The Law cannot make a person righteous because 1) It died when Christ was crucified, 2) Sin deceives a person trying to obey the law, 3) Only Jesus can deliver us from the body of death. Each listener should understand that the Law cannot make one righteous.
God’s righteous judgment is 1) Impartial 2) Consistent 3) Penetrating. Each listener should understand that God is wholly righteous in his judgment. This lesson aims to help everyone understand the message of Romans regarding God’s righteousness.
In this lesson, we will look at Romans chapter one, which is 1) God’s righteousness and 2) Man’s unrighteousness. Each hearer will understand that God’s righteousness is revealed through the gospel of His Son, Jesus Christ and that man is inherently unrighteous. I hope to communicate that God’s righteousness saves but man’s unrighteousness condemns.
Paul does not say there was no law in the day of Abraham or even before that. That is not his point at all. He merely says that where there is no law then there is no transgression. What then is the point? His point is that when God gave the promise to Abraham, that promise was given without law. Hence that promise was made to Abraham upon the condition of faith, not upon the condition of law.