ROMANS Study Guide

true for both Jew and Gentile. (vss.26-28).

Rom 3:31 Do we then make the Law void through faith? Let it not be! But we establish the Law.

Here is a concern that is even used today against salvation by faith alone. Does faith alone do away

with the Law? Can we now ignore it? No, his shed blood confirms (establishes) the Law, that it’s

violation must end in the punishment of the sinner (law breaker) which was accomplished in Jesus

Christ. (vs.31)

Here is the clear concept of Substitution : Jesus assumes our

place before God as the law-breaker (sinner) and we assume

his place of having lived totally righteous under the Law

(sinless) making us acceptable to God.

Conclusion: Finally, the point is clear… the law reveals that the Jew is as much a law breaker as the Gentile. The only real difference between the Jew and the Gentile is that the Jews had the advantage and also the greater responsibility to recognize much sooner their need o f God’s salvation by grace (Gal.3:24). Justification before God comes by faith and faith alone in what God did for us in Jesus Christ.