There are several practical lessons here including doing good to those who have done good to you, avoiding shaming people publicly, and fighting the battle of this life with courage and complete trust in the work that the Lord will do for us.
Our death to sin is twofold. We are to be dead to sin but alive unto God. This lesson gives God's way to live a victorious life in the power of God.
A verse by verse outline on Romans 3:1-31. Romans 3 sums up what the first two chapters have declared. Chapter one said the gentiles were sinners, then chapter two adds the Jews to the list of sinners. Chapter three then declares that "All have sinned".
In the Bible we find many references to transactions and covenants. In our passage we find one of those references and it is found in the usage of the word surety. Now we know that Christ was made a surety of a better testament, but what exactly does that mean?
Many believers could be greatly offended that we would even deal with the issue of Santa Claus. “It is innocent”, you can hear them say. Yet a careful look into the scriptures would deny that this lie is anywhere near innocent.
