Romans 2.1-16

September 03, 2018

Jeff Harrington

In his letter, Paul now anticipates that some people reading his description of the defiant rebels in Chapter 1 might be prone to think, "I am definitely not a defiant rebel like those described in Chapter 1. I'm more of a decent respectable morally responsible type person…so certainly, God would have no beef with me." I think most Americans would consider themselves to be in this category…even if they’re not particularly religious they think if there is a God they’re not particularly worried about being condemned because they are not like the depraved sinners described in Chapter 1. Paul will now point out that decent respectable morally responsible people are just as guilty, maybe even more so, than the obviously immoral person.