Romans 3:19 “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”
God answers this question in the very next part of
this verse, that “all the world may become guilty before God.” Our guilt
is our depraved nature, and it stops us from every doing any good for God.
Therefore, it must be concluded that every single human soul born, are born sinners,
and totally depraved in their entire being. Paul wrote, “…but sin that
dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing…” Rom.7:17b – 18a. This means in a person’s lost state,
there is nothing good in them to God. Once we learn this, then our mouths are
stopped, and we learn that only in our Lord Jesus and through the
grace of God anything is possible in godliness. The Apostle Paul admitted in
speaking about his own Christian life that the grace of God was his only good. However,
you may ask, “how does this stop our mouth,” once we see our true state before God,
we realize how much we need His grace. It does not matter who you are (Jew or
Gentile) we are all sinners; we are all totally depraved sinners. “What
then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both
Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;” Rom 3:9 God shuts-up those
who think through their own pride that they are someone and that they can on
our own accomplish certain things! God said, “that they are all (every soul
ever born) under sin; that us under sins power.” Even the Apostle Paul
admitted, “But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was
bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all:
yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”1 Corinthians 15:10 Paul
admitted, that in all he had accomplished in his Christian life, it was by God’s
grace, then Paul put a explanation mark after it to make it loud and clear,
even though I had worked so hard and accomplished much, “but I laboured more
abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”
This great Apostle could not take credit for one single thing he had
accomplished, and neither could/can one single soul saved ever saved and
accomplished anything for God, it was all through Jesus and by God’s grace. Our
mouths are stopped, we have no pride in ourselves, there is no room for
boasting. This is the very reason when Paul wrote Ephesians 2:9 he wrote, “Not
of works, lest any man should boast.” It is because God shut our mouth in
verse 8 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God:” God has told us the Truth, the question
is do we believe His Truth or do you like some people, simply ignore His Truth
for Satan’s lie of works for salvation? Has God shut your mouth, or do you
simply ignore God’s Truth and believe in yourself over the grace of God? These
scriptures should stop anyone from boasting of their righteousness, and to stop
people from making any excuse for themselves when God said they are “without
excuse” Rom.1:20. God has made everything plain to see, that He created all
things and that He saves the souls of the lost by grace and through Jesus Christ,
it is so plain that when people disagree they are calling God a liar. “He
that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth
not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God
gave of his Son. (11) And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal
life, and this life is in his Son. (12) He that hath the Son hath life; and he
that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” 1 John 5:10 – 12. A lost soul
must believe God, humble themselves, and understand that salvation is a gift of
God in which we cannot earn. God must stop our mouths and make us to understand
that in this flesh “dwelleth no good thing…” no, not one. Every soul
must believe God and reject Satan’s lie about salvation, and that we cannot be
saved through ourselves but only by God’s gift of Grace and through Jesus Christ
His Beloved Son. This is God’s record, “And this is the record, that God
hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.” Match this with
Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:” Because if your belief contradicts this, then you
have called God a liar, you are lost, and you will go to hell when you die. “…the
law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be
stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”
