“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23)
“For there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not.” (Eccl. 7:20)
“As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.” (Romans 3:10)
This lesson, and the two to follow will be a short series. Each will have some verses that I hope you will take time to memorize. There are ten in all; and they will answer the questions of why we need to be saved, the judgment we are under when we are not saved, and the last four will tell us what Christ did so that we can be saved. Learn them all and you will always have a good lesson in your heart and mind to give the plan of salvation.
You will notice that all three of these Scriptures have the same thought—that we are all sinners. We have entitled this first group of Scriptures, “Man’s Condition.” You can see that this is just what these three Scriptures show. When we say “man’s condition,” of course, we mean that this is the condition of everyone—all of us. For the very first Scripture says, “All …” As you read and study these Scriptures you will see that the Lord is telling us that there are none of us that could say that we are good or righteous. Neither is there any that can measure up to the glory of God. The Lord doesn’t leave a chance for anyone saying he is righteous and has not sinned, because in our last verse we see that He tells us that “there are none righteous, NO NOT ONE.”
As you read and study this and memorize the Scriptures given, will you take this personally to yourself? Will you see that the verses are telling you that you have sinned? Can you see that you are not righteous? Can you see that you have come short of entering into the glory of God? Apart from Christ this is true of all. But, thanks to our Lord, He gives us the answer.
In the next lesson we will see the results of sin.
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin: and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” (Romans 5:12)
“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9)
“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”
