Part LXXXVI on The Study of Galatians

Romans 3:25a
"Whom (speaking of Christ Jesus) God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,...."
Why the Blood in this verse? Because the Blood is the price of redemption. Without the shedding of Blood there is no remission, no ransom paid. And had not Christ shed His Blood then the redemption's ransom price would have never been paid. Satan would still claim us as his own, he'd be our ransomer still. It was paid and it's done. Now verse 26 and what beautiful language -

Romans 3:26
"To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness:(God's righteousness) that he (God) might be just, and the justifier of him which (what?) believeth..."
Not a lot of other things, but to him who believe. Now let's come back to Galatians 4 once again. He came made of the woman, for only one purpose. First, to be the King of Israel, but when they rejected that, then His eternal purpose (Will) was to go the way of the Cross, to shed His Blood, to pay the full price of redemption. And it's been paid in full. Now verse 5.


Galatians 4:5
"To redeem them that were under the law, (which was Israel. But it didn't stop with Israel, it spread to the whole human race as the ransom of sin and death) that we (now Paul speaks in terminology that includes everybody, Hebrew and Gentiles, because after all he's writing to Gentiles) might receive the adoption of sons."
This adoption could never happen without the price of redemption. It had to be one of the first processes in the plan of salvation. Now let's go back to Romans chapter 3 and we'll look at a different verse.


Romans 3:19a
"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law;..."
Now compare that with Galatians and what did it say? He came to redeem them that were under the Law. But which law? Both of them because of the overflow of the Ten and the curse of the first, the Mosaic Law. But the next part of the verse in Galatians 4 says that we, the whole general race, might receive the adoption of sons - and now back here in Romans 3:19, not only to them under the Law, which was Israel -
 

Romans 3:19b
"...that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God."
Now whose mouths are we talking about? The whole human race! Not just Israel. The whole human race has to understand that there is not a word of argument that they can offer. It's going to be amazing, we're not going to be there of course, but we know from Scripture, that we can guarantee it that when lost humanity comes up before the Great White Throne, up there in Revelation 20, there's not going to be any argument. They're not going to debate the issue. There won't be a great big jury trial. But individually they're all going to come before that righteous Judge, which will be Christ Jesus Himself. Why? Because He a lone suffered, died, rose again and ascended to His place of right standing, but we through the way of divine illumination wont be there. Why? Because we're sons of righteousness and the illumination for the day star has risen within our hearts.


And even though He did express in His earthly ministry, they are going to say, "But Lord didn't we do this, or that and cast out demons." And He's going to say, "Depart from me, for I never knew you." But other than that, there's going to be no argument. They're suddenly going to see the record, the Lamb's Book of Life and their name isn't in it any more its been erased from it or deleted. And they're going to see that long list of evil deeds and works that they know they're guilty of. No argument and He's going to consign them to their eternal doom. We know people don't like to hear that. They like to think that they're good enough and they're going to somehow slip in. But, NO THEY'RE NOT!!


We will never forget one old fellow that was on our Face book page and he said, "Bill, I hope that someday I can sort of shimmy under the door." When he deleted us because we stood for the truth and shared the Gospel, he took offense of it. No, it's not going to work that way. And some like to think that maybe they can barter with old Peter at the Pearly Gates. No, it's not going to work that way either. Those that are lost are suddenly going to be brought to the Great White Throne with no argument, realizing that they have been guilty of unbelief and rejecting this Gospel and they're going to go to their eternal doom. Now back to Romans 3:19.

Romans 3:19b
"...that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God."
A lot of people think it should say "and all the world may become fit for Heaven!" But that's not what it says. It says all the world may become GUILTY! And there's no way of getting into a place of freedom and liberty as long as you're guilty. Not even in the secular world (I hope). Now verse 20 and these two verses show people that all their law-keeping, all their good works, all their legalism, will be for nothing, because -