Every Mouth Will Be Stopped

Romans 3:9 "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;"

Romans 3:19-20 "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.
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."

It truly is beautiful how Paul lays out his case over 3 chapters. The first 2 chapters are a bit confusing if taken on their own. But by 3:20, he has left no doubt of our hopeless, pitiful condition when it comes to our spiritual condition. He has left no doubt of our spiritual destination either.

When we come to understand the law and the law of nature, we see how far we've fallen. We see that sin is our master. Every mouth will be stopped, because truth always wins in the end. Our guilt before God is absolute and doubtless. Nothing we can do could possibly change that. The law is like a messenger, bearing bad tidings.

But thank God, there is more to the story.