9/10/2019 

Romans 3:4

⁴ May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written,

“That You may be justified in Your words, And prevail when You are judged.”

This is a statement of two verities.  God is truth.  Man has no involvement in making this so.  Since Adam’s sin, and with one exception, man has come from the womb speaking lies.

What then is the intent of this statement?  The writer Paul is discussing the rejection of National Israel and God’s faithfulness to His Covenant promise to Abraham.  In the covenant Abraham’s seed is through the promise.  That is the children of Isaac were to be Abraham’s heirs.

Isaac was not considered Abraham’s natural heir.  He was a child of the promise, a son out of the faith of Abraham.  This being established, it was not physical circumcision which guaranteed God’s blessing but faith. Since we have said this then it follows:

A.     God has continued faithful.

B.     Those who were rejected were rejected because they were not Abraham’s seed according to faith. 

God is faithful to His promise.  Therefore God’s love is true.  Establish your hearts upon that.

But be assured that both Jew and Gentile will deny God’s faithfulness and claim man’s right to God’s favor.  That is the lie.  And let every man be a liar who claims this, cf Ephesians 2:8-9.

⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; ⁹ not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.