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A Three-Fold Call For Every Human ~
The
Overview ~ In the Book of Romans, the first part of Chapter
2, we have three important calls for every human on planet earth.
The Call To Repentance
(to correct our thinking) ~ “Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in
whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the
same things. But we know that the
judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such
things. And do you think this, O man,
you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will
escape the judgment of God? Or do you
despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing
that the goodness of God leads you to
repentance?” (Romans 2:1-4). …
The Call To Obedience
(to obey God’s Word) ~
… “But in accordance with your hardness and your
impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath
and revelation of the righteous judgment
of God, who ‘will render to each one according to his deeds’: eternal life to those who by patient
continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to
those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation
and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the
Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who
works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God” (Romans
2:5-11). …
The Call To Trust
(to believe God) ~ … “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 (for not the
hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will
be justified; 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,
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) in the day when God will judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel” (Romans
2:12-16).
The Bottom Line ~ This
portion of Scripture is all about the righteous judgement of God. The “secrets of men” in that last verse
relates to these three calls. Have you
answered all three calls?
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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