Daniel Baker has left a new comment on your post "Lito Cruz, PhD, Explains All":
The way that certain fanatics destroy the text of Romans 3 utterly boggles my mind. It is more than clear from an honest, plain reading of the text that St. Paul's point in this passage is to demonstrate that "there is no difference" between Jews and Gentiles, "for all have sinned." Paul's point is that Christ's Word, work, and justification are not only for Jews, but also for Gentiles. This is why Romans 3 ends with the thought that: "Is God . . . not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the *CIRCUMCISED BY FAITH AND THE UNCIRCUMCISED THROUGH THAT SAME FAITH*" (emphasis added). This is the context that the Holy Spirit through St. Paul is driving at. He is not creating some pseudo-universalistic justification; rather, he is demonstrating the limitless nature of the Atonement and the ability that ALL men have to receive the benefits of justification through faith.
