Romans 2:1-29<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God\u2019s Righteous Judgment<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first word of this chapter is \u201cTherefore\u201d, which means that in order to understand this chapter and who Paul is addressing, you need to read it in the context of Romans 1. In Chapter 1, Paul describes how God reveals His wrath to ungodly men. Here, in Chapter 2, Paul reminds us that we have no excuse to judge others or the unrighteous men described in the last chapter (verse 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only is judging others wrong, but \u201cin passing judgment on another you condemn yourself\u201d (verse 2). We should not be prideful and judge other people especially if we practice the same unrighteous actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n V3-5 Many people do not understand that the message of the church should not just be about God\u2019s love, but also about God\u2019s righteous judgment. Once we become Christians, many of us believe that the love of God will excuse all our actions. However, this statement does not accurately embody the full intention of God\u2019s forgiveness \u2013 that it is meant to lead us to repent for our actions so that we can set aside our old self and become a new creation. Believing that God\u2019s love gives you a free pass to do anything will only lead you to experience His wrath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In verses 6-11, Paul makes it very easy for us to understand God\u2019s judgment by presenting a stark contrast between righteous vs. unrighteous. Those who \u201cseek for glory and honor and immortality\u201d will receive eternal life, while those who \u201care self-seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness\u201d will face wrath and fury (verse 7 -8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n God\u2019s Judgment and the Law<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What is the human conscience? According to Romans 2:15 a person\u2019s conscience is the law that is written on our hearts, revealed to us by God. Paul reminds us that having the law and knowing it is not enough to be justified in the eyes of God if we haven\u2019t actually kept the law. Even those who do not have the law, are able to follow it because of the conscience written on their hearts (verse 14-15).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again, Paul continues to emphasize the idea that we should practice what we preach so as not to tarnish the name of God by acting as hypocrites (verse 17-24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In verses 25-29, Paul reminds us of the irrelevance of outward circumcision. The Jews prided themselves for the physical circumcision that set them apart from others. However, Paul says that a physical circumcision is meaningless while a spiritual circumcision of the heart is what truly sets us apart and transforms us to become more Christ-like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Galatians 6:15 says \u201cFor neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.\u201d —- Cecilia Yip<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romans 2:1-29 God\u2019s Righteous Judgment The first word o […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion-2019_2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4358,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions\/4358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glorycbc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}