The Appointment – Romans 2:1-16

 How happy would you be, if I told you your favorite author or preacher was scheduled to come to our church? I would hope that you’d be pretty excited. But what if I didn’t tell you the day that he’d be here, just that it would be sometime in the...

Things to Come – Romans 2:7-11

 As our Lord Jesus was going about and ministering one day, a certain young man came running up to him. He threw himself on the ground before the Lord and asked a most important and earnest question: “Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal...

God Leadeth Thee to Repentance – Romans 2:4-11

 Bro. Asmundson called me Thursday morning as he was driving past Ellensburg toward Seattle. He asked, “To whom was the Book of Romans written?” My answer was that Paul was writing to the church in Rome – or perhaps “a” church in Rome....

Judgment of the Hidden Things – Romans 2:14-17

 I don’t know about you, but I have internet accounts of all kinds by the dozens. I have access to my bank account through the internet. I have an eBay account and a PayPal account, with different passwords. I have an account to buy my vitamins, books, shoes,...

Practical Religion – Romans 2:17-29

 When I was in Bible school, I bought and read a book called “You Can Lead Roman Catholics to Christ.” It was written by a Canadian missionary who claimed that Quebec was the most rabidly Catholic place in all the world. Since then I have heard that same...

The Ministry of Teaching God’s Word – Romans 2:17-20

 I have hesitated on several occasions, thinking about whether or not to continue our study of Romans. My problem has been that this is not only deep and heavy, but it is dark and heavy. Even though there are some positive points in these first three chapters, their...

The Sign and the Covenant – Romans 2:25-29

 There is nothing harder than trying to get an really religious man to admit to his need of God’s saving grace. The man who goes to church, and who gave-up a handful of vices like smoking and cursing… The man who was immoral before his marriage, but who...

The Jew’s Greatest Advantage – Romans 3:1-2

 Paul has just lambasted the Jews for their hypocrisy and heresy. He knew from experience how they highly esteemed their rites and ceremonies. But for the most part, they were empty husks when it came to spiritual realities. So does that mean that there were no...

Something at Which Jesus Marvelled – Romans 3:3-8

 Just like the Apostle Paul, our Lord Jesus didn’t confine His ministry to the Jews only. Paul begins this book by referring primarily to Gentile people, condemning them for their unbelief. Then in chapter 2 he turns his attention primarily to the Jews and...

Humbling Hamartiology – Romans 3:9

 The unbeliever has lots and lots of reasons to hate Bible Christianity. There is the law – which he interprets to be a bunch of rules that he doesn’t want to obey. There is a God Whom he doesn’t want to acknowledge as his King, but Who demands...