All Have Sinned and Come Short of God's Glory Romans 3:23

Paul the apostle told the Jews in Rome, “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin”, and he added, “But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:” In chapter three and verse twenty-three of Romans, Paul shared how they have “ all have sinned, and come short” of God's “glory” where we read:

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

The verse begins, “For all have sinned, ...” Paul began with the word, “for” which means “even as, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, verily and therefore” “all” which refers to “each, every, the whole and everyone” “have sinned” which means “have missed the mark, erred and made mistakes”. Paul declared every person to have “missed” God's mark of perfection in righteousness.

The verse goes on to say, “... and come short of the glory of God;” Paul continued with the words, “and come short” which refers to “are left behind, failed to reach the goal, failed to become partaker, are inferior in power, influence and rank to, are wanting and fail” “of the glory” or “of the praise, honor, splendor and brightness” “of God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit”. Every person “is inferior and fails to keep in line with” the “glory”, “honor and splendor” of God.

When we meditate upon these words of Paul, we notice the “perfection in righteousness” of God, and no one reaches that goal. If there is an aspiration toward this “perfection”, it only shows the was a deficit previously which disqualifies everyone again. Only Jesus kept the “law of God” in perfection, and He gave His life to pay the penalty for the “sins” of the whole world - “for he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him”. (2 Corinthians 5:21) Though every person has “sinned” and “come short of the glory of God”, Jesus Christ fulfilled God's law and desires to offer His “salvation” to all who will simply “believe” in Him and receive Him as “Savior and Lord”.

Next time Paul shares with the people in Rome about,“being justified freely by his grace”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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