No One Is Righteous - Yes, That Means You

Romans 3:10-18 (ESV) ¹⁰ “None is righteous, no, not one; ¹¹ no one understands; no one seeks for God. ¹² All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” ¹³ “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” ¹⁴ “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” ¹⁵ “Their feet are swift to shed blood; ¹⁶ in their paths are ruin and misery, ¹⁷ and the way of peace they have not known.” ¹⁸ “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

Last night at our Wednesday night Bible Study we focused on Habakkuk 2:18-20 where God warns the Babylonians of their coming judgment and how their idols will not save them.  We were reminded of our own lives and the idols that we create only to have them fail.  In those moments we are not seeking God, but thanks be to His mercy and grace and salvation that those moments hopefully do not last long.

But Paul reminds us that with no understanding of God and no fear of him or desire to seek him we are bound my our unrighteousness.  We have no way of being justified in his sight.  The idols we bow down to cannot save us.  They are but speechless, breathless created things that in the end, when we desperately need divine intervention, only remain silent before us.  Then we are utterly alone.

It is a good reminder that through Christ we are made righteous.  Through Christ we are justified in his sight.  Through Christ does redemption come.

Praise be to God.