Meeting the Standard
November 5, 2023
Romans 2:12-24
1. The Judgment of God Isn’t Exclusively for
or
. (Vs. 12, Rom 2:9, Lev 18:5)
Romans 2:9, “There will be affliction and distress for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek;”
Leviticus 18:5, “Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live if he does them. I am the LORD.”
2. The Standard of God is
. (Vs. 13, Rom 3:20, James 2:10)
Romans 3:20, “For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.”
James 2:10, “For whoever keeps the entire law, and yet stumbles at one point, is guilty of breaking it all.”
3. The
of Righteousness is Given in
Ways. (Vs. 14-15, 17-24, 2 Sam 24:10)
2 Samuel 24:10, “David’s conscience troubled him after he had taken a census of the troops. He said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I’ve done. Now, LORD, because I’ve been very foolish, please take away your servant’s guilt.”
4. Everyone
to
. (Vs. 16; John 5:27, 22, 24)
John 5:27, “And he has granted him the right to pass judgment, because he is the Son of Man.”
John 5:22, “The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,”
John 5:24, “Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.”