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enhli29 wrote on Oct 22, '11
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| Just as God takes care of the birds and all other anmail on earth he will take care of us. |
1. If one judges another for a sin that they commit themselves, what do they bring on to themselves? vs. 1 – they bring on themselves condemnation
Note: There is a difference between the moral man and the heathen man. In Romans 1:32 the heathen man APPROVES and APPLAUDS sinful conduct but in Romans 2:1 the moral man DISAPPROVES and JUDGES sinful conduct.
2. What does the moral person know is just for God to do? vs. 2 – that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth
• If they know that and judge those who do those things, what will happen to them as well if they also practice those things habitually? vs. 3 – God’s judgment is against them
3. What is the kindness of God intended to do for mankind? vs. 4 – the kindness God intended for mankind is to lead him to repentance through “the riches of His kindness, tolerance and patience”
What are the attributes of God listed in this verse? vs. 4 -
• 1) Kindness
• 2) Tolerance
• 3) Patience
4. If God has been patient with mankind and given man time to repent and yet that person keeps a stubborn and an unrepentant heart, what are they storing up for themselves? vs. 5 – They store up for themselves God’s wrath
5. God will render to every person according to his deeds.
• What is the lifestyle of the one that will receive eternal life? vs. 6-7 – Those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality
• What is the lifestyle of those who will receive wrath and indignation from the Lord? vs. 8 – they are self-seeking, rejecters of truth and follow evil
• What is the fruit of the life that does evil? vs. 9 – There is trouble and distress for that person
• What is the fruit of the life that does good? vs. 10 – glory, honor and peace for those who do good
6. There is no partiality with God. Those with the Law and those without the Law will be judged in the same manner.
• Who is justified before God in regard to the Law of God? vs. 13 – those who are justified before God in regard to the Law of God are “those who obey the law” – that is, they follow after Jesus – seeking to good and benefit of others for the glory of God
• Although the Gentile nations were not given the laws of God that the Jews received, how do they know the law of God? vs. 14 - 15 – their conscience bears witness either accusing or defending them
• What will God judge on that day of judgment? vs. 16 – “God will judge men’s secrets”
Comment on this verse:
• 1 Corinthians 4:5 – because nothing is hidden by the light but revealed, when the Lord comes all the motives of men’s hearts will be revealed. Either that person will receive just praise or rejection from Him.
Note: This next section is addressed specifically to the religious man, who thinks that the works of the law or ceremonial rituals will bring their salvation and that they have a higher rank with God than their fellow man.
Written to the person who:
• bears the name "Jew"
• relies upon the Law
• boasts in God
• knows God's will
• approves the things essential instructed out of the Law
• is confident that they are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature
• having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth
Questions for this religious person:
• You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself?
• You who preach that one should not steal, do you steal?
• You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery?
• You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
• You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?
7. What had these religious Jews caused to happen to God's name among the Gentiles? vs. 24 – God’s name was blasphemed among the people because of them. As Ezekiel says in 22:26, “Her priests have violated My Law and profaned My Holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and the unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.”
8. What caused their circumcision as Jews to lose the value of what it meant? vs. 25 – they broke the Laws of God
9. If the uncircumcised Gentiles actually kept the Law of God, they would be regarded as circumcised. The circumcision of the flesh is not what makes a person a Jew in God's eyes.
• Who is the true Jew? vs. 29 – “who is one inwardly;” whose heart has been circumcised, “in the Spirit and not by the letter/Law; whose praise comes not from men but from God”
Application:
Note: For the Christian, our water baptism is the outward sign of what has happened on the inside in our hearts by the Spirit of God, as the Jew had the outward sign of circumcision.
This ritual will not make us a Christian anymore than a person's outward circumcision made them a Jew. God looks at the motives of the heart. Examine yourself to make sure you are not trusting in your religion, your church membership, your confirmation, your baptism, or any other thing to cause you to go to heaven. God has shown us the only way to be saved from the consequences of being a sinner in need of a Savior.
Comment on the following verses:
• John 3:3-8 – even though Nicodemus came to Christ at nighttime, Christ regarded him as being sincere in following after Him. He didn’t resist Nicodemus, although he could have, but started to explain the process of “receiving a new heart” for that is what Jesus discerned of Nicodemus.
• John 1:12-13 – those who are born by the Spirit of God, “to those who believe in His name [Jesus Christ, that is to say the Messiah] have the right to become children of God”
• Colossians 2:8-12 – the Laws of God which were given to Moses can be seen as the “philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men” as those who understood the Law didn’t practice or keep them but violated them by pushing harder restrictions on the people. It’s why Paul rephrased the Law this way, “You who hate idols, do you rob temples?” No, those who are made alive have been done so because the Spirit has cut the dead flesh from the heart, making it alive and receptive to the things of God.
• Romans 6:4-7 – because Jesus, who was sinless from the start, obeyed God and was baptized unto death, so have we been made dead by our baptism with Him; not only that but because of the fact that when Jesus was raised from His baptism and the Spirit rested on Him, so are we dwelt by the Spirit once we are raised with Him. Baptism is the outward sign of what happened after the cross: Christ was buried and since we’re buried with Him by baptism, once He was raised back to life, so have we been raised as He conquered the grave.
Your summary and prayer today:
Father, I see that in a lot of ways I’ve made you my religion and not really been walking after you. I see that with what I thought I knew I didn’t know you meant for it to help me to come to you. Your word tells me straight that your kindness was intended for my repentance, to teach me to be just like you, bestowing kindness, tolerance and patience to others as well. This license doesn’t mean I can practice certain things and tell others not to do them for it would make me a hypocrite; “Do not commit adultery, and do you commit adultery?” Help me to be more like you, to be more loving, more patient, and to be called holy as you are. I want to be able to say and define what sin is and to call people to holy living as well; not as hypocrites, but seek after you for a relationship and fellowship as I have with you. This is my prayer in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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