Paul
the apostle told the church members in Rome, “there is no
respect of persons with God”,
and in chapter two and verse
twelve of Romans, Paul shared how, “as many as have
sinned without law shall also perish without law” where we
read:
For
as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law:
and
as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
The
verse begins, “For as many as have sinned without law
shall also perish without law:”
Paul began with the word, “for”
which means “even as, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, verily and
therefore” “as many as” which
means “as great, far and whoever” “have sinned”
or “have missed the mark, wandered from and violated the word of
God, erred and were mistaken” “without law”
which refers to “being ignorant of the Mosaic law and disciplines”
“shall also perish” which
means “will be destroyed, put out of the way entirely, abolished,
rendered useless, and put to an end to ruin” “without
law” or “being ignorant of
the Mosaic law and disciplines”. According to Paul, those who are
“ignorant” of God's “law and disciplines” shall “be
destroyed and abolished” by God's “law and disciplines”.
The
verse goes on to say, “and as many as have sinned in the
law shall be judged by the law;” Paul
continued with the words, “as many as” which
means “as great, far and whoever” “have sinned” or
“have missed the mark, wandered from and violated the word of God,
erred and were mistaken” “in the law”
which refers to “with God's law and disciplines” “shall
be judged” which means “will
be separated, put asunder and pronounced guilty concerning right and
wrong” “by the law”
or “through and according God's law and disciplines”. Paul
declared that people who “violate” God's “law”
will be “put asunder” by that same “law”.
When
we consider these words of Paul, we realize some people have not
heard the “law of God”, and yet, they have “sinned”
against it. Others have “sinned”
against God's “law”
even when they knew what it declared. “Ignorance” of God's “law”
is not an excuse, and violating God's “law”
with knowledge of it condemns a person all the more. This was Jesus'
reason for coming to the earth. He kept God's “law”
perfectly, (For
he has made him to
be
sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness
of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21),
and yet He received the “punishment and judgment” for the “sins”
of the world. Now all that is necessary for a person to have a
relationship with God is to believe in His Son Jesus Christ as
“Savior and Lord”.
Next
time Paul declares,
“hearers”
and
“doers
of the law”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
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