Word of God From the Living Bible
May 21st 2009
Romans 2 1-16
Well, You may be saying, what terrible people you have been talking about! But wait a minute! You are just as bad. When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are talking about yourselves, for you do these very same things. And we know that God, in justice, will punish anyone who does such things as these. Do you think that God will judge and condemn others for doing them and overlook you when you do them, too? Don’;t you realize how patient he is being with you? Or don’t you care? Can’t you see that he has been waiting all this time without punishing you, to give you time to turn from your sin? His kindness is meant to lead you to repentance.
But no, you won’t listen; and so you are saving up terrible punishment for yourselves because of your stubbornness in refusing to turn from your sin; for there is going to come a day of wrath when God will be the just Judge of all the world. He will give each one whatever his deeds deserve. He will give eternal life to those who patiently do the will of God, seeking for the unseen glory and honor and eternal life that he offers. But he will terrible punish those who fight against the truth of God and walk in evil ways—God’s anger will be poured out upon them.
There will be sorrow and suffering for Jews and Gentiles alike who keep on sinning, but there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who obey him, whether they are Jews or Gentiles. For God Treats everyone the same.
He will punish sin wherever it is found. He will punish the heathen when they sin, even though they never had God’s written laws, for down in their hearts they know right from wrong. God’s laws are written within them; their own conscience accuses them, or sometimes excuses them. And God will punish the Jews for sinnning because they have his written laws, but don’t obey them. They know what is right but don’t do it. The day will surely come when at God’s command Jesus Christ will Judge the secret life of everyone; their inmost thoughts and motives; this is all part of God’s great plan which I proclaim
Sam’s Response.
We will all stand before, or sit in the Judgement seat before God. First of all, nothing is hidden from God. Wheather you know it or not, he knows how many hairs are on your head. He created you just the way you are. He knows all your comings and goings.
None of us…NONE are righteous and or worth to stand before God. But are you doing his will or yours? Are you trying to make the changes you need to become pure and holy?
It is a daily response and commitment. Sometimes it is a hourly commitment.
None of us are going to stand before God and think we are going to tell him a thing or 2. For those who do think this, I pray you will repent and come to realize WHO God is. Our lives, the good the bad and the ugly will be laid out before us.
The Good thing is our God is a forgiving and loving God. If our hearts are right, I really don’t see the point of re-hashing on Judgement day those things that we have repented from and turned away from. Our God is a God of Love and fairness.
It is a choice each day to walk in the light or in the darkness…to include or exclude God…to pray or not to pray…to give or not to give…
God gave us the free will to choose…
You can choose when you wake up to praise God or curse God…To Love God and Love others or to look out for number #1.
I know I am far from perfect, and I know that it is so much easier to just allow the world to consume me and take me away from God.
But that is NOT the posture of my heart.
I love God and want to do his will.
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