1. Welcome to Xenos! uPlease have a seat

2. Last Week: uHuman evil and God’s reaction

3. Last Week: uWhat should God do to these men? Nothing?Reward?Apologize?Judgment?

4. This Week: uProblems for the religious and the self- righteous uRomans 2

5. u2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. u2 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. Problems for the Religious

6. u2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. u2 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. The religious paradox

7. Problems for the Religious u2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. u2 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. Why is religious self-righteousness always self contradictory?

8. u2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. u2 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. Problems for the Religious

9. u2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. u2 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. God is not judging a relative standard Problems for the Religious

10. u2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. u2 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. See a 12-egg omelet... Problems for the Religious

11. u3 So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment?

12. Problems for the Religious u3 So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? Jesus: “Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye?” (Mat. 7:3-5)

13. Problems for the Religious u3 So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. (Mat. 7:3-5)

14. Problems for the Religious u3 So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. (Mat. 7:3-5) When God judges, he does so from a position of perfection

15. u3 So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? Problems for the Religious You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. (Mat. 7:3-5) When we judge, we do so from the same position as the other

16. Problems for the Religious u3 So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. (Mat. 7:3-5) Judging others is always hypocritical because the act of judging is, itself, a sin

17. Problems for the Religious u3 So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. (Mat. 7:3-5) Notice permissible types of judgment...

18. Problems for the Religious Religious Judging Good Judgment

19. Problems for the Religious Religious Judging Holding the other in contempt Good Judgment

20. Problems for the Religious Religious Judging Holding the other in contempt Good Judgment Knowing right from wrong in order to help the other person

21. Problems for the Religious Religious Judging Holding the other in contempt Arrogantly claiming to know others’ motives Good Judgment Knowing right from wrong in order to help the other person

22. Problems for the Religious Religious Judging Holding the other in contempt Arrogantly claiming to know others’ motives Good Judgment Knowing right from wrong in order to help the other person Reserved on issues we cannot know for sure

23. Problems for the Religious Religious Judging Puts others down to lift self up Mat. 7:2 Good Judgment

24. Problems for the Religious Religious Judging Puts others down to lift self up Mat. 7:2 Good Judgment Admits own sin without superiority

25. Problems for the Religious Religious Judging Puts others down to lift self up Mat. 7:2 Focuses on chosen sins of commission Mat. 23:23,24 Good Judgment Admits own sin without superiority

26. Problems for the Religious Religious Judging Puts others down to lift self up Mat. 7:2 Focuses on chosen sins of commission Mat. 23:23,24 Good Judgment Admits own sin without superiority Includes all sins, even omission James 4:17

27. Problems for the Religious Religious Judging Puts others down to lift self up Mat. 7:2 Focuses on chosen sins of commission Mat. 23:23,24 Good Judgment Admits own sin without superiority Includes all sins, even omission James 4:17 Knowing true teaching from false (I Tim. 6:3,4)

28. Problems for the Religious u4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?

29. Problems for the Religious u4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance? See the unforgiving servant Mt. 18:23ff

30. Problems for the Religious u5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.

31. Problems for the Religious u5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. A repentant heart is a broken heart

32. Problems for the Religious u5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. An unrepentant heart is an arrogant heart

33. Problems for the Religious u5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. See the Pharisee and the Publican (Luke 18)

34. Problems for the Religious u5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. Arrogance (pride) is a sin

35. Problems for the Religious u6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

36. Problems for the Religious u6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

37. Problems for the Religious u6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

38. Problems for the Religious u6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

39. Problems for the Religious u6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. Are religious people selfless?

40. Problems for the Religious u6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. Is is true that the religious are better than every one else?

41. Problems for the Religious u6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. Is is true that the religious are good enough to earn salvation?

42. Problems for the Religious u6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. Aren’t self- righteousness and pride evil?

43. u9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; u10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. u11 For God does not show favoritism. Problems for the Religious

44. u12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. u13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.

45. Problems for the Religious u17-21 But if you bear the name "Jew" and rely upon the Law and boast in God, and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law, and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness…

46. Problems for the Religious u17-21 But if you bear the name "Jew" and rely upon the Law and boast in God, and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law, and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness… Arrogance (pride) is a sin

47. Problems for the Religious u...a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself?

48. Problems for the Religious u...a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? Arrogance (pride) is a sin

49. Problems for the Religious u9 What shall we conclude then? Are we any better ? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin.

50. Problems for the Religious u28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. u29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.

51. Your Choice: uDepend on your own goodness to get you in with God uDepend on the goodness God is prepared to impute to you through Christ

52. uDepend on your own goodness to get you in with God uDepend on the goodness God is prepared to impute to you through Christ Your Choice Tonight Rom 3:21 But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.

53. uDepend on your own goodness to get you in with God uDepend on the goodness God is prepared to impute to you through Christ Your Choice Tonight Rom 3:21 But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. Next time: How to receive the goodness that comes from God

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