Like a good prosecution attorney Paul is verse by verse systematically laying the groundwork to show that every person is guilty before God. You recall in chapter 1 verse 18 Paul started his case for the worlds guilt dealing with the obvious guilty people, those who would claim there is no God, the pagan and the heathen who do not worship God but instead worship creation. Starting there was an excellent strategy to draw in the second group Paul would speak to, the moralist. The non church going person who tries to live their life pretty much by the Golden Rule. Not perfect but not as bad as the pagan who they would admit are worthy of judgment. Paul then moves on to the third group, the hardest to reach of all, the religious person who believes because they know about God and own a bible and attend church or synagogue, that is proof they are saved. After all, only saved people attend church, own a bible, listen to Christian music and have radio Christian radio stickers on their bumper ? Am I right? Wrong… Paul would say those things without a work of God’s Spirit in our heart are nothing more than worthless religion.

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