for that why because he's not willing that any should perish but
that all should come to repentance but you see this is a theme within the New
Testament that the Jews are always fighting against the Christians they're
always fighting against those who believe in salvation by grace through
faith they want to bring them back under the law of Moses they're jealous and by
the way the Bible tells us Romans 11 he wants to make them jealous to provoke
them to jealousy in fact you look in Matthew chapter 8 you remember the story
of the centurion right the centurion comes up to Jesus and what is Jesus says
it said of the centurion he goes I found no so great faith though not in
Israel and he says you're gonna see and I'm miss quoting here but he says
you're gonna see those come from the east and from the west and they shall
sit with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and the children of this kingdom shall be
thrust out into outer darkness this shall be weeping the gnashing of teeth
in Luke chapter 13 he's telling the Pharisees he says ye yourselves shall be
thrust out referring to those who believe in Judaism so here's the thing
God is willing to save everyone but if they rejected then guess what weeping
and wailing and gnashing of teeth even to the Jews they don't have this special
covenant where they just get a free pass within heaven just because they're
they're they're Israelites indeed according to the flesh which doesn't
even exist I mean I've had I remember you I've said this before but I had that
you tell me that that was an exaggeration until the rabbi said to me
of course I'm going to heaven I have a covenant with God that's what he said
but then what does the Bible tell us the Bible says that they've regarded God not
therefore God will not regard them they're not saved go back to your in
Romans chapter 3 we'll read on verse number 3 says for what if some did not
believe shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect so obviously
we know that there are some Jews that did not believe there's some Israelites
that did not believe I mean Korah was who was of Israel right he's got
swallowed up he's in hell today Judas is in hell today so there's obvious a
lot of people even within the ministry of Christ when here's when he was here
on this earth that did not believe now does that make the faith of God without
effect the answer is no Titus 1 2 says in hope of eternal life which God that
cannot lie promised before the world began in verse number 4 says God forbid
let God be true but every man a liar as it is written that thou mightest be
justified in thy sayings and mightest overcome when thou art judged now one
thing you notice is about the Apostle Paul is that he obviously knew the Old
Testament very well and the reason we can notice that we can we can determine
that is that he's constantly quoting the Old Testament and it's good that when we
read scriptures in the New Testament when it says as it is written we go back
to where it's mentioned okay now go to Psalms 51 because in Psalms 51 we'll
find this portion of scripture right here in verse number four of Romans where
it says that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings and mightest overcome when
thou art judged so why does he say that why does he have to say let God be true
but every man a liar as it is written that thou mightest be justified in thy
sayings and mightest overcome when thou art judged well he gets that quotation
from Psalms 51 now Psalms 51 is a psalm of David of repentance okay this is
obviously after he committed adultery Bathsheba he murdered Uriah and he's
repenting in this psalm and we see here look at verse number three for I
acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me against thee the only
have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified
when thou speakest and be clear when thou judges so we see here that in Psalms
51 God is just when he speaks and he's clear when he judges now obviously in
Romans chapter 3 in verse number 4 it says when thou art judged okay and we
can apply that to today to say there's a lot of people who are judging God
obviously they don't think it's right for him to send people to hell I mean
how many times we heard that all soul winning yeah I don't think it's right
for God if he says that he so loved the world that he would send people to hell
and they're judging God's judgment but you know what the Bible says in Psalms
51 that he's gonna be justified when he speaks and be clear when he judges now
why is he saying that well go with me if you would to Deuteronomy chapter 19
and I think this is important to note to understand why David says this and why
Paul reiterates this in Romans chapter number 3 Deuteronomy chapter 19 if you
look throughout the Old Testament the way that God formed his system of
executing righteousness or punishment upon those who have done wrong is that
there had to be more than one witness of a crime that was committed right you
know you have one witness and they're just ratting on someone you know
obviously that's not a clue that's not a right witness God says there needs to be
two to three witnesses in order for something to be established and look
what Deuteronomy 19 15 says one witness shall not rise up against a man for any
iniquity or for any sin and any sin that he sinneth at the mouth of two witnesses
or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be established so that's a
good system to follow because obviously if one rises up it could be that that
one person has ought against that other person that they're that they're riding
on right but if there's two or three people that come with this matter then
