Thursday, February 26, 2009

What advantage?

Romans 3:1-18 My personalization & role playing of these scriptures:

Why would Paul rhetorically ask what advantage there was in being a Jew or even being circumcised? Why would a Jew ask "so what's my advantage in being a Jew" considering what was said at the end of chapter 2?

So some people have been trying to push the idea that "if you are not real faithful, then God's not faithful." We can't trust God when we see "God-followers" that are failing. Is that a correct statement?

Another arguement people were pushing was "hey, if I don't do right, then I create a large contrast to show how God does do things right. Since my misbehavior makes you notice how right God is, I should be mad at God for punishing my wrong, correct? "Let us do evil that good may result."

So, I'm not a Jew and I don't come up with those stupid ideas thinking that if I do bad, I prove God is good. I should think a lot about myself because I'm not like them, right? Nope! Verses 9-18 say "we", non-Jews, are on par with Jews in the truth that we are "unrighteous by our own merit".

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