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five hundred dollars as a gift when I needed it, that would be an act of grace. If you did this, you would be a good man. However, Paul says that among all the human beings in the world not one is righteous and not one is good. Therefore, everyone has become subject to the judgment of God (3:19). The condition of the world is totally hopeless.

I appreciate Paul's writings. In the section on condemnation we see the source of wickedness, the way of restriction, the vanity of religion, and the hopeless condition of the world. Here is the conclusion of Paul's writings on condemnation: the whole world is subject to the righteous judg ment of God. Where would we be and what would we be if we were not yet saved? We would be a hopeless case under God's judgment. Regardless of what we did, what we had, and what we were, we were under God's righteous judgment. This section on condemnation paves the way for God's salvation and opens the door for people to enter into God's salvation. Regardless of who we are, we need Christ with His redemption.

Paul's intention in the section on condemna tion was to prepare the way for him to minister Christ into us. The ultimate goal of Paul's gospel is to minister Christ into us. When we come to

Romans 8, we will find a verse that says, "Christ is in you" (8:10). This is Paul's goal. Whether we are one of mankind, one of the self-righteous, one of the religious people, or a person in the world, we need Jesus. We should not pay atten tion to outward things or outward doings, but turn ourselves to the spirit. There in the spirit we will meet Christ. In the spirit we will enjoy Christ. Paul's writing on condemnation paves the way for us to receive Christ. It opens the way for Christ to come into us.

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