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ROMANS 2
LESSON #4
THE GUILT OF THE MORAL SINNER
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 2:12
HOMEWORK REVIEW:
WHAT DO YOU ANSWER TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I’M TOO BAD AND CHRIST WOULDN’TWANT ME?” LOOK UP THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES:
JOH 4 THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
JOH 8:1-11 WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY
JOH 20:23 WHOSOEVER SINS YE REMIT
JOH 6:37 I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT
WHAT DO YOU ANSWER TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I CANNOT LEAVE OLDCOMPANIONS?”
EXO 23:2 NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE
PRO 13:20 HE THAT WALKS WITH WISE SHALL BE WISE
2CO 6:14 BE NOT UNEQUALLY YOKED
1CO 15:33 EVIL COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD MORALS
READ ROMANS 2:1-16 THE MORAL SINNER (THE HYPOCRITE)
VS. 12 PAUL USES THE WORD LAW. HE USES THIS WORD, LAW, TO REFER TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THEMOSAIC LAW FOUND IN EXO, LEV, NUM, DEU. AND MORE:
LEGALISMS
-THE PHARISEES OF JESUS DAY ADDED TO THE LAW A LOT OF LEGALISTIC RESTRICTIONS.
CEREMONIAL LAW
-THE RITUAL AND CEREMONY OF OLD TESTAMENT TEMPLE WORSHIP.
MORAL LAW
-THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF EXO. 20.
OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE
-SPECIFICALLY THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
PRINCIPLE (A GENERAL LAW)
**ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE, WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A HYPOCRITE?
VS. 1 SOMEONE WHO JUDGES AND YET DOES THE SAME THINGS
**THIS MAN IS JUDGED BY GOD ACCORDING TO WHAT CRITERIA?
GREAT WHITE THRONE–SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF GOD’S JUDGMENT ROM 2:1-29
(THE GREAT WHITE THRONE IS THE JUDGEMENT OF NON-BELIEVERS AT THE END OF THE AGE.)
1. GOD JUDGES ACCORDING TO TRUTH ROM 2:2
2. GOD JUDGES ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUAL GUILT ROM 2:5
3. GOD JUDGES ACCORDING TO DEEDS ROM 2:6
4. GOD JUDGES ACCORDING TO EQUALITY ROM 2:11
5. GOD JUDGES ACCORDING TO PERFORMANCE, NOT INTENTIONS ROM 2:13
6. GOD JUDGES ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL ROM 2:16
(LIGHT GIVEN)
7. GOD JUDGES ACCORDING TO REALITY ROM 2:17-29
(ORAL PROFESSION VERSUS ACTIONS)
THE RESULTS: ALL ARE GUILTY BEFORE GOD.
WE CHOOSE HOW WE WILL BE JUDGED BY THE LIFE STYLE WE LIVE.
THE UNSAVED MAN (THE NATURAL MAN) IS JUDGED BY THAT WHICH HE CHOSE WHEN HE CHOSE HISPARTICULAR LIFE STYLE TO LIVE WITHOUT CHRIST.
THE WICKED MAN WHO HAS DONE WICKED DEEDS HAS CHOSEN TO BE JUDGED BY THOSE DEEDS.
THE MORAL MAN WHO HAS CHOSEN TO LIVE A GOOD MORAL LIFE HAS CHOSEN A SET OF STANDARDS TOLIVE BY AND HENCE A SET OF STANDARDS TO BE JUDGED BY. IT IS INTERESTING THAT MAN NOT ONLYFAILS TO LIVE UP TO GODS STANDARDS, BUT MAN ALSO FAILS TO LIVE UP TO HIS OWNSTANDARDS.
THE SAVED MAN HAS CHOSEN TO BE JUDGED BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST ANDTHEREFORE DOES NOT STAND BEFORE GOD IN THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.
