Sermon Tone Analysis

thanks again Quincy

Last week we looked at the collectives being judged by God.

This week we find that individuals who make up the collective are NEVER off the hook nor anonymous in God’s site...

We Stated last week, Good News Includes the Wrath of God, Now we learn that God will Judge the Secrets of men BY JESUS CHRIST - according to my gospel… (Rom 2:16)

Wrath Is Extended to the SELF-RIGHTEOUS (vv.

1-3)

Is this simply a moral gentile?

Or is this a Jew? - v. 17 makes it clear that this portion address was intended for the collective of Religious Jews - “indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law and make your boast in God...”

None-the-less this can also EQUALLY apply to church-goers of today who depend on their own moral and theological purity for their salvation

Judging the Sins of Others Without Acknowledging our Sin is a Problem (v. 1)

God’s Judgment is according to TRUTH - HE SEES EVERYTHING - and is AGAINST THOSE WHO PRACTICE SUCH THINGS

Thus the collectives are being ACTIVELY JUDGED… The Collectives who Suppress God’s Truth in Unrighteousness in 1:18-32

AND The Religious Collectives who turn their finger outward instead of coming before God with a broken and contrite heart.

THIS IS HAPPENING NOW and in EVERY AGE - this particular portion of Paul’s address is not attempting to point us to some FUTURE EVENT (v. 2)

Will those who judge, yet sin, escape?

So is our self-appointed role as arbiter and judge of the other wrong-doers going to absolve us? (v. 3)

Clearly the Words of Christ during the Beatitudes is in mind here, “Judge not, lest ye be judged...”

When we who still carry sin in our lives turn in judgment rather than the self-judgment mentioned in the communion passage of 1 Corinthians 11 we are IN DANGER

In Light of our Self-Righteousness, Why is God Kind? (v. 4)

To LEAD US TO REPENTANCE - This is not causal determinism, but it IS GOD ACTIVELY DEMONSTRATING KINDNESS to WOO US TO HIMSELF - Look at those words: riches of His Goodness, Forbearance [clemency, tolerance], longsuffering [bearing up under provocation, state of tranquility amidst turmoil]

Why is the Self-Righteous Person Judged?

(v. 5)

Hardness (Sin/Self, Satan, Divine)

According to Ephesians 4:18-20 Hebrews 3:8 - We can harden our hearts

Satan can also blind/harden

nrepentant - NO CHANGE OF MIND/THINKING

Now comes the FUTURE view of judgment - storing up wrath for yourself (banking it away) for THAT DAY

For WHAT are we Judged (vv.

6-9)

Judged According to Righteousness (the WHO is Righteous is coming in Romans 5:21-25) - but also already demonstrated in 1:17 - The Just shall Live by Faith (The Just are ALIVE due to FAITH)

Judged According to our Works (For those who are “already condemned”) See Rev 20:11-15

Thus the OUTCOME for JEW or GENTILE? - tribulation and distress for EVERY HUMAN WHO DOES EVIL (v. 9)

Thus the OUTCOME for the RIGHTEOUS (The Just shall LIVE BY FAITH) is glory and honor and peace for everyone who does right (v. 10)

Why Does God Judge ALL (v.

11)

For God shows NO PARTIALITY (literally: for there is not respect of persons with THE GOD)

We are SIMPLY The JUST who LIVE by FAITH

or the UNJUST who are NOT OF FAITH (unconvinced, thus unconverted)