obviously there's some validity to the accusations that makes sense but what
God is saying here is there has to be at least two to three witnesses now I'm
gonna read to you from Deuteronomy 17 it kind of reiterates the same thing verse
6 where the Bible reads at the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall
he that is worthy of death be put to death but at the mouth of one witness
he shall not be put to death now when the Bible says a witness what does that
mean it means the person who was there they saw it committed they saw what took
place they saw the crime being or the crime taking place right that's what a
witness means now go to Proverbs chapter 15 Proverbs chapter 15 he said what does
it have to do with with Psalms 51 what does that to do with Romans chapter 3
well remember this David says this against thee thee only have I sinned and
done this evil in whose sight in thy sight he said so according to David he
said look I've sinned and I've done it in your sight God is the one who saw it
and then he says this that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and be
clear when thou judges why because God is a witness of the crimes that are
committed that David committed right and here's the thing Luke look at
Proverbs chapter 15 verse 3 says the eyes of the Lord are in every place
beholding the evil and the good so we see that when the judge the white throne
judgment comes and people are judged according to their sins you know what God
is gonna do he's justified when he speaks on what they've done why cuz he's
seen everything I mean he could see the inner recesses of the heart he could see
every sin that you've committed in your heart and your mind of course we talk
about unbelievers he's seen every scene that has been committed even though
people who have never been caught they were caught by God that's why it's a
blessing to know that yet the murderer the pedophile the the faggot who died
who dies and maybe he never got caught for the crimes that they committed we
think how come that person was never brought to justice they will be brought
to justice because God sees everything and he will be justified when he speaks
and when he judges why because he was the witness he said well well the Bible
says that you know out of the mouth of two or three witnesses well you know
what they're three the bear record in heaven the Father the Word of the Holy
Ghost these three are one the Bible says and you know what Jesus said he said
this I testified that the works are evil so obviously Jesus Christ saw the works
of men he knows the heart of man but the Bible tells us here that the eyes of the
Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good I'll read to you John
7 7 says the world cannot hate you but me hate it because I testify it of it
that the works thereof are evil so what is he saying goes there won't be one
person at the white throne judgment and say well you know I didn't do a whole
lot of sin God's gonna say I witnessed it I saw it I saw what you did I saw the
dole tree I saw the pedophilia I saw the drunkenness I saw the fornication I saw
the drug abuse I saw all those things I saw the murder he sees it all and that's
why the Bible says that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world may
become guilty before God because at that point what are you gonna say I mean you
think of people who lie and say well I never and then they you know you show
them that the CCTV or whatever the recording and they're like oh man that's
me right there you know I don't know how it's gonna work it at the white throne
judgment I don't think he's gonna have a screen up there I think God has
something better than the screen but he's gonna he's gonna show the sins of
those people and what they've done why because every mouth may be stopped I
mean what does that mean it means you know I mean you ever confronted someone
and you like catch them in a lie or something and it's just like what do you
have to say now they're just like they have nothing to say their mouths are
stopped they're guilty before God and the Bible says there in Romans chapter
number three go back to Romans chapter 3 and verse 4 it says God forbid yet let
God be true why cuz he's the witness but every man a liar as it is written that
thou mightest be justified in thy sayings that mightest overcome when thou
are judged now obviously in 1st John 5 we see that he's given a witness of his
son right and people have to believe in the witness of the son obviously right
that Jesus Christ died he's the perpetuation for all sins he died he was
crucified buried and resurrected the third day so they can be saved but on
the on the flip side of that those who choose not to believe the witness God
has a witness against them okay and by the way the Bible says this that by thy
words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned I mean I
believe everyone's gonna have the opportunity to hear the gospel amen and
the great and the worst thing that anybody can do is reject the gospel but
guess what they're gonna condemn themselves when they reject it back in
Romans chapter number 3 verse 5 says but if our unrighteousness command the
righteousness of God what shall we say is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance
I speak as a man God forbid for then how shall God judge the world now I want you
to notice in the latter end of verse number 5 it says this is God
unrighteousness taketh vengeance you see this is the New Testament talking here
but Paul's insinuating in verse 5 that God will take vengeance you see most
people when they when they think about God I think about Jesus they said well
