To Whom Does the Law Speak?

[233 words] Paul answers the above question in Romans 3:19. The law speaks to those who are under the law. It is obvious that the citizens of America are not subject to the laws of Russia. Paul had just quoted extensively from the Law of Moses (3:10-18) and the law said something to the Jews that they did not want to hear. The law in which the Jews boasted (2:17) said to the Jews, “There is none (of you) righteous, no not one” (3:10-18). The Jews were quick to point out the sins of the Gentiles. But they did not want to admit their own guilt before God. But Paul quotes their own law to them “that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God” (3:19). His point is that everybody needs the Savior, Jesus Christ because “all have sinned and come short of…