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Intro:
Perception is reality or so they say.
Hans Christian Andersen’s story of The Emperor’s New Clothes is one of his best short stories.
The Chris note version of the story goes like this.
Some times these kind of people are some of the hardest to be around.
is a prime example of exactly that.
A certain emperor was very fond of appearances and especially clothing.
Paul will continue answering questions for the Jew that he knows and understands.
When certain clever philosophers (actually con-men) offered to weave him a rare and expensive garment.
He was very receptive to this idea.
He is going to systematically explain how their relationship with the Gospel really matters.
His favorite part about their promise was that the garment would be invisible to all but the wise and pure in heart.
He was delighted and commissioned his new clothes to be made at a very high price.
The con men sat before the empty looms and pretended to be weaving.
The emperor’s curiosity got him and he sent his chief minister to see how things were going.
He saw nothing but he didn’t want to be thought unwise and impure in heart so he returned with a report about the fabulous work they were doing.
After some time the weavers asked for more money.
The emperor sent his second chief minister and he returned with an even more enthusiastic report.
The emperor went himself.
He saw nothing but didn’t want to appear stupid so he proclaimed the clothing excellent and beautiful.
He even gave the weavers medals.
On the day of the grand parade, the con men dressed the emperor in his nakedness and then skipped town.
As the emperor paraded before his people (al natural) everyone praised his beautiful clothes so they wouldn’t be thought fools.
The absurd parade continued until moments later a child said, “the emperor has no clothes!”
This child made an innocent honest remark because he didn’t know any better.
As we approach this 3rd chapter of Romans we must keep in mind that he is going to describe the condition of the Jews that Paul has been addressing.
The Jews were sure they were clothed with a righteousness that did not exist.
Paul, like the little boy is going to strip away the layers of their illusion.
Paul is going to go back and forth asking questions and then answering them.
These questions in and of themselves show how they don’t really even want to answer the questions.
Human beings have an innate ability to avoid the questions by asking dumb questions that don’t even matter.
We see this in with the woman at the well.
When she felt the truth coming too close to home she raised an irrelevant issue as to which of two places did God prefer for worship.
She didn’t mind the discussion centering on the general topic of “religion” as long as the searchlight did not come near her own soul.
We are going to watch here as Paul the Jew debates with Paul the Christian.
And through this he will show them their true standing before God.
HEY, YOU ARE WEARING NO CLOTHES!
I. Their Privilege
So the Jew starts out with a question that basically says he is irritated with the case that Paul has laid out in .
didn’t bother him that much (Gentiles) but really did get him fired up.
He asks, “So I guess you are saying that there is no advantage at all to being a Jew?
Circumcision means nothing at all?
Romans is one of the most amazing yet complex books of the Bible.
After going through we can imagine ourselves at the back of a classroom as he asks the question.
What advantage is there?
We anxiously await for him to call on us.
We have got this one.
He points to us and asks for the answer and we say.
NO there is no benefit to being a Jew at all.
We get that grim smirk on our face just knowing we answered that question right.
Then Paul throws a bucket of ice cold water on our ego that was so hungry for approval.
Circumcision means nothing at all?
After reading chapter 2 you might want to scream out and say, “Yes exactly you finally got it.”
Paul’s answer is nothing of the sort.
He says MUCH EVERY WAY!!
There are so many reasons.
Let me count the ways.
Though he taught us in that Jews need a Savior as well, we must never forget in he said that the gospel was to the Jew first.
Then he goes on to explain it, CHIEFLY (mainly, primarily, most importantly) they (the Jew) were given the Oracles (Word) of God.
Slide of the Oracles of God.
Nothing else can much be said or needs to be said.
You were given the Word of God.
From here on out Paul is going to quote from the Old Testament to just prove to them about the advantage of having the Word of God was really like.
He will quote 14 different passages in the following verses.
(the Bible mattered to them as well)
He is speaking of the whole O.T. and quoting from it to prove that point.
Having the word of God didn’t change them much.
Sad to say but I believe that the same would be said of us today as well.
We have been given the Word of God.
Do you realize the responsibility that leaves us with?
You have been given the Word of God now the question is, “What have you done with it?”
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Their Protest
So here comes the second question that Paul thought that they would ask.
Does the fact that some people do not believe change things?
Does it make God a liar?
Slide of Promises of God.
Is God intimidated by those that do not believe in him?
Our God isn’t intimidated or frightened by the beliefs of those that do not trust him or believe in him.
We expect and want God to fulfill his promises to us.
That is until we realize that he has also promised to judge.
Yes I will take the good promises without all that bad promises please.
We love Theology ala Burger King I’ll have it my way.
Sorry but life doesn’t work that way and neither does a Just and Righteous God.
When it comes down to it, God is true and every man is a liar.
God is perfectly reliable.
We can depend on him to carry out to the letter every promise he has made.
Our world worships at the shrine of public opinion.
Public opinion is not what we are judged by.
I want to ask you to help me out this morning.
Close eyes and.....
Close eyes and.....
POINT NORTH
Look around and see how everyone differs in what they say is north.
Now is the time we have to ask ourselves if we truly trust ourselves with what is right and wrong or not?
The next set of ideas and reasoning sounds like a child with twisted logic.
If through my sin we see the faithfulness of God then shouldn’t I just sin so that it helps him show how great he is?
Paul says those who reason this way deserve the damnation that they have coming to them.
In this book of Romans we have now come to the conclusion of God’s case against the human race.
The heathen, the hypocrite and the Hebrew have each in turn been brought before the judge and been found guilty.
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