Facts Of The Judgment Of God 7-6-25 AM
I. Judgment is according to truth (Rom. 2:1-2).
a. If you follow news at all, there has been a lot of talk about judges and judgments the past few years.
i. There is talk of a two-tiered legal system.
ii. If you lean one way politically you get one set of rules.
iii. If you lean another you get a different set of rules.
b. This is not new.
i. It has long been held that if you have money you can get away with anything.
ii. The rich have one set of rules while the poor have another has long been believed.
c. Whether each of those is true or not does not matter when it comes to the judgment seat of Christ.
d. Paul tells those of us who would engage in the judgment of others that we have a problem.
i. Inexcusable literally means without defense.
ii. One who judges others is condemned because we do the same things.
e. We need to keep in mind what Paul is doing by inspiration in these first three chapters.
i. Chapter one shows that Gentiles are condemned because of all the heinous sins in which they were engaging because of their rejection of God.
ii. Chapter two shows that Jews are condemned because they had rejected Jesus and, before that, had seemingly rejected the Law of Moses, which led them to commit the same type sins as the Gentiles.
iii. Chapter three shows that all are condemned because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
f. Paul is saying, by inspiration, that for lost Jews to judge lost Gentiles is ridiculous because you are committing the same sins.
g. Their judgment was false because they were not using the right standard and they were involved in committing the same sins.
h. This won’t happen at the judgment seat of Christ.
i. His judgment, the judgment of God, is according to truth.
i. God’s word is the standard (John 17:17).
ii. John 12:48.
j. This word does not and will not change (Matt. 24:35; 1 Pe. 1:23).
k. When you and I and all humanity stand individually before the judgment seat of Christ, the resulting judgment will be based on truth.
II. There is no escape from judgment (Rom. 2:3-4).
a. Some people in this life get away with things that others don’t.
i. We’ve seen this through our lives in both big and small things.
ii. You may have cheated on a test in school and got caught while a friend cheated but didn’t get caught.
iii. We’ve seen people get arrested for things that other people have done but not got arrested for.
iv. Our civil system is good but it isn’t perfect because humans are in charge of it.
b. This will not happen on the judgment day.
c. Paul asks this question: Do you really think you are going to escape judgment?
i. Paul knew there is no way that one will miss that appointment (Heb. 9:27).
ii. 2 Cor. 5:10 – notice those phrases:
1. All appear.
2. That everyone.
iii. Acts 17:30-31 – notice those phrases:
1. Commands all men everywhere.
2. He will judge the world.
3. Given assurance unto all men.
d. There is no escaping the judgment of God.
i. No matter how much money or power one has, it won’t matter.
ii. There will only be truth of God’s word against the lives we’ve led.
III. Rebellion brings wrath (Romans 2:5).
a. When were you the harshest towards your children?
b. For me, it was when one of them refused to admit wrong.
i. We would know that he or she did something but he or she would refuse to admit it.
ii. It may be why I’m bald because it made me want to pull my hair out.
c. It always goes easier when you admit you did wrong and repent.
d. This is true with parents and it is true with God.
e. Those people who refuse to repent because of hard hearts are going to experience the wrath of God.
i. Rom. 1:18 tells us that those Gentiles who engaged in those sins listed in the rest of the chapter would experience the wrath of God.
ii. The same is true for those who refused to believe in Jesus (John 3:36).
f. Notice what Paul writes later in this same book (Rom. 11:22).
i. God had been good to those who made a change for Him.
ii. God had been severe on those Jews who refused to follow Jesus.
iii. Think about how severe it got – Rome destroying Jerusalem in a vicious way in AD 70.
g. Paul calls the day of judgment the day of wrath.
i. Those that refuse to obey will experience the wrath of God.
ii. They will do so in a terrible way for all eternity.
h. The result of rebellion against God is His wrath.
IV. God judges according to deeds (Rom. 2:6-10).
a. When judgment comes, it is going to be completely impartial.
b. The reason for this is that it is based solely on our deeds.
i. Remember 2 Cor. 5:10.
ii. Judgment will be based on the things we have done while in this body.
c. There is not a separate set of rules for one group over another.
d. Those who patiently, enduringly, lived for God will have glory, honor, immortality, eternal life.
i. Those are four wonderful things aren’t they?
ii. By living for God, in well doing, we show we desire these things.
e. Those who are causing problems and trying to make themselves more important, the idea of contentious, comes indignation, wrath, tribulation, and anguish.
i. Those are four terrible words aren’t they?
ii. By living for self, we will get what we deserve.
f. It doesn’t matter if we are Jew or Gentile.
g. Verses eight and nine show us how much God hates sin.
h. Whatever our sentence is on that day, it will be based on our deeds.
V. It doesn’t matter who you are (Rom. 2:11).
a. We mentioned earlier that there are always charges of two sets of standards in the law.
b. We mentioned how some charge our legal system with a set of rules for those with money and set for those without.
c. God does not care about our color, financial standing, or position in this world.
d. Paul just wrote that Jew and Gentile will receive either good things or bad things and it will based on deeds.
e. We need to understand it does not matter who we are or how much we have.
i. It doesn’t matter who our parents are.
ii. It doesn’t’ matter who our spouse is.
f. Remember what Peter said when stood before Cornelius (Acts 10:34).
g. There is no respect of persons with God.