Subject One Hundred Forty

THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS

Scripture: Rom. 3:9-20

1. All are under sin
   1. Man is born in sin.
   2. Man grows up in sin.
   3. Man lives in sin.
   4. Man wallows in sin.
   5. All men are under sin.
2. There is none righteous
   1. A righteous man is just and faultless before God.
   2. Using “just and faultless” as a yardstick to measure a man, we find that there is none righteous, because man is not normal toward God and is not just toward man.
3. There is none that does good
   1. “Righteousness” is up to the standard of justice, but “good” is exceeding the standard of justice. Whenever you do something more than what you ought to do, you are doing something that is good. For example, you hired a servant and promised to pay him $600 monthly. If you pay him only $580, you have done something unrighteous. If you give him $650, you have done something good.
   2. But even if you do something good, there is none that can do good out of a pure heart. Most good works contain side effects which expose that the heart is not pure. Consequently, there is none that does good, not even one.
4. The conditions of man
   1. There is none that understands. All are confused and foolish, not knowing how to behave themselves before God and before men.
   2. There is none that seeks God who is the source of righteousness, the origin of all good. There is none that seeks Him; therefore there is none righteous and none that does good.
   3. All have turned aside.
   4. All have together become useless.
   5. Their throat is an open grave. Everything that comes out of men is stinking and dead.
   6. Their tongues work deceit.
   7. The poison of asps is under their lips.
   8. Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.
   9. Their feet are swift to shed blood.
   10. Ruin and misery are in their ways.
   11. They know not the way of peace.
   12. There is no fear of God before their eyes.
       After talking about these twelve points of man’s condition, all will have to bow down their heads and confess that there is none righteous, none that does good, not even one.
5. The world is under the condemnation of God
   1. Man has sins, and God has the law. The sins of man conflict with the law of God.
   2. According to His law, God has to condemn man.
   3. Since all have sinned, all are under God’s condemnation.
6. How can a man become righteous?
   1. Confess that you are not righteous, neither can you become righteous. In other words, admit that you have no righteousness, and that you can do nothing that is righteous.
   2. Believe in the Lord Jesus, and receive Him as your righteousness.
   3. Receive the Lord Jesus as your living Savior. He makes you righteous and causes you to live out His righteousness.