The law we become conscious of sin

Romans 3:9-20
We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin.
There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law.
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law.
The law we become conscious of sin. 律法本叫人知罪。
Are the Jews any better off than other people? No. Everyone is in the grip of sin.
The law makes people know they have sinned; it makes the Jews accountable - it is powerless to put anyone right with God.
Why?
No one has right to declare he is righteous before sight of God, all are under sin; who are sinners.
No one understands God, no one who seeks God, so everyone is sinner.
The law let us become conscious of sin. It is the role of law to man.
How?
Be humble, I am a sinner either, obey God's word and trust in the Lord!

Much in every way

Romans 3:1-8
if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar.
Men have to face judgment before God according to what he has done.
What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.
Paul images the questions of heckler will fling at him and meets their points one by one.
Have the Jews any advantage over others? Yes, the fact that God has entrusted them with his revelation.
Wrongdoing seems to serve a good end, since it highlights God's goodness. So why not 'do evil that good may come' of it? Because God is a just Judge - and the end does not justify the means.
Why?
To do evil has not any excuse. Human arguments are innocence.
Man's foolishness can't nullify God's faithfulness and righteousness.
Jews are the chosen one to get the words of God. But their unfaithfulness couldn't affect God's faithfulness.
Much in every way, God's plans and his ways beyond ours mind.
How?
God is true, people's actions do not affect God's honor and righteousness.

Obey God from heart

Romans 2:17-29
Before teaching, he who should obey what he is teaching.
A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.
The Jews will be saved neither by the laws nor by circumcision.
They pride them selves in God and law.
They know what God wants them to do - but do they actually keep the law? If not ,they might as well not been circumcised'. The real Jew is one who obey God from heart.
Why?
We boast nothing except Jesus christ.
Obey God with actions to honor God's name.
Race,circucusion and law are not the idendity to Christians.
How?
Obey God from heart and really keep the law.

Conscious; do by nature things

Romans 2:12-16
All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
It is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
Conscious: When Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, since they show that the requirement of the law are written on their hearts.
This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ.
Those who do not have God's law and those who do will be judged, not by what they know but by what they do.
Why?
Nature things: God created this world has rule and regulation, all should know it.
Hear the law or apart from the law, on the day when God will judge men's secrets through will be same, according to what they have done.
For Gentiles, they do by nature things, which is the conscious, written on their heart.
After Jesus came, the new covenant is written on out heart, like those Gentile they do not heart the laws.
How?
Let the law of God written on my heart and do the right things. God will judge everyone equally.

God does not show favoritism

Romans 2:6-11
God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 
Sequence of judgment of God: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 
For God does not show favoritism. He judges all by the same standard.
Why?
Judgment is according to what a man have done, it is not according to who you are or your race.
Eternal life will be given to those who persistent in doing good seek glory,honor and immortality.
Trouble, distress and wrath of God will be given to those who reject the truth and follow evil.
God does not show favoritism, the judgment are equal and same to everyone on the world, but will be started from Jews, Christians, then the Gentile.
How?
God is good, who shows not favoritism to people.

Personal judgment

Romans 2:1-5
You have not excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
Do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?
Paul turn to the Jews from Chapter 2-3:20, although they are not named until verse 17. They are quick to judge others, but ignore God's call to repent of their own wrongdoing. So they too stand condemned.
Why?
No one has the right to pass judgment on someone else, for God only know the truth.
God's kindness leads us toward repentance, God is full of kindness, tolerance and patience.
The day of God's wrath is there, be aware of it.
How?
Do not pass judgment to others, for we are sinner either.

Wrong thinking and wrongdoing go hand in hand

Romans 1:18-32
Man can understood from what has been made and created by God, so that men are without excuse.
Although thy claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
Men abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent(非禮) acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion(變態).
They not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Paul begins his thesis with a penetrating analysis of the human condition. Everyone - gentile alike- is under God's judgment.
Humanity in general refuses to acknowledge God. They have no excuse, for God can plainly be seen and known in his creation. So God lets them do as they want, and they sink deeper and deeper into the morass(沼澤,困境) of their own perverse and perverted behaviour.
Wrong thinking and wrongdoing go hand in hand. If reason is rejected, conscience will not be heard either.
Why?
Humanity have no excuse if they reject God,for God has created thing in the world and it is easy to know God and understand God's power and glory.
Homosexual is sinful behavior and it is against God's creation. Those people are not only like to do it but also approve of others to practice them and hope be accepted in society. It is keeping going in this world.
How?
Wrong thinking and wrongdoing go hand in hand. Only those who knows the Lord can be saved in the day of God.