Romans 3:7 - If My Falsehood Enhances God's Truthfulness

 

•        Having shown that God would be proved right in judging the sins of the unfaithful Jews, Paul anticipates yet another objection:

–       Objection: God has no right to condemn the Jews, after all the unfaithfulness of the Jews results in God being proved righteous and truthful.

•         Romans 3:5 - If our unrighteousness brings out God's righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing His wrath on us?

•         Romans 3:7 - If my falsehood enhances God's truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

 

•        Paul refutes this argument by showing that such a view leads to absurd conclusions and therefore must be wrong.

 

•        Paul shows that if it is unjust for God to condemn sin because it increases His glory, then we would be forced to conclude that:

–       God has no right to judge the world (Romans 3:6) This is an absurd conclusion. God is the Creator of the world He has every right to judge it!

–       It would be good to sin more since this would increase God’s glory! (Romans 3:8) This too is an absurd conclusion! God is a holy God! The idea that we should sin more in order to bring glory to God would be an offense to His character!

 

•        Having shown that an objection to God’s condemnation of sin leads to absurd conclusions, Paul concludes that the unfaithful Jews’ “condemnation is deserved.” (Romans 3:8)