Jesus not necessarily the God of the Old Testament where he's smiting people
he's killing people off he's judging people no God will judge them vengeance
will take place read revelations chapter number six because at the coming of
Christ on that same the day of the Lord is when the wrath takes place as well
the wrath of God and what are the people saying he did they tell the rocks to
fall upon them for the great and terrible day of the Lord is come and
who's able to hide I mean no one can can run from that that is the vengeance of
the Lord and even in context is talking about the Jews we see in Luke 21 that
the Bible calls it the days of vengeance upon the Jews okay so God is not a
righteousness to God is not unrighteous to execute vengeance by the way what does
he say right vengeance what is it vengeance I can't quote the verse here
but vengeance is mine say the Lord I will repay okay and look that's a
comforting verse right there you know whenever you think man I can't believe
this guy got away with it you know you think of someone I think of someone as
wicked as a zodiac killer how many ever heard of the zodiac killer murder tons
of people never got caught well guess what he's caught and if he's still alive
he will get caught if he's dead he's burning in hell today he got caught you
know and vengeance he's suffering the fire of vengeance today and in fact
Romans 2 verse 5 says but after thy hardness and impenitent hard treasure
ist up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath that's a powerful verse to
treasure something up means to build something up he says you're treasuring
up the wrath of God against the day of wrath that's a scary thought and look
that shouldn't move any person who is not saved to get saved you say why is it
because every day you're treasuring up the wrath of God against you you say
what is the wrath of God that's hell that's fire and brimstone that's where
there's weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth where you burn forever and
there's no rest that's the wrath of God and any person who doesn't believe in
the hatred of God is ignoring the passages that talk about hell okay that's
the vengeance of God I mean I forgot who I was talking to this week but I think
was Milan we're talking about hell and I remember in one of my classes years ago
in Bible College one of the one of the teachers he was he was trying to give an
illustration obviously he said he goes we can't comprehend eternal fire and
damnation right it's hot it's hard to comprehend burning forever in hell and
he gave a great illustration how we can at least a little bit just comprehend
how that would be he said this he said picture this let's say someone dies and
they go to hell they're burning forever right and let's say for illustration
sake obviously this is not true this is just something to help us comprehend it
he says what if they were allowed to get out after these events he said you
felt the world with four feet of birdseed all over the world the seas the
lands everything all over the world four feet of birdseed one bird comes once a
year and takes one seed you can get out when all those seeds are taken out now
obviously even eternity is longer than that I mean but when you think of that
you're like that's a long time and let's say this let's say that bird skips in
your hair once in a while that's a long that's a long time but you know what
that's how deep the vengeance of God goes that he's willing to let you burn
forever forever no rest day or not night weeping and wailing a gnashing of teeth
verse number seven says for if the truth of God hath more abounded through my
lion to his glory why yet am I also judged as a sinner and not rather as we
be slanderously reported as some affirm that we saved let us do evil that may
that good may come whose damnation is just verse 9 what then are we better
than they no one know wise for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles
that they are all under sin so we understand that you know in context
obviously he's always referring back to the Jews and those who go according to
the law and some people would think well yeah we're better than they because we
keep the law which obviously we know that they don't and he says their damnation
is just and then he says look we've already proved that both Jew and Gentile
are under sin you know so it's foolish to think you know they're more superior
than us when the Bible actually tells us that on this plane we're completely
equal as far as being sinners we're all under sin and verse 10 says as it is
written there is none righteous no not one there's none that understand it
there's none that seeketh after God they are all gone out of the way they're
together become unprofitable there is none that do with good no not one now go
go with me if you will hold your place there in Romans chapter 3 go to go to
Psalms chapter 5 we're gonna look at a couple couple verses that where these
things where these verses are actually quoted from now often when you go back
to the Old Testament and you're looking up a reference that something was
quoted in the New Testament sometimes it's a little different right I mean how
many you've ever read some it's just like that doesn't say it exactly the
same and it's not the fact that the prophets and or excuse me the the writers
of the New Testament are misquoted in the Old Testament often they're just
revealing more right there's more information given just like in Hebrews
8 just like in Jeremiah more information is given it's not they're misquoted and
it's just more information is being provided Psalms 5 verse 9 says for there