SUMMARY OF TRUTH:
TRUTHS ABOUT JUDGMENT ROM 2:7-16
I . JUDGED ACCORDING TO ONE’S WORKS (2:7-10)
A. GOD WEIGHS THE REASONS FOR BEHAVIOR (2:7-8)
B. GOD WEIGHS THE RESULTS OF BEHAVIOR (2:9-10)
II. JUDGED ACCORDING TO ONE’S WORTH (2:11-15)
A. GOD’S JUDGMENT IS DISCRIMINATING (2:11-15)
1. HE WEIGHS A PERSON’S ADVANTAGES (2:11-12)
2. HE WEIGHS A PERSON’S ATTITUDES (2:13-15)
B. GOD’S JUDGMENT IS DEVASTATING (2:16)
GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT
BOOKS OF JUDGMENT:
1. BOOK OF LAW GAL 3:10 ROM 2;12-16
2. BOOK OF LIFE REV 20:15
3. BOOK OF WORKS 2CO 11:15 MAT 16:27
CRITERIA FOR JUDGMENT:
1. LAW OF CONSCIENCE ROM 2:12
2. LAW OF MEMORY LUK 16:25
3. LAW OF CHARACTER HEB 3:8-10 EPH 4:19
4. LAW OF THE GOSPEL ROM 2:12-16
5. LAW OF PERSONAL ACTS (WORKS) MAT 12:36 LUK 12:2-9 JOH 3;18 REV20:12
6. LAW OF WORDS SPOKEN MAT 12:36-37
7. LAW OF SECRET WORDS ROM 2:16 ECC 12:14
8. WORD OF GOD JOH 12:48
READ ROMANS 2:17-29 THE GUILT OF THE JEWS
GUILT OF THE JEWS
I. RELIGIOUS ORTHODOXY IS EXAMINED (17-24)
A. A PERSON’S ACCESS TO THE TRUTH (17-18)
PAUL LOOKS AT THE RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL ADVANTAGES GOD GAVE TO THE JEWS. THEY SHOULDHAVE KNOWN GOD AND ACCEPTED HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST WHEN HE CAME TO EARTH. INSTEAD THEYTRUSTED IN THE FORM OF JUDAISM WITHOUT TRUSTING IN GOD.
1. THE PERSON IS CALLED A JEW
2. HE IS CONFIDENT IN THE MOSAIC LAW
3. HE BOASTS IN GOD. IN OTHER WORDS HE THINKSHE KNOWS GOD.
4. HE CLAIMS TO KNOW GOD’S WILL
5. HE APPROVES OF THE MORE EXCELLENT THINGS.ACCORDING TO HIS VIEW THE MORE EXCELLENT THING WAS LEGALISM.
6. THE JEWS WERE TAUGHT OUT OF THE LAW.
THE JEWS AS GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE
**WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE?
THE JEWS WERE TO:
1. WITNESS FOR GOD AMONG THE HEATHEN NATIONS (A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD)
DEU 6:4 ISA 43:10-12
2. TO ILLUSTRATE THE BLESSEDNESS OF SERVING GOD (BE MY PEOPLE)
DEU 33:26-29 1CH 17:20-21
PSA 144:15
3. TO RECEIVE, PRESERVE, AND TRANSMIT THE SCRIPTURES
DEU 4:5-8 ROM 3:1-2
4. TO BE THE HUMAN BLOOD LINE FOR THE MESSIAH
GEN 3:15 GEN 12:3 2SA 7:12-16 ISA 7:14 ISA 9:6 MAT 1:1 ROM 1:3
THE JEWS FULFILLED #3 AND #4 ABOVE VERY WELL. BUT THEY FAILED TO BEAR THERESPONSIBILITIES OF #1 AND #2.
B. A PERSON’S CONFIDENCE IN THE TRUTH OF THE LAW (19-20)
THE JEWS SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE TRUTH.
(1) TEACH OTHERS. – THEY TAUGHT OTHERS BUT BECAUSE THEY DIDNT KNOW THE TRUTH THEYLED OTHERS ASTRAY.
