ROMANS 1:25 For they exchange the truth of God for a lie…
My Note: People will believe lies to reinforce their own selfish beliefs.
ROMANS 1:32 And, although they know the ordinance of God,l that those who…
My Note: Humans were created in God’s image and have a basic moral nature and a conscious.
ROMANS 2:4 Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
My Note: One can easily mistake God’s patience for approval. You must pray constantly for God to point out our sins, so He can heal them. God’s eventual judgment is certain.
ROMANS 2:5 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.
My Note: God’s wrath is a result when His grace is rejected.
READ ROMANS 2:12-15
My Note: People are not condemned, not by what they do not know, but by what they do with what they know.
READ ROMANS 2:21-27
My Note: It is easier to tell others how to believe that to behave properly ourselves. It is easier to say the right words that to allow them to take root in our hearts.
ROMANS 2:21 you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one should not steal, do you steal?
My Note: They learned the law well and learned how to excuse their actions but condemn others.
ROMANS 2:23-24 You who boast to the Law, through breaking the Law, do your dishonor, God? For “THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU,” just as it is written.
If you claim to be one of God’s children, your life should reflect what God is like. When you disobey God, you dishonor His name, and people may even speak against God because of you.
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