Title: Legal works/Romans 2:12-16
One of the questions church members have is this. 'How were the people who lived before the Gospel came into our country saved? If you believe in Jesus to be saved, does that mean that all those people are not saved? So, isn't God an unfair God? How can a God deprive them of the gospel and send them to hell? If not, is there really no basis for them to be saved?'
When it comes to problems like this, we have no choice but to ask questions tail to tail.
In the end, it doesn't solve the problem, it only raises questions. So a group of pastors
In order to block the curiosity of church members who ask such questions and to show off their extensive knowledge of the Bible
So I give you an awkward answer.
What is the biblical basis for that? Romans 1:20 says, "From the creation of the world his invisible things
that his eternal power and divinity are clearly seen and understood in all that he has made; therefore they
is without excuse" and in the text we read today, "Gentiles without law are by nature
When he does the things of the law, even though he does not have the law, he is a law to himself” (verse 14).
It's a verse.
With this verse, because there is something that can know God in all things, and conscience is the evidence
It is easy to say that you will be judged by it. Then, if we were to reverse that statement, we could see all things
Are you saying that if you decide to believe in Me and live according to your conscience, you can be saved? it's never bible
It is not what is taught in
In 2 Thessalonians 1:8,9 it says: "Those who do not know God and our Lord
I will punish those who do not obey the gospel of Jesus, and these will be the face of the Lord and the glory of His strength.
depart from glory and be punished with everlasting destruction." God's judgment is clear. Jesus Christ
Anyone who does not obey the gospel of God cannot escape judgment.
Nevertheless, in order to acknowledge the salvation of people before the gospel came into our country,
Rationalizing and interpreting the Bible is only the result of making the gospel a personal servant.
is. This is an inevitable year because all questions and answers view the Bible from the point of view of soteriology.
This is Pinning. The Bible should not be considered in terms of soteriology, but in terms of revelation.
is. In other words, we should not focus and see our salvation, but through Jesus Christ.
You have to look at how you are revealing yourself.
The apostle Paul continues to speak of God's wrath and judgment in 1:18ff. Us
Last week, God's judgment was not based on the distinction between Jews and Greeks, but as 'good
I thought it was a judgment divided into 'the good and the wicked'. In this way, the question arises from a human point of view.
can happen. The question is whether the judgment of the Jews with the law or the Gentiles without the law
Is there really no difference? In other words, Jews and Gentiles each
It's about being judged. This is explained in today's text.
Verse 12 says, “For everyone who has sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and for everyone who has the law and has transgressed
One will be judged by the law.” And verses 13-15
This verse reveals the meaning of verse 12. “He who hears the law is not righteous in the sight of God.
And only those who do the law will be justified” (verse 13).
It does not mean that there is no one to be justified. Those who do the law are justified.
There is no perfect doer of the law, and no one can be justified in this way.
that is all.
Also, "When a Gentile who does not have the Law does by nature the things of the Law, this person, even though he does not have the Law,
is a law to them” (verse 14), according to the conscience of which Gentiles are by nature.
It does not mean that there are those who will be saved by living. Even Gentiles without law
Nature makes its own laws and tries to live by those laws, but in the end, you can only live as much as you set.
Humans are the only beings that cannot but live by breaking the law.
Therefore, those who have sinned without the law are not excluded just because they do not have the law.
Those who have sinned are not given any privileges just because they have the law. this is the bible
This is the standard of judgment we are talking about. So what is the standard for human sin?
It is the same law, whether adults or Gentiles. In this sense, the law is
Not only does it become a means of revealing sin more openly (Romans 5:20), but it also makes us realize our sin.
c (Romans 3:20). If there is no legal standard, humans will live without even knowing that sin is a sin. so
God shows what sin is by putting the standard of law into the human world.
is.
In the end, the intent of the text is that he commits a sin, whether based on the law or on the basis of conscience.
If you do, you will perish and die. This means that the question of whether or not to keep
Rather, the whole of the law is oriented, do you have a holy heart toward God?
Whether or not he obeys the will of his will becomes the standard of judgment for him. it's sweet
It is not a matter of whether the law was obeyed or not, but the standard of the law.
When you, Jew or Gentile, are sinners who do not meet God's standard
It is the point the Bible wants to point out that there is no choice but to perish at the door.
So, the emphasis in verse 12 is that, whether there is a law or not, anyone must perish and be judged.
It is said to be inevitable. There is no one