No One Is Righteous
There is no fear of God before their eyes. Rom 3:18
These verses describe the vileness and wickedness of various parts of the human body, indicating figuratively that every part contributes to a person’s condemnation.
All
this is summarized in Paul’s words, There
is no fear of God before their eyes. Fearing God (i.e., reverencing
Him by worship, trust, obedience, and service) is the essence of a
godly person (cf. Job 28:28; Prov. 1:7; 9:10; Ecc. 12:13). So for a
Jew not to fear God was the height of sin and folly. In these verses
(Rom. 3:10-18) Paul
left no basis whatsoever for Jewish readers to say that his point
that Jews are sinners contradicts the Old Testament!
Man’s
true spiritual condition is nowhere more clearly seen than in the
absence of a proper submission to and reverence for God. Biblical
fear for God consists of:
(1) Awe of His greatness and glory, and
(2) Dread of the results of violating that holy nature.
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