Are You a "Good Christian?" Well, Good For You...(Romans 2:17-24)
17Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God, 18and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. 21You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22You who say, 'Do not commit adultery," do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23You who make your baost in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24For "the name of God is blasphemed among Gentiles because of you," as it is written.
In this passage, Paul writes about how the Jews, eventhough they grew up on God's laws and knew them very well, were still as guilty in their sin as the rest of the world. This message is very appropriate for the modern day church as well. Just because we live wonderful godly lives, whether they be true lives or hypocritical lives, we are still all sinners and need a Savior. There are four truths that we can take from this passage:
I. Having religious holiness won't save us (v.17-18)
II.Having intellectual holiness won't save us (v.19-20)
III. Teaching holiness actually condemns us (v.21-23)
IV. Hypocritical holiness actually degrades God (v.24)
The truth is that it doesn't matter who you are. Have you lived a 'holy' life? Good for you, you're still a sinner. Have you great theological knowledge in your mind? Good for you, you're still a sinner. Do you teach the things of God and other things of the law? Good for you, you're still a sinner. In fact, your breaking of the law that you so "love" makes others think that your God must not be that important after all.
Whether we've sinned knowingly, sinned unknowingly, broke our own commandments or broken God's commandments we've all sinned and should be anxiously awaiting the return of our savior Jesus Christ who has bought us out of the slavery of sin and rescued us by dying our sinner's death.
In this passage, Paul writes about how the Jews, eventhough they grew up on God's laws and knew them very well, were still as guilty in their sin as the rest of the world. This message is very appropriate for the modern day church as well. Just because we live wonderful godly lives, whether they be true lives or hypocritical lives, we are still all sinners and need a Savior. There are four truths that we can take from this passage:
I. Having religious holiness won't save us (v.17-18)
II.Having intellectual holiness won't save us (v.19-20)
III. Teaching holiness actually condemns us (v.21-23)
IV. Hypocritical holiness actually degrades God (v.24)
The truth is that it doesn't matter who you are. Have you lived a 'holy' life? Good for you, you're still a sinner. Have you great theological knowledge in your mind? Good for you, you're still a sinner. Do you teach the things of God and other things of the law? Good for you, you're still a sinner. In fact, your breaking of the law that you so "love" makes others think that your God must not be that important after all.
Whether we've sinned knowingly, sinned unknowingly, broke our own commandments or broken God's commandments we've all sinned and should be anxiously awaiting the return of our savior Jesus Christ who has bought us out of the slavery of sin and rescued us by dying our sinner's death.
posted by Charlie Wallace at
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