Romans 2:4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? 5 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, 6 who "will render to each one according to his deeds": 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;
1. V4 & 5 Judgement according to opportunity
Forbearance is God holding back the judgement we deserve rather than destroying us the moment we sin
Longsuffering is sending kindness and withholding judgement or being slow to send it
God gives us a chance to be saved by repenting.
Repentance is a change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of something he has done
V5 Hardheartedness or being unrepentant - comes from the word sclerosis as in arteriosclerosis which is a hardening of the arteries
Here the danger is not physical but spiritual hardness
A hardened heart can disable you permanently for eternity
Psalms 95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Treasuring (or storing) up wrath... to reject God's offer of forgiveness and clinging to your sin will earn you more severe judgement
2. v6 - 10 Judgement according to deeds or works
V6 This verse shows the right or just judgement of God
1John 1: 5 -8
1John 3:2-11 Says if we abide in him we purify ourselves, we can't habitually sin, we love the brethren
v7 &10 These are the redeemed or saved in these verses
· The saved are the object of his favor
Those who by patient continuance
1 Corinthians 9:25 And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Those who have a holy ambition
Those who are patient in well doing
They run the race with endurance
Hebrews 12:1-3
Next we see the product of his favor which are also the goals of every believer
Glory the wonderful condition of blessedness or sinlessness and perfection which is appointed and promised that true Christians shall enter after their Savior’s return from heaven
Honor is the privilege of being in heaven...we are precious to God because are bought and paid for by him when he died on the cross for our sin
Immortality or eternal life in heaven
John 17:3 "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Not only length of life but quality also. No sin, sickness, sorrow, pain, suffering, loneliness
GIVE YOUR BURDENS TO THE LORD MATTHEW 11:28-30
JOHN 5:36-40 JESUS SAYS YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO COME TO ME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE
WRESTLING WITH GOD
JOHN 5:31-35 THREE WITNESSES TO THE FACT THAT JESUS IS GOD
WHAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS ALL ABOUT
JOHN 5:18-30 JESUS SAYS HE IS EQUAL WITH GOD, BECAUSE HE IS GOD PART 2
THE NEARNESS OF GOD
JOHN 5:15-24 JESUS SAYS HE IS EQUAL WITH GOD, BECAUSE HE IS GOD
SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST MATTHEW 9:11-13
JOHN 5:1-16 JESUS HEALS A MAN BY THE POOL IN JERUSALEM
GOD IS A REFUGE AND A HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE PSALM 9:9-11
JOHN 4:43-54 JESUS HEALS A NOBLEMAN’S SON
DEFEATING THE DEVIL AND TEMPTATION Matthew 4:3-4
JOHN 4:26-42 JESUS CONNECTS DOING GODS WILL WITH SPIRITUAL FULFILLMENT
MATTHEW 3:1-3 WHAT IS REPENTANCE AND HAVE YOU BEEN SAVED?
John 4:16-26 Jesus Confronts The Sin of The Samaritan Woman
THE AMAZING PROPHECIES OF MATTHEW 2 CONCERNING JESUS
JOHN 4:1-15 JESUS MUST GO THROUGH SAMARIA
MATTHEW 1:11 THE ROYAL LINE OF JESUS
JOHN 3:30-36 REASONS WHY JESUS IS SUPERIOR TO EVERYONE ELSE
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