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NASB | Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:23 since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God, |
Subject: All have Sinned ( Men and Women) |
Bible Note: When Adam disobeyed God, the entire human race both men and women were brought under sin. Legally they were condemned, Spiritually they were dead to God and Physically all men would die. In Genesis 3:21 we see the grace of God in that he clothed their shame and nakedness with the skins of animals, nevertheless, they were both sinners in need of a redeemer which was promised in Gen.3:15 The First man Adam and his wife Eve the mother of all living could only reproduce children like themselves, sinners. Sinners by birth, sinners by choice and sinners by practice. In Romans 3 God makes it clear "That there is none righteous, no not one; there is not that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable..."Romans 3:10-12 It is very humbling to our human pride to realize that unless God works with us by his Spirit that we are totally dead to God, that we will not seek him and that we will choose evil rather than Good. This why Paul summerizes all, "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23 Much distraction is caused in deciding if sin is passed on by the female or the male. It would make sense that since both are sinners and that part of each comes together in the formation of a new child, that we could say the child is a product of his/parents. The Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God is eternal. As the eternal son of God the time came when in obedience to his Father's will he took his downward journey into this world via the virgins womb. At his incarnation "he took upon himself the form of a bond servant and was made in the likeness of men" (Phil. 2:7) The Lord told Joseph "for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost". There is no question that this is the One of whom Micah prophesied. ""But thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of the shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruller in Israel: whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting" (Micah 5.2) Mary the mother of Jesus was honored to be the vessel who would bring God's son into this world. Nevertheless, Mary was born a sinner and needed a Savior like everyone else. Mary's words would teach us that she was aware of this "My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior." (Luke 1:46-47) "The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" Romans 6:23 Robert |