Romans 3:9-20
What then? Are we better than they? Not at all… (v. 9a, NASB) This verse strikes me in a number of ways. Debbie commented on yesterday’s reading as to our “levels of sin”, comparing our sins to others’ sins. I’m not a murderer, I’m not a rapist…, etc.! But what we are, every one of us, is prideful! Yes, sometimes, even in our humility…! So we compare our “bads” with other peoples’ “bads”. But we also do that with our “goods”. We compare salaries and wealth. We compare educational levels. We compare houses and cars. We compare our kids with other peoples’ kids. We compare our good deeds with others’ good deeds. But all of our “goods” are never enough to cover even one of our “bads” – not when we compare ourselves to an infinitely Holy, Righteous God. Only Jesus’ sacrificial death can cover that one bad, that second bad, that hundredth bad, that millionth bad, that eternity-ridden bad for all mankind for all time. We are all sinners. Period!
Slava Bohu!