is no faithfulness in their mouth their inward part is very wickedness their
throat is an opulent sepulcher they flatter with their tongue and I go to
Psalms 14 Psalms 14 Psalms 14 in verse number 1 says the fool hath said in his
heart there is no God that's April April 1st right April Fool's Day right that's
their holiday they are corrupt they have done abominable works there is none that
do with good the Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see
if there were any that did understand and seek God they're all gone aside
they are all together become filthy there is none that do with good no not
one I'm gonna reach you from Romans chapter 3 verse 13 says their throat is
an opulent sepulcher with their tongues they have used to see the poison of
asps is under their lips now go to Psalms 140 Psalms 140 in verse number
3 the Bible says they have sharpened their tongues like a serpent adders
poison is under their lips seal us so in Romans it says asps and Psalms 140 uses
the term adders which they're both snakes and the reason we can know
they're both snakes is because in Psalms 140 verse 3 it says like a serpent right
it just tells us plainly right there and then verse 14 of Romans 3 says whose
mouth is full of cursing and bitterness go to Psalms chapter 10 we're just gonna
briefly go through some of these just so you know where they're at in verse
number 7 says his mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud under his
tongue is mischief and vanity and one thing I like about the Apostle Paul is
that obviously some of these verses in Psalms David is making an immediate
interpretation as far as maybe the people he personally knows right and and
but whereas Paul is making it more of a specific excuse me more general to all
people right that all have sinned he says David said there's none that do with
good nor not one he's speaking about a specific group whereas Paul says there's
none that do with good nor not one in the whole earth for all have sinned in
control of the glory of God and that's not just the teaching of the Old Testament
of the New Testament found in the Old Testament as well because the Bible says
that there's not adjustment upon what earth that do with good and sin it's not
so this is a common teaching even in the Old Testament now go to Isaiah chapter
chapter 59 Isaiah chapter 59 Isaiah 59
Isaiah chapter 59 verse number 7 says their feet run to evil and they make
haste to shed innocent blood their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity
wasting and destruction are in their paths the way of peace they know not and
there is no judgment in their goings they have made them crooked paths whose
whosoever go at their ends shall not know peace and in verse 15 of Romans
chapter 3 it says their feet are swift to shed blood destruction and misery are
in their ways and the way of peace have they not known now go back to Psalms 36
Psalms 36 I'm a read to you from verse 18 of Romans 3 where it says there is no
fear of God before their eyes Psalms 36 in verse number one says the
transgression of the wicked say it's within my heart that there is no fear of
God before his eyes and so it's very interesting even to go back and to
compare you know what portions is being clarified in the New Testament where
did Paul get these verses from now go back to Romans chapter number three I
want I want to focus on a specific verse that we just read so by the way these
are great verses to use when we're all sowing right we use these verses
primarily in Romans chapter 3 we talk a lot about those who are sinners and we
clarify that with them but I want to focus on a specific verse in Romans
chapter 3 in verse number 11 where it says this there is none that
understandeth there is none that seeketh after God now the reason I want to focus
on that is because that's a verse that Calvinist will use to prove to prove
their false doctrine of total depravity I mean you've ever heard anybody say
anything like that I've heard it multiple times and you know they'll use
they'll say well you know obviously they believe in what's called the tulip
doctrine total depravity unconditional election limited atonement irresistible
grace and perseverance of the Saints well the first pedal on that tulip
flower is total depravity and when they believe about total depravity is that
man is completely depraved right and they're they're they're sinners they
commit sin and and that they're unable to come to the knowledge of the gospel
because they're totally depraved and they'll often say that that that's why
those who are elect right they can't even choose to be saved they've already
been chosen but those who are totally depraved can't be saved why because
they'll use verse 11 of Romans chapter 3 where they say there's none that
understand that there is none that seeketh after God and they'll say see
those who are totally depraved they can't understand they're not seeking God
therefore they cannot be saved they cannot be the elect of God now go to
1st Corinthians chapter 2 and keep in mind that this is this is a prime
example of what all cults do when they teach false doctrine okay what they'll
do is they have to give you some truth because there is truth to that right
there is truth to what they're saying but they have to insert their poison of
lies in order to distort what God is teaching within his word because they'll
say there's none that understandeth well that's true they don't understand
because look what 1st Corinthians chapter 2 verse number 14 says but the
natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God for there are
foolishness unto him neither can he know them because they are spiritually
