Now, let us read Rom. 3:10: 'There is none righteous, no
not one.' I wish Mr. Newby would read the verses following the tenth
verse. What kind of people was Paul writing of? Christians? What! Do
Christians have a throat like an open sepulchre? Is their mouth full
of cursing and bitterness? Are their feet swift to shed blood? How
about it, Mr. Newby? How about it friends? What is your verdict?"
"That cannot mean Christians," said a voice from the back of the room.
"Of course, it can not. Paul was describing the wayward sinner. As for
Paul being actually the chief of sinners when he wrote 1 Tim. 1:15, it
is preposterous. He does, indeed, speak in the present tense, 'I
am,' but it is perfectly evident that he makes use of a rhetorical
expression which is permissible, without being called in question as
to his life. If he was, in reality, the chief of sinners at that time,
he could hardly say, as he did, 'Ye are witnesses, and God also, how
holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that
believe' (1 Thess.
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