Tuesday, 17 February 2009

• From my Romans textbook

  "It is important to notice how Paul puts the problem.  He does not simply claim that people are sinners (though that, of course, is true).  What he says is that people are 'under sin' [Romans 3:9].  People are imprisoned under the power of sin.  The point is vital if we are to appreciate the need and power of the gospel.  If people simply were sinners, then perhaps all they would need would be a teacher to inform them about what is right.  But people are under sin.  They need a liberator.  And Paul will present Christ, through the power of God's righteousness unleashed in the gospel, as just such a liberator (3:21-26, esp. v. 24)."
  

  Douglas J. Moo, Encountering the Book of Romans, p. 75
  

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