discerned but he that is spiritual judges all things yet he himself is
judge of no man so the Bible says that the natural man what does that refer to
the person who's unsaved the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit
of God what does that mean they don't understand the Word of God I mean you
put a King James Bible in front of an unsaved person to read they will not
understand it okay they don't understand the doctrine they won't tell you be able
to tell you how to get saved they won't be able to tell you any of the doctrines
in the Bible why because they're a natural man and it takes the Holy Ghost
who lives within a saved person to be able to understand what the Word of God
says why because the Holy Ghost is the one who teaches us right the Word of God
as we read it day in and day out as we give attendance to reading now go to acts
chapter number eight so they're right you know they're right no no man
understand it that's true they can't understand but does that mean they're
totally depraved I mean just because they can't understand you say well
what's the solution well I'm gonna give the solution to the Calvinist right now
I'm gonna help them out okay we're gonna help them out because I'm sure they love
souls right and they want people to be saved they want people come to the safe
knowledge of Jesus Christ and they're just like well we can't reach everyone
so now you know we got to create this total depravity doctrine that's gonna
have it says that they can't understand so we can't win them to the Lord well
you know John McCarthy I'm gonna help you out right now this is gonna solve
all your problems right here look at Acts chapter 8 verse number 30 says and
Philip ran thither to him and heard him read the Prophet Isaiah's and said
understand this thou wilt thou read us and he said how can I accept some man
should guide me and he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with them
so what happened Paul's coming up to excuse me Philip is coming up to the
Ethiopian eunuch is like and the Ethiopian eunuch is reading the Bible he
says you understand what you're reading he says I can't I can't understand it
why because he's a natural man right does not receive the things of the
Spirit of God verse 32 the place of the scripture where he read was this he was
led as a sheep to the slaughter and like a lamb done before his shearer so who
opened he not his mouth and his humiliation his judgment was taken away
and who shall declare his generation for his life is taken from the earth and the
eunuch answered Philip and said I pray thee of whom speaketh the Prophet this
of himself or of some other man then Philip opened his mouth and began at the
same scripture and preached unto him Jesus so guess what later on we read
what he got saying right he believed on the Lord Jesus Christ he got saved he
got baptized so at a point when he did not understand what he was reading
Philip who's a soul winner came and gave him understanding so when the Bible says
no man understood they can't understand it's true so what do they got to do a
soul winners got to go to him and tell him and help him to understand that's
the solution the solution is not well they're just totally depraved you know
because they see someone they begin giving them all these deep doctrines
that they're supposedly teaching and they can't understand is that well this
because they're totally depraved that's why no it's because you're lazy it's
because you you believe in a false doctrine called repent of your sins
turning them over a new leaf and by the way you don't even understand it right
why because they're not saved but the solution to this whole all the totally
depraved don't understand is simply resolved by this give them understanding
you see none of us understood the Word of God before we were saved I mean I
remember being a 12 and 13 year old reading a King James Bible and I remember
and I used to love reading I used to love writing tons of books all the time
and I said I'm gonna read the Bible and someone I don't know years ago I had
given me a King James Bible and I said I'm gonna start from Genesis right and I
would read Genesis and you would kind of like know the story obviously because
you've heard it before but once it started getting into like chapter 10 so
after a while I was just like I'm giving I don't I don't know the genealogy just
like I have no idea what this is talking about you know I don't understand it why
because I wasn't saved in fact I had a friend who turned over a new leaf right
and unfortunately I think now he's a reprobate and the reason for that is
because he's joined a cult called la luz del mundo okay I don't know if you've
ever heard of that they have one over here where they believe they have a
modern-day apostle but I remember years ago he used to say you know he used to
read his Bible every single day he had a King James Bible and one day he came
across a verse and he said and this is where I believe the his process of being
a reprobate came came into play because he read the Bible and he ran into a name
that said gad okay yeah GAD right and he came to me and he said Bruce now at that
point I could care less about Christianity I don't want nothing to do
with God I was just living my life you know living in sin and just living life
but he and I knew he was reading the Bible this time and he said I've been
reading my Bible and you know going to church and all these things but I think
the Bible got it wrong because God is God and this is gad now we think now we
think well you know that's ridiculous right well why because we're saved he's
not safe he wasn't he's not still not safe and he literally from that day
