Romans 3:1-8 - God is Faithful

The Jewish nation and the rite of circumcision were clearly of value in the Old Testament, so did what Paul was saying mean that he thought they now had no value? Paul certainly did not think this was the case, to put it mildly. The first thing is that the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God. So all that we read about in the New Testament is entirely consistent the Old Testament. It builds upon it, and fulfills it.

What happened was that Israel was unfaithful to God. They did not trust in Him, they did not keep His laws, they did not exercise justice and mercy. But the unfaithfulness of the Jews does not nullify God's faithfulness. Paul then quotes from Psalm 51:4, the Psalm that David wrote after he had repented of his sin of adultery and murder. 

Paul then considers some possible objections. We hear similar objections today, and they illustrate the futility of man's thinking that Paul talked about in chapter 1. First there is the argument that if our sin brings out God's righteousness more clearly, then God is unjust in sending His wrath, and should actually be rather pleased with us for sinning!Such an argument is pure nonsense. 

At the root of these sorts of arguments is a failure to realise that the basic problem is my sin. I need to be saved. I need to be forgiven and I need to be transformed. 

Paul's verdict on the people that produce such arguments is that they will fully deserve the condemnation that they will receive in the future.
There is a clear warning here. People think that they can get round the "God problem" with a clever argument. Such people are deluded. It is not a matter of winning an argument, it is a matter of answering to the living God. The question everyone needs to ask themselves is "how will you stand before the living God?".