Rom.2:4 – Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? The Lord is perfect in all of His ways. It’s His very nature, His goodness, that attracts us to this new life in Christ. Before our salvation we were all …
Rom.2:14,15 – Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right. According to …
Rom.2:1 – Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. There is something about the sin of hypocrisy that is especially odious, especially when in its cloaked in religious jargon. This reminds us of …
Rom.2:28,29 – For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but …
Rom.2:5,6 – But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: Have you ever had a problem forgiving people you think have wronged you? The Lord …
GLORY, HONOR, AND IMMORTALITY Rom. 2:6-7 who “will render to each one according to his deeds”: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; Paul had a profound, personal understanding of what heaven is like. He talked about being caught up to the third heaven and …
