Romans Chapter 2

Hi Jennie!

- vs 1-3: We should be extremely careful when passing any sort of judgement on others, this verse says if we judge others yet practice the same things, we condemn ourselves
- vs 4: Lord, help us not to take lightly the riches of your kindness and tolerance and patience. Thank you that your kindness leads us to repentance.
- vs 5: Stubbornness and an unrepentant heart is what stores up wrath for ourselves
- vs 6-10: How do we reconcile these verses about doing good = eternal life with the gospel of Jesus Christ that says by grace alone we are saved through faith?
- vs 11: Jew or Gentile, we all stand on the same ground before God
- vs 13: Again, doing the law = justification.  But how is that grace?
- vs 15: the Law is written in our hearts. I think this is why philanthropy is so popular among those who don't profess God. They don't have to profess God, He still wrote the law on their hearts
- vs 24: The name of the Lord is still dishonored among us today because of our hypocrisy I'm sure
- vs 25-29: I imagine if you were a Jew hearing these things for the first time, it could be pretty upsetting, because circumcision was a commandment handed down to the Jews from God himself. But thinking back to the original intent of circumcision, it was a physical sign that the Jews were set apart as God's chosen people. Like my wedding ring is a sign that I have been set apart for my husband. It's not the sign that matters so much, it's the actual setting apart of our hearts.