FAITH: Comes by Hearing the Word of God
Romans 3:9: What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
FAITH: Comes by Studying the Word of God
Paul is not trying to prove man a sinner. Rather, he is showing that God judges sin. He is just stating the case, by the way, that it doesn’t make any difference who we are today—high or low, rich or poor, good or bad—we’re all under sin. Now it’s very important to understand what it means to be “under sin.” Man is a sinner four different ways. God is giving man four strikes (in baseball you get only three). (1) Man is a sinner by act. (2) Man is a sinner by nature. Sinning does not make a sinner; we sin because we are sinners. (3) Man is a sinner by imputation. We’ll see that later in this epistle. (4) The estate of man is under sin. The entire human family is under sin. 1
FAITH: Comes by Obeying the Word of God
For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? 1 Corinthians 4:7
Jesus, please forgive me, for I have sinned against You and against others. I have certainly proven to the world that I am a sinner. But by Your grace, I have also testified to the world, that even the worst of sinners can be forgiven and set free from the grip of habitual sin. By grace, through faith, every sinner has been offered Your salvation.
FAITH: Comes by Experiencing the Transforming Work of God
Everything that I have ever received, has come from Your gracious hands.
FAITH: Comes by Praying with the Word of God
As for me, I will call upon God, And the Lord shall save me. Psalm 55:16
Dear Father, thank You for saving me; such a wretched sinner…in Jesus Name. Amen.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (Romans 1-8) (electronic ed., Vol. 42, p. 59). Nashville.