forward began to question the Bible and he told me he goes what do you think and
I said I don't know man I don't read the Bible you know yeah I guess I mean I
don't know I to be honest I didn't really even bat an eye at it I was just
like I don't care you know let's go do something else but it bothered him why
because he was not saved you know now obviously if a soul winner would have
came up to him and given him the gospel he would have gone say who say look dad's
the name of someone else it's not God okay you know it didn't someone didn't
like misprint that and just put gad instead of God okay now in the ESV it
might happen like that right but the King James Bible that doesn't happen but
here's the thing someone who doesn't understand doesn't mean they're totally
depraved it just means they don't understand and it means they got to get
saved they have to have a soul winner go to them as Romans chapter 10 tells us
and preach the gospel unto them so they can understand now go to go to verse
Romans chapter 10 we're gonna read from that so and then they'll say well
there's none that seeketh after God you know well here's the thing Jesus came to
seek and to save that which is lost so God is not expecting an unsaved world to
look for him you know he's expecting to go look for the unsaved world the
Christians he's expecting us as in Matthew 28 Mark 16 the Great Commission
to go out and to seek and to save that which is lost so they're over here
criticizing unsaved people for not seeking God what's because we have to go
out and seek them we're not having an evangelistic service so they can come in
here we can preach the gospel unto them no there we want to go out there and
give them the gospel we want to see them get saved we were we're the ones
beautiful how beautiful are the feet of them to preach glad tidings of great joy
right so it's not the responsibilities that what there's none that seeketh
after God that's why they're totally depraved that's a stupid way of thinking
when the Bible tells us over and over and over again that it's the Christian's
responsibility to seek out the sinner to give them the gospel look at Romans
chapter 10 verse 14 how then shall they call on him in whom they have not
believed Calvinist how shall they believe in him and who they have not
heard Calvinist how shall they hear without a preacher you see Calvinists
are lazy and by the way I'm thankful they don't go so any I am because what
if they did that would be a horrible thing they'll be preaching repent of
your sins and turn over a new leaf and I want to see you cry when you call upon
the name of the Lord actually don't even call upon the name of the Lord because
you're the elect and you'll do that on your own and you know you got to repent
of all this and I mean it'll be like it'll be like a two-hour presentation of
the gospel so-called right better than they don't but the fact remains is that
because the the world obviously is not going to seek out God we got to seek
them out we got to get them the gospel right now go back to Romans chapter
number three I hate Calvinism I hate it because I've seen a lot of people get
sucked up into the doctrine of Calvinism because of it you know and they use
verses like this and they'll isolate verses to say yeah people are totally
depraved because none understand and none seek it after God but they don't
compare scripture with scripture okay and by the way Calvinists are very
dangerous they're dangerous people John MacArthur's dangerous why because he has
a following and he purposely is deceiving people he said no he's just
ignorant of the scriptures no he's on purpose deceiving people he's a false
prophet who's deceiving Paul washer is a false prophet who's deceiving people he's
nobody sounds so sincere sincerity means nothing right he's sincerely wrong
and he's sincerely teaching false false doctrine a false gospel to say how many
people have died and gone to hell because of those guys right there a lot
of people died and gone to hell you know and and we have to make sure that we
fight against Calvinism we fight against that false doctrine we keep salvation by
grace through faith it's believe only and we're out there giving the gospel
we're so winning we're doing everything we can to get the gospel out and not
allowing this Calvinistic junk to get into the church verse 19 says now we
know that what things so ever the law saith it say to them that are under the
law that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before
God 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 now go to Romans chapter number 7 so
we see here that the the the Jew is depending on the law to be saved okay
they believed I mean we saw it in Acts where they said that you know except he
be circumcised according to the law of Moses he cannot be saved that was a
commandment given in the law but the Bible is teaching us and what it teaches
us is that the law doesn't save anybody it helps us to recognize that we need a
Savior okay and in fact in Galatians it calls it our schoolmaster that's what it
says to bring us unto Christ now part of the law was the meats and drinks and
diverse washings and carnal ordinances or which were a shadow of things to come
you think of the sacrifices in Jesus Christ that was a shadow people
understood when they would sacrifice that's something that Jesus Christ will
do in the future the Savior will do in the future but in reference to the moral
law thou shall not bear false witness thou shall not murder thou shall not
commit adultery etc these things were to help us to realize I'm a sinner you know
you say where do you get that from Romans chapter 7 verse number 7 says
