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Written in the Heart
Romans 2:12-16 NKJV
For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law 13 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; 14 for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, 15 who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) 16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
Paul’s purpose in writing this letter to those in Rome was two-fold: 1. they had received distorted rumors about Paul’s message and theology, and so he felt it necessary to put into writing the gospel he had been preaching now for 25 years; 2. He sought to correct certain problems in the church occurring of wrong attitudes of Jews towards Gentiles (specific to ch. 2) and Gentiles toward Jews (ch.11). The overall theme of this letter is God’s gift of righteousness is demonstrated in our death with Christ to sin and the power to live a victorious life in and by the Holy Spirit. Paul declares that a transformed life in Christ results in the application of righteousness and love to all areas of our behavior- the body of Christ, social, civil and moral.
What is Paul saying here?
Paul is explaining to these Roman believers that those who live without the Scriptures to guide them will still be found guilty before God because at the judgment it will be shown that they ignored their Creator and violated the warnings of their moral conscience. Each deliberately walked away from God and without a Savior will suffer eternally. People who had the Scriptures (Jews) will also be found guilty because they did not obey them.
To prove to the reader that pleasing and obeying God is not impossible for those who don’t know the Bible, Paul describes a deep change that was taking place in the Gentile converts when they were born again. Even though they had little knowledge of Scripture, their lives began conforming to God’s righteousness. Paul speaks of “the work of the law written in their hearts” and their conscience and thoughts guiding them to obey God and do His will. This is in alignment and fulfillment of OT prophecy:
Jeremiah 31:31-34
31 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, [a]though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their [b]hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
Paul continues to persuade Jewish believers, when the time comes for these Gentile converts to stand before God and the hidden, private areas of their lives will be disclosed; there will be no surprises and the record will show that they fulfilled God’s law.
I need to address a few heretical teachings in today’s church
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Written in the Heart
Romans 2:12-16 NKJV
For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law 13 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; 14 for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, 15 who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) 16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
Paul’s purpose in writing this letter to those in Rome was two-fold: 1. they had received distorted rumors about Paul’s message and theology, and so he felt it necessary to put into writing the gospel he had been preaching now for 25 years; 2. He sought to correct certain problems in the church occurring of wrong attitudes of Jews towards Gentiles (specific to ch. 2) and Gentiles toward Jews (ch.11). The overall theme of this letter is God’s gift of righteousness is demonstrated in our death with Christ to sin and the power to live a victorious life in and by the Holy Spirit. Paul declares that a transformed life in Christ results in the application of righteousness and love to all areas of our behavior- the body of Christ, social, civil and moral.
What is Paul saying here?
Paul is explaining to these Roman believers that those who live without the Scriptures to guide them will still be found guilty before God because at the judgment it will be shown that they ignored their Creator and violated the warnings of their moral conscience. Each deliberately walked away from God and without a Savior will suffer eternally. People who had the Scriptures (Jews) will also be found guilty because they did not obey them.
To prove to the reader that pleasing and obeying God is not impossible for those who don’t know the Bible, Paul describes a deep change that was taking place in the Gentile converts when they were born again. Even though they had little knowledge of Scripture, their lives began conforming to God’s righteousness. Paul speaks of “the work of the law written in their hearts” and their conscience and thoughts guiding them to obey God and do His will. This is in alignment and fulfillment of OT prophecy:
Jeremiah 31:31-34
31 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, [a]though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their [b]hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
Paul continues to persuade Jewish believers, when the time comes for these Gentile converts to stand before God and the hidden, private areas of their lives will be disclosed; there will be no surprises and the record will show that they fulfilled God’s law.
I need to address a few heretical teachings in today’s church