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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 2:11-16 - Impartial Judgment

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Romans in Outline No. 28

1.1  THE PRINCIPLE: THERE IS NO RESPECT OF PERSONS WITH GOD

Romans 2:11

Partiality =

1.2  THE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS

Romans 2:12

2.1  Those who sin without the law shall perish without the law

2.2  Those who have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law

Note: Does not say “saved” with or without law

1.3  THE PARENTHESIS — Romans 2:13-15

2.1  Jewish doers, not hearers, are justified — Romans 2:13

3.1  HAVING THE LAW NOT ENOUGH

3.2  DEGREES OF PUNISHMENT

Matthew 23:14

Luke 12:47-48

2.2  Gentiles judged by their moral consciousnessRomans 2:14

3.1  “…THE WORK OF THE LAW WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS…”

3.2  THE CONSCIENCE BEARS WITNESS

Conscience = the inner man determining right from wrong, according to the standards he has established

4.1  All have a sense of right and wrong

4.2  This sense of right and wrong may not be according to God’s standard

4.3  Man does not live up to his standard of right and wrong

3.3  REASONINGS IN CONFLICT

2.3  Misconceptions in this section

3.1  MISCONCEPTION #1: ‘SOME JEWS SAVED BY DOING THE LAW’

BUT no one a “doer”

Romans 3:9-11

3.2  MISCONCEPTION #2: ‘SOME GENTILES, APART FROM THE GOSPEL ARE SAVED BY THE LIGHT THAT THEY HAVE’

BUT the Gentile condemned for not keeping his own standard

1.4  THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

1 Corinthians 3:13 “…the Day will declare it…”

2 Corinthians 5:5

2.1  Jesus Christ, the judge

Acts 17:30-31

John 5:22, 5:26-29

2.2  The inner man, as well as deeds

Luke 11:39

2.3  The gospel includes judgment

Romans 2:11-16

11 For there is no partiality with God. 12 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. (NKJV)

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