THE NEED OF SALVATION
By John Baker
Scripture Reading: Romans 3:9-12
The first step to realization of the need of salvation is the fact of sin. Paul uses this pattern in his epistle to the Romans. He starts with explaining the depravity of the Gentiles and how Man fell into sin. Man fell into sin because of disobedience and because he was unwilling to accept and keep the truth of God (Romans 1:18-25). In Romans 2 the religious Man is shown to be guilty before God (See Romans 2:17-24). It is all summed up in Romans 3:9-12, "What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." Do you see where we fit in the above quotation? We are part ofthe "none."
Man is absolutely hopeless apart from the grace of God. We have no standing before God apart from the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is necessary in understanding salvation to show the fact of sin and the need of the Saviour. If we cannot understand the terribleness of sin, we won't appreciate the greatness of salvation.
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