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In his letter to the Romans, how does Paul justify that the Jewish people should accept Christ?
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Paul explains that the old law is not enough and only Christ’s blood can wash away our sins. No works or sacrifices could earn us God’s acceptance. The law was meant to prepare the Jews for the coming of Christ.
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Paul uses the Old Testament as a basis to teaching that the Law was never meant to save anyone but rather to point to the fact that no one could ever live by the standards of the Law 100% of the time thereby failing and falling “short of the glory of God”. He says that the Law required a sacrifice in order to cover their sins but in was faith in God that would make them right before God, not the Law or the sacrifices. He declares that Christ was the complete sacrifice to bring redemption and salvation to the Jews.
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By revealing to the Jews the purpose of the law. The purpose of the law was to bring conviction and prove guilt, not for justification. The Jews could never obtain the righteousness of God by works. Paul also reveals that all have sinned, thus only way to be justified for both the Jews and gentiles is through faith in Jesus Christ.
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Because the law cannot be satisfied, they were doing the law to be in God’s grace not out of faith, and we know that nobody can by personal means meet God’s standards is through sanctification that we start to change to a lifestyle more incline to God’s will.
Paul also explained that while the law was righteous, it was a tool sin used to create more sin, because it called to our flesh and that natural desire of rebellion we have from Adam. -
Paul explains in no uncertain terms that the law’s purpose was to bring people to a saving knowledge of Christ, not to do the actual saving through works. Thus, the Jews need a savior as does the rest of humanity, and that Savior is Jesus Himself!