what shall we say then is the law sin God forbid nay I had not known sin but
by the law for I had not known lust except the law had said thou shalt not
covet and so the law taught Paul that he was a sinner Paul looked at the law he
didn't know that lust was the same thing as coveting because the Bible says thou
shall not covet and he understood it there and of course we read on it says
that the law slew him right Galatians chapter 3 verse 21 says is the law then
against the promises of God God forbid for if there had been a law given which
could have given life barely righteousness should have been by the
law you see if the law can give life eternal life there Jesus Christ didn't
even have to come all we have to do is just obey the law of God there's a law
given to us and if we just keep that law we can have eternal life but it's
non-existent no one can keep the law entirely verse 22 says but the
scripture hath concluded all under sin that the promise by faith of Jesus
Christ might be given to them that believe but before faith came we were
kept under the law shut up unto the faith that should afterwards be revealed
wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ that we might be
justified by faith the Bible says now go to Romans chapter 3 verse 21 I must
hasten because we're already out of time but now the righteousness of God without
the law is manifested being witnessed by the law and the prophets so this is a
total slam against dispensationalism because even even the righteousness of
God right in the New Testament was revealed to who those of the law and the
prophets now when we think of the law who is that with who is that talking
about the law who's that talking about when we think about the law who's the
one who the law was given to right by whom by Moses Moses okay all right here
King James Bible we're in church today Deuteronomy chapter 30 go to Deuteronomy
chapter 30 so obviously the one who the law gave God gave the law unto Israel
through Moses right that's why when the Bible talks about the law and the
prophets when it talks about the law it's actually referring to Moses right
because he's the one who actually presented the law to the Israelites well
look at Deuteronomy chapter 30 verse 11 says for this commandment which I
command thee this day is it not it is not hidden from thee neither is it far
off now tell me if you recognize what these verses here it is not in heaven
that thou should say who shall go up for us to heaven and bring it unto us that
we may hear it and do it neither is it beyond the sea that thou should say who
shall go over the sea for us and bring it unto us that we may hear it and do it
but the word is very nigh unto thee even in thy mouth excuse me in thy mouth and
in thy heart that thou mayest do it okay where is that quoted in Romans
chapter 10 so this is a prophecy of Jesus Christ that was given to the law
given to Moses to talk about the word what's the commandment believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved that was the commandment that was
going to be given 2nd Peter 1 9 says receiving the end of your faith even the
salvation of your souls of which salvation the prophets have inquired and
searched diligently who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you so
this is something that was foreordained we understood that God understood this
the the the Jews who are saved obviously understood this they had seen this from
times past verse 22 of Romans chapter number three we'll finish up even the
righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all
them that believe for there is no difference for all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God now obviously we don't need to get into that but the
Bible teaches is there that doesn't matter if you had the law doesn't matter
if you're a Jew or Gentile everyone's a sinner okay and we see the explicit be
told and I remember when I talked to that rabbi you know I was quoting him
the Romans Road and people don't often tell me don't quote New Testament verses
to the Jews because they're not they don't regard that whatever I don't care
I quoted anyways he says well where are we hold to the Old Testament I said okay
well there's not a just man upon earth to do with good and sin if not and then
you what he said he said well we don't hold to that we hold to the Talmud it's
like you probably never read the Talmud I mean give me that all have sinned and
come short of the glory of God verse 24 says being justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus whom God has set forth to be a
propitiation through the faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for
the remission of sins that are passed through the forbearance of God here we
see that God emphasizes the faith in his what blood the blood is very important
okay don't undermine the blood of Christ why because the Bible says
without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins right there you
can't clear sins without the remission of sins he said well didn't Jesus Christ
have to die on the cross yes well didn't he have to resurrect and that's over
justified yes it's all-inclusive everything is necessary the shedding of
blood the the crucifixion the rising again from the dead all of it is
necessary for salvation but we're never to undermine the blood of Christ okay as
John MacArthur and those who are Calvinists would like to teach now it's
very interesting obviously the blood is precious to us that's what we sing about
it we talk about it we preach about it we think of Hebrews chapter 11 where it
talks about Abel right the Bible says that by faith Abel offered unto God a
