Who is made guilty before God by the Law?
The whole human race—not only Israel—is made guilty before God by the Law. Although Israel was put under the Law, its convicting power extends to all people, stopping every mouth. The Law cannot justify anyone; it only brings the knowledge of sin and shows mankind's failure to meet God's standard.
Les teaches that only Israel was placed under the Law, but its convicting power did not remain limited to Israel. It went out to the whole human race. Using Galatians chapter 3, he explains that every mouth is stopped, and all the world—not just Israel—is made guilty before God. This is the opposite of the common idea that the Law was given to help people do right. Its one purpose was to show mankind how far they fall short of God's standard. No one has ever lived who could keep the Ten Commandments; it is impossible. Since all the world became guilty by the giving of the Law, no flesh can be saved or justified by the deeds of the Law. The Law's work is only to give the knowledge of sin and convict a person of utter sinfulness.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
More Questions
Who is under the law in Romans 3?
The moral law does not stop with the Jew but reaches every human being and condemns Gentiles just as thoroughly as Jews.
Who does the law speak to according to Romans 3:19?
Romans 3:19 teaches that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law.