Romans 2:2..........
"But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things."
In simple country boy terms....."We know that the judgment of God is according to reality!"
Many people today live in a world un unreality, including church members. By that I mean that they do not want to hear the truth of the Word of God.
All of my ministry I have heard well meaning church members say........."I want to study the Bible and be involved in God's Word"!
But it is just like John when he wrote the Revelation. It was "sweet in his mouth" because it was thrilling and exciting, but then it "became bitter in his belly".
WHY???? Because they saw that there are JUDGMENTS from God just as there is LOVE that comes from God.
That, unfortunitly is the case with a lot of church members today. They simply do not wantt the truth.!!!They say they want Bible Study but they do not want REALITY!
It reminds me of what the prophet Isaih said in 30:10-11...........
"Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."
In other words.........."Tell us easy things, lies and deceit"
Now look at the verse in front of you.........."But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things."
Please keep in mind that these things are principles of judgment, not principles of salvation.
May I say to you that man has an inherent knowledge that he must be judged by a HIGHER POWER! The coming judgment of God is something every man out side of Christ either dreads or denies.
The holy Scriptures are very clear on judgment.
Acts 17:31.........
"Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead."
The judgment of God stands in contrast to the judgment of man. Man does not have all the facts and his judgment is always partial and prejudiced. God's judgment however takes in ALL the facts and God know the actual state of any man,,,just as he is. And on that basis He will judge ALL men!
Now most of you will not relate to this because you are not country boys. There was a day when I as a young boys used to pick cotton in North Alabama.....THE PROMISED LAND! Now when you did that you picked the cotton from the plant and put it a bag you drug behind you. When your bag weighed so much that you could no longer drag it, you had the man at the cotton gin weigh it.
Now that man never asked anyone where the cotton came from. He never asked how I got it in the bag. He never asked the feild from which I got the cotton. He just weighed it and then paid me for it.
As I stood there then I am reminded of Daniel 5:27...."Thou are WEIGHED in the balances".
Do you yet realize how that speaks to YOU and Me today??????
It speaks to every human being who boasts of his morality and piotry. IMHO, the great delusion of the cultured person who believes he is in good standing before God is that he will escape the judgment of God because HE is different than everyone else.
Many, most...a great number of people including church members believe that Hitler and Stalin, and Jefery Dammer , and the great murderers and child rapist should be judged by God, but not them. They should escape because they are GOOD and they have never killed anyone or rapped anyone and have never stole a dime or told a lie. You see.........I AM IN GOOD STANDING WITH GOD.
NO friends we are not. We all have been weighed in the balances of God and NONE of us meet God's standard of approval.
WHAT IS GOD'S STANDARD OF APPROVAL???..............RIGHTEOUSNESS!!!!!
What then is the meaning of RIGHTEOUSNESS???.......IT IS PERFECTION WHEN TEMPTED.
Is that YOU? It certainly is not ME!. Perfection means..... never having made a moral, injustice, virtue, or broken any of God's laws.
The Bible’s standard of human righteousness is God’s own perfection in every attribute, every attitude, every behavior, and every word.
Are YOU beginning to understand what the PRINCIPLE for the judgment of God will be for man????
"But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things."
In simple country boy terms....."We know that the judgment of God is according to reality!"
Many people today live in a world un unreality, including church members. By that I mean that they do not want to hear the truth of the Word of God.
All of my ministry I have heard well meaning church members say........."I want to study the Bible and be involved in God's Word"!
But it is just like John when he wrote the Revelation. It was "sweet in his mouth" because it was thrilling and exciting, but then it "became bitter in his belly".
WHY???? Because they saw that there are JUDGMENTS from God just as there is LOVE that comes from God.
That, unfortunitly is the case with a lot of church members today. They simply do not wantt the truth.!!!They say they want Bible Study but they do not want REALITY!
It reminds me of what the prophet Isaih said in 30:10-11...........
"Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."
In other words.........."Tell us easy things, lies and deceit"
Now look at the verse in front of you.........."But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things."
Please keep in mind that these things are principles of judgment, not principles of salvation.
May I say to you that man has an inherent knowledge that he must be judged by a HIGHER POWER! The coming judgment of God is something every man out side of Christ either dreads or denies.
The holy Scriptures are very clear on judgment.
Acts 17:31.........
"Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead."
The judgment of God stands in contrast to the judgment of man. Man does not have all the facts and his judgment is always partial and prejudiced. God's judgment however takes in ALL the facts and God know the actual state of any man,,,just as he is. And on that basis He will judge ALL men!
Now most of you will not relate to this because you are not country boys. There was a day when I as a young boys used to pick cotton in North Alabama.....THE PROMISED LAND! Now when you did that you picked the cotton from the plant and put it a bag you drug behind you. When your bag weighed so much that you could no longer drag it, you had the man at the cotton gin weigh it.
Now that man never asked anyone where the cotton came from. He never asked how I got it in the bag. He never asked the feild from which I got the cotton. He just weighed it and then paid me for it.
As I stood there then I am reminded of Daniel 5:27...."Thou are WEIGHED in the balances".
Do you yet realize how that speaks to YOU and Me today??????
It speaks to every human being who boasts of his morality and piotry. IMHO, the great delusion of the cultured person who believes he is in good standing before God is that he will escape the judgment of God because HE is different than everyone else.
Many, most...a great number of people including church members believe that Hitler and Stalin, and Jefery Dammer , and the great murderers and child rapist should be judged by God, but not them. They should escape because they are GOOD and they have never killed anyone or rapped anyone and have never stole a dime or told a lie. You see.........I AM IN GOOD STANDING WITH GOD.
NO friends we are not. We all have been weighed in the balances of God and NONE of us meet God's standard of approval.
WHAT IS GOD'S STANDARD OF APPROVAL???..............RIGHTEOUSNESS!!!!!
What then is the meaning of RIGHTEOUSNESS???.......IT IS PERFECTION WHEN TEMPTED.
Is that YOU? It certainly is not ME!. Perfection means..... never having made a moral, injustice, virtue, or broken any of God's laws.
The Bible’s standard of human righteousness is God’s own perfection in every attribute, every attitude, every behavior, and every word.
Are YOU beginning to understand what the PRINCIPLE for the judgment of God will be for man????