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Bible Study with Derek Prince (Romans 3:21 – 3:31): Bound to Christ (Transcript)

Full text of Bible teacher Derek Prince’s teaching on the Book of Romans (3:21 – 3:31) (Part 4) titled ‘Bound to Christ’.

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TRANSCRIPT:

Derek Prince – Bible Teacher

We closed our last session with Romans chapter 3, verses 19 and 20, which are in a sense, the culmination of the first stages of our pilgrimage. And at this point, Paul has proved out of Scripture that the whole world is accountable to God for sin, and that no one can avoid standing before the judgment of God in account of sin.

I think I’ll read those two verses again because they’re so important.

Romans 3:19-20: ‘Now, we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may become accountable to God.’

That’s the destination that Paul has brought us to: The whole world is accountable to God. Both Jews and Gentiles, both religious people and non-religious people, all are accountable to God. And then he goes on to say, keeping rules or the law never changes the fact that we are still accountable to God.

And he says in verse 20, ‘because by the works of the law — or you can leave out the ‘the’ — by the works of the law, by the keeping of rules, no flesh, no human being will be justified in God’s sight, will be reckoned righteous, or achieve righteousness in the sight of God. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.’

Now that’s a startling statement for religious people: Through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

And I’ve learned by experience that so many, many Christians find it very hard to comprehend why Paul should say the law is what causes us to recognize sin and then to wonder, why did God give the law if all it can do is make us aware that we’re sinners and it cannot make us righteous?

So I’m going to devote this particular section to the parenthesis which you’ll find in your outline: 6 Purposes For Which The Law Was Given.

I’ve learned by experience that if I don’t deal with this, there’ll be a whole string of unanswered questions in your mind and you’ll never really be able to give attention to the positive which Paul is building up to.

So I want to suggest to you out of Scripture: 6 Purposes For Which The Law Was Given.

First of all, to show men the reality and power of sin.