All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one:
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… No one who seeks God. All have turned away. They have together become worthless. There is no one who does good, not even one. Their throats are open graves. Their tongues practice deceit. The poison of vipers is on their lips. Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Ruin and misery mark their ways. In the way of peace, they do not know. There is no fear of God before their eyes. Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth is silenced. The whole world is held accountable to God. And no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law. Rather, through the law, we become conscious of sin. But now a righteousness from God apart from the law has been made known, to which the law and the prophets testify, and this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. …
… We have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin. As it is written, none is righteous. No, not one. No one understands. No one seeks for God. All have turned aside. Together they have become worthless. No one does good. Not even one. Their throat is an open grave. They use their tongues to deceive. The venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. In their paths are ruin and misery. And the way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes. I had a birthday this past week. I turned 49. My kids said, don't worry, you're not old, you're not 50. So, I got that. It's amazing when you're 35, 49 seems old. Now, 79 seems pretty young to me. 49. And this may not be true for anyone else but me, but I don't always like looking at photos of myself. You're all, yep, all the rest of you are really good looking, so it's all fine for you. But, you know, sometimes as you get older, you swipe those photos, as I do, and I say, I don't like that photo. I don't like that photo. …
… As it is written, there is no one righteous, not even one. No one who understands, no one who seeks God, all have turned away. They have together become worthless. There is no one who does good, not even one. Their throats are open graves. Their tongues practice deceit. The poison of vipers is on their lips. Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Ruin and misery mark their ways in the way of peace. They do not know. There is no fear of God before their eyes. In other words, all people everywhere are guilty of sin before a holy God. And here's why this point is so important. Because so many times this question is asked, like someone will ask, well, Pastor, what happens to the innocent man or woman or child in this remote part of the world who's never heard the gospel when they die? And if you were to ask me that question, I would say, without question, based on the Bible, those people go to heaven, even though they've never heard the gospel. …
AND NOT ONLY DOES THE BIBLE SAY THERE'S NONE THAT UNDERSTANDETH, THE BIBLE ALSO TELLS US IN ROMANS CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 12 THAT WITHOUT GOD WE'RE UNPROFITABLE. LISTEN, THEY'RE ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY, THAT'S THE LOST SHEEP. THEY'RE ALL TOGETHER BECOME UNPROFITABLE, THAT'S THE LOST SILVER. THEY'VE ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY. THEY HAVE ALL TOGETHER BECOME UNPROFITABLE. THERE'S NONE THAT IS GOOD, NO, NOT ONE. Now, why did God make you? Why did God create you? What is your purpose? It is to spend and be spent for him or to be a treasure for him, but you are not to be lost. And if you don't know the Lord Jesus Christ, you're like a coin that is lost out of circulation, not doing the thing that you were meant to do and no good to your master. Now, I want you to see how this coin was lost. First of all, it was lost in the darkness. LOOK IN VERSE 8, IN ORDER TO FIND THE COIN THE WOMAN HAD TO DO WHAT? …