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In a move of rhetorical brilliance (as many in Romans are)! Paul takes the judgmentalism he has just provoked in his readers and turns it back upon themselves (i.e., us!). Whatever speck we may wish to pluck from our neighbor's eye, we must first contend with the plank in our own.
But this is more than a morality lesson. As Paul moves deeper into an understanding of divine judgment, a paradox begins to form - justice, it seems, is a two-edged sword, simultaneously a means of salvation and of condemnation.
The biblical passage referenced in this sermon is:
Romans 2:1-11 (NRSV)Also referenced are these two images:
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Romans: How God Saved the World, Part 00 - Justice, Glory and Peace
The Revealing of 3 Kings (Epiphany)
Finding God While...Waiting (Jesuit Contemplation Revisited)
What Is God Like? (Christmas Eve 2018)
Waiting Faithfully: Psalms for Advent, Part 4 - God with Us (Ps. 139)
Waiting Faithfully: Psalms for Advent, Part 3 - Song of a Joyful Heart (Ps. 103)
Waiting Faithfully: Psalms for Advent, Part 2 - Finding Peace (Ps. 23)
Waiting Faithfully: Psalms for Advent, Part 1 - A Song of Hope (Ps. 33)
Romans: How God Saved the World, Part -01 - Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles
Romans: How God Saved the World, Part -02 - Paul the Saint
Romans: How God Saved the World, Part -03 - Paul the Zealot
Exodus: Life in God's Hands, Part 17 - Let the Lord Go with Us (Conclusion)
Exodus: Life in God's Hands, Part 16 - Thou Shalt Not Attempt Self-Sufficiency (Sabbath)
Exodus: Life in God's Hands, Part 15 - YHWH the Sojourner (Offering for the Tabernacle)
Exodus: Life in God's Hands, Part 14 - Obligations to the Powerless (Mishpatim, Part 2)
Exodus: Life in God's Hands, Part 13 - Establishing Justice (The Mishpatim)
Exodus: Life in God's Hands, Part 12 - The Law of the Land (The 10 Commandments)
Exodus: Life in God's Hands, Part 11 - A New Covenant (Israel Arrives at Sinai)
Exodus: Life in God's Hands, Part 10 - Letting Go of Egypt (Manna in the Wilderness)
Exodus: Life in God's Hands, Part 09 - Into the Wilderness (Israel's Discipleship Begins)
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