Romans 2, God's Righteous Judgment

 

Romans 2, God’s Righteous Judgment

 

Paul points out that the Gentiles are without excuse and so are the Jews who represent self-righteousness. He said they pose as judge and condemn idolatry and wickedness of the Gentiles, but they too are guilty. They practice what they condemn. The judgment of God is according to what is right. It rests upon what God is and upon what man does. God does not deal with man based on his race, color or social standing. God is true and His judgments are true. On this basis the Jews could not expect favoritism. God did not turn His back on their disobedience or unbelief just because they are Jews. They had no right to expect God to judge others and not sit in judgment of them. God dealt with the Jews with great mercy, but this placed them under greater obligation. The richness of God’s goodness and patience had bestowed to the Jews to a special degree, in keeping with God’s purpose of redemption through them. This should have caused them to humble their self and become repentant but instead it caused them to feel superior and they became proud and presumptuous. They presumed that God would deal with the Gentiles with severity but be easy on them. God had done and is doing His utmost to warn men to repent of their sins. Both the Jews and the Gentiles. Those who earnestly seek God for life will receive life. Those who rebel against the truth shall receive indignation and wrath. In other words, the reward for good deeds is a gift from God, but the reward for evil deeds is the infliction of wrath. Paul is teaching the principal by which God judges all men. God will render to every man according to his deeds. It is not hearing the law which makes one just in the sight of God but in obeying the law. If men have accepted Jesus Christ, they would be justified in the sight of God. The Jews relied on the law, but they did not practice it. They put their dependence in the possession of the law without feeling the obligation to obey it. The Jews claimed to be teachers of others but were not willing to teach themselves or learn their own lesson. If we call ourselves Christian, then we must be as Christ-like as possible. The Christian faith suffers more from the unchristian conduct of Christians than from anything else. The result will be the judgment from God for both the Christian and the unchristian.

 

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