Lesson 3712

 (Lesson 3712)(03-18-22) Romans 3:19-20

    “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who 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.”

    In today’s quote, Paul made it very clear that the Law of Moses applied to the Jews ONLY. Again, the laws of the Jews applied ONLY to the Jews. This should put to rest the erroneous contention that one can “work out” one’s own salvation.

    In the quote, Paul went further saying that “ by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight”. That means that the “good works” we do here on earth, have NOTHING to do with the rebirth and eternal salvation of our own eternal souls.

    Do good works even matter to God? YES! They matter to Jesus! We can know they matter because there will be a judgment of the reborn just as there is a judgment of the condemned. That judgment will be at the “judgment seat of Christ” whereat your good works will be rated by Jesus Himself, and those eligible will receive rewards for their good works. (2 Corinthians 5:10) “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”~