(2) HAVE THE FORM OF KNOWLEDGE.
C. ONE’S ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE TRUTH (21-24)
LUK 12:48 TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED
1. THE SPIRITUAL INSINCERITY OF THE JEWS IS EXPOSED (21)
2. THE SPIRITUAL INSENSITIVITY OF THE JEWS IS EXPOSED (21-22)
3. SPIRITUAL INSOLVENCY OF THE JEWS IS EXPOSED (23-24)
THE GREAT TRIBULATION IS TO BE A JUDGMENT ON THE JEWS LUK 21:24 DAN 12:1 HOS 3:4-5 EZE20:33-44 JER 30:7,11
THE TRIBULATION PERIOD OF 7 YEARS THAT IS YET TO COME IN THE FUTURE IS PRIMARILY TO BEA JUDGMENT ON THE JEWS TO PUT PRESSURE ON THEM SO THEY COME TO CHRIST. IT IS A PERIOD WHENTHE ANTI-CHRIST WILL REIGN ON THIS EARTH.
II. RELIGIOUS ORDINANCES OF THE JEWS ARE EXAMINED (2:25-29)
A. THE LIMITED VALUES OF RITUALS (25-27) – RITUALS ARE OFTEN DONEWITHOUT UNDERSTANDING OR THINKING ABOUT THE MEANING. THIS DOES NOT IMPRESS GOD.
1. THE JEWISH LAW OF CIRCUMCISION (25)
**WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT CIRCUMCISION?
WHEN DID IT START? GEN 17:9-11
OF WHAT VALUE WAS IT TO THE JEWS?
IT WAS TO BE A SIGN OR SYMBOL OF GOD’S COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS PEOPLE.
HOW DID THE PEOPLE PERVERT IT?
THEY TOOK PRIDE IN CIRCUMCISION AND EVENTUALLY BELIEVED THAT IF YOU WERE CIRCUMCISED, YOUWERE SAVED. IT BECAME AN EXCLUSIVE MARK OF PRIDE IN THEIR RACE
2. RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BETTER THAN CIRCUMCISION(26)
a. A MAN DEVOIDOF RITUAL MAY BE MORE RIGHTEOUS THAN THE MAN DEVOTED TO RITUAL (2:26)
b. A MAN DEVOTEDTO RITUAL MAY BE MORE RESPONSIBLE THAN THE MAN DEVOID OF RITUAL (2:27)
B. THE LIMITLESS VALUE OF REALITY (2:28-29)
1. THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE – MAN LOOKS AT THEOUTWARD APPEARANCE AND JUDGES BY IT.
2. THE INWARD APPROVAL – GOD LOOKS AT THEINWARD HEART AND JUDGES BY IT.
APPLICATION:
**WHAT KIND OF RITUALS DOES THE CHRISTIAN NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF?
WORSHIP, COMMUNION, BAPTISM.
BE SURE THEY DONT BECOME RITUAL WITHOUT MEANING AND WITHOUT GOD.
HOMEWORK FOR ROMANS 3
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.
APPLICATION OF ROMANS 2
WHAT DO YOU ANSWER TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I DON’T NEED A SAVIOR, I’M A GOODPERSON?” FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.
WHAT DO YOU ANSWER TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SAYS, “THERE’S TOO MANY HYPOCRITES IN THECHURCH?” FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.
PREPARATION FOR ROMANS 3
READ ROMANS 3
(AN ADVANCED QUESTION) USE A CONCORDANCE AND/OR A BIBLE DICTIONARY TO FIND THEDEFINITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS
SIN
TRANSGRESSION
ERROR
MISSING THE MARK
TRESPASS
LAWLESSNESS
UNBELIEF
THERE ARE 14 CHARGES AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE IN
ROM 3:9-20. SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ALL 14.
MEMORIZE: ROM 3:10 or ROM 3:23,24
