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Date Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 10:27:42am EST
MORNING! Praise God for another day to get it right ....
I'm using the New King James version Life Application Study Bible. We won this at our new members feast in January and it's been so helpful!
This is what the footnotes say for the Scripture in question:
2:1 - Whenever we find ourselves feeling justifiably angry about someone's sin, we should be careful. We need to speak out against sin, but we must do so in a spirit of humility. Often the sins we notice most clearly in others are the ones that have taken root in us. If we look closely at ourselves, we may find that we are committing the same sins in more socially acceptable forms. For example, a person who gossips may be very critical of others who gossip about him or her.
2:1ff - When Paul's letter was read in the Roman church, no doubt many heads nodded as he condemned idol worshipers, homosexual practices, and violent people. But what surprise his listeners must have felt when he turned on them and said, "You are inexcusable." In other words, "You are just as bad!" Paul was emphatically stressing that NOBODY is good enough to save himself or herself. If we want to avoid punishment and live eternally with Christ, all of us, whether we have been murderers and molesters or whether we have been honest, hardworking, solid citizens, must depend totally on God's grace. Paul is not discussing whether some sins are worse than others. Any sin is enough to lead us to depend on Jesus Christ for salvation and eternal life. We have sinned repeatedly, and there is no way apart from Christ to be saved from sin's consequences.
2:4 - In his kindness, God holds back his judgement, giving people time to repent. It is easy to mistake God's patience for approval of the wrong way we are living. Self-evaluation is difficult, and it is even more difficult to expose our conduct to God and let him tell us where we need to change. But as Christians we must pray constantly that God will point out our sins, so that he can heal them. Unfortunately, we are more likely to be amazed at God's patience with others than humbled by his patience with us.
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Romans 2:1-4 --- The Footnotes From My Bible