What does Romans 3:23 say about all human beings?
Romans 3:23 declares that all, every human being, has sinned and come short of the glory of God. In the natural state, each person is separated from God because he has fallen short and cannot meet God's standard, yet verse 24 offers justification freely by His grace through redemption in Christ Jesus.
Les explains that Romans 3:23 applies to every human being: all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. In the natural state, a person is separated from God because he has fallen short and cannot meet God's standard. Yet Les points out that this does not leave us in hopelessness. Verse 24 says that even though all have sinned, we can be justified freely by His grace through the redemption, the buying back, that is in Christ Jesus. Les connects this to the pattern of Scripture: something owned and lost must be bought back. Israel was God's covenant people until, because of the brothers' sin, Joseph ended up in Egypt and the other brethren were in rebellion; God lost His chosen people and had to buy them back through the blood of the Passover lamb. Les says it is the same way with us today, and that this is what we rest on as Gentiles in the Age of Grace, just as Israel rested on the blood of the lamb on the door.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
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What does Romans 3:23 say about every human being's natural state?
Romans 3:23 teaches that every human being has sinned and come short of the glory of God, so every person in his natural state is separated from God because he has fallen short and cannot meet God's standard.