3:1-2 "What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God."
What value is there in being a christian? We have been entrusted with God's word. It is our duty to proclaim it and to live according to it.
3:3-4 "What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God's faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: "So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge."
It is an amazing concept to fathom that God's faithfullness is always there no matter what we believe, say or do. God is faithful whether I have faith or not.
3:5-8 "But if our unrighteousness brings out God's righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing His wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? Someone might argue, "If my falsehood enhances God's truthfulness and so increases His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?" Why not say-as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say-"Let us do evil that good may result"? Their condemnation is deserved."
Many people think that the ends justify the means. Is that true? Is it right to kill one human to save another? Is it right to sin in order that God's righteousness may be revealed?
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