Romans Chapter 3 Vs. 4

 

God's Righteousness Upheld

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. Rom 3:4

God forbid: ... This answers the questions of Rom. 3:3. "God forbid" is found 15 times in the New Testament (Rom. 3:4, 3:6, 3:31; 6:2, 6:15; 7:7, 7:13; 9:14; 11:1, 11:11; Luke 20:16; 1Cor. 6:15; Gal. 2:17; 3:21; 6:14), and 9 times in the Old Testament (Gen. 44:7, 44:17; Jos. 22:29; 24:16; 1Sam. 12:23; 14:45; 20:2; 1Ch. 11:19; Job 27:5). Only in 1Ch. 11:19 is it a literal translation of the original language. In all other places it is a cultural idiom of the King James translators expressing a strong negative. Literally, may it never be.

let God be... Let no man say that God has failed in keeping His word with any man. Let man examine himself and his ways to see if he has not failed to meet conditions so God can fulfill His promise.

That thou mightest... Quoted from Psm. 51:4.

thou art judged... When God is judged or when He judges man by man, He always comes out justified because He is faithful in all His ways (Psm. 119:86, 119:138; Deut. 7:9; 1Cor. 1:9; 10:13).

Paul continued, Let God be true and every man a liar. This means, “Let God keep on being true even though every man becomes a liar.” This idea is taken from Psm. 116:11. As still further support, Paul quoted Psm. 51:4.

Romans 10:9-10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

We see in these Scriptures just what it takes to be saved.

God will fulfill all the promises He made to the nation, even if individual Jews are not able to receive them because of their unbelief. If all mankind were to agree that God had been unfaithful to His promises, it would only prove that all are liars and God is true.

Psalms 116:11 "I said in my haste, All men [are] liars." Hebrews 6:17 "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:"

Hebrews 6:18 "That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:"

In the last 2 scriptures just quoted, you see the word immutable. Immutable means unchangeable or always the same we see above that men are liars, but it is impossible for God to lie, since He is the Truth. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Every man and woman (one at a time) shall stand before this absolute Truth and be judged. We will be justified by Jesus Christ when we Christians stand before Him. Those who rejected Jesus as their personal Savior will be without excuse.