more excellent sacrifice than Cain by which he obtained witness that he was
righteous God testifying of his gifts and by it he being dead yet speaketh so
we understand that Abel was a was a saved man amen and in contrast to his
brother Cain what kind of offering did he bring the offering of the ground the
fruits of the ground which was a picture of what a works-based salvation so we
see yeah his own works so we see that Abel right brought he he sacrificed that
which showing others that yes he was a man who was righteous he was a man who
was justified why because he had faith in Christ right the coming Christ to
come and the Bible says that he speaketh better things excuse me that
God testifying of his gifts and by it being dead yet speaketh but then in
Hebrews 12 24 says that Jesus his blood speaks speaks better things than that of
a why is that well because in Hebrews chapter 11 when referring to Abel it
testified that he was righteous right but in Hebrews chapter 12 the reason
that Jesus Christ speaks better things than that of Abel is because he what he
will speak was redemption by his blood one was righteous but the other ones was
redemption it's better it's redemption for the whole world obviously through
his blood and we see that the Bible says in revelations 13 8 and all that dwell
upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the book of
life excuse me whose names are written in the book of life of the lamb slain
from the foundation of the world and verse 26 says to declare I say at this
time his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of him that
believeth in Jesus whereas boasting then it is excluded by what law of works nay
but but the law of faith then obviously we know that when we're justified by
faith we can't boast there is no boasting you know not of works lest any
man should boast as the Bible puts it okay and by the way it says there in
verse number let's see here it says verse 28 therefore we conclude that a
man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law is he the God of the
Jews only his is he not also of the Gentiles yes of the Gentiles also verse
30 seen is one God which shall justify the circumcision by faith and
uncircumcision through faith now this is something that dispensationalist will
actually use as well you see the circumcision they're justified by faith
but the uncircumcision is justified through faith and they'll say because
you know this bunch of verses proving that people in the Old Testament were
say by faith right but they'll say yeah but it was faith and works you know
they're justified by faith but we're justified through faith well here's a
stupid thing about that okay Romans chapter 1 says that the just
shall live by what faith by faith right that's for us well guess where that's
quoted from Habakkuk in the Old Testament where says the just shall live
by faith so it's not like oh they were by faith and we're through faith no
we're both by faith we're both through faith because here's the thing it
wouldn't make sense if he said this seeing it as one God which shall
justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision by faith it's very
redundant right but whereas he says the circumcision by faith and uncircumcision
through faith okay it doesn't mean there's two different types of faith
okay God's just trying not to be redundant here all right he's trying to
help you out okay verse 31 says do we then make void the law through faith God
forbid gay we establish the law so we see this is a obviously Romans chapter
3 reiterates a lot what we already believe right it just reinforces a lot
of it but it really drives in this matter of salvation through the
redemption of his blood okay through faith and it really debunks a lot of the
heresies that are prevalent today you know and obviously God is omniscient he
knew that these code these things were coming down the pipeline so he laid him
out for us in Scripture so we can fight against them amen and I love it look
that's why it's good to be an all scripture Christian right someone who
just compares Scripture with Scripture Old Testament New Testament we don't
isolate any verses we compare Scripture with Scripture because that's how we can
understand the Word of God all scriptures profitable but given by
inspiration of God and it's profitable for doctrine for a proof of correction
and instruction in righteousness all scripture you just got to compare it
amen let's have a word of prayer father we thank you so much for the book of
Romans we're thankful for Romans chapter 3 that just reinforces and drives home
this matter of salvation salvation by grace and through faith okay by faith
and through faith and thank you Lord for just laying out these truths these
doctrines so that we don't have to be children tossed to and fro carried about
with every wind of doctrine there's a lot of people that caught it get caught
up by the sleight of men and cutting craft in this whereby they lie in wait
to deceive and I just pray that you'd help us to be faithful and give an
attendance to reading and to reading the scripture so we can be saved from these
false doctrines they want to creep into our churches and help us to get take
heed to ourselves and to those that hear us and I just pray that you'd continue
to help us to fight false doctrine but to appreciate the doctrines that we read
as well not just be knowledgeable and have the information but also that the
scriptures may move us to make practical decisions in our personal
lives whether it's about soul winning maybe about holiness and just
appreciating the promises and the covenants that have been given unto us
as well we pray these things in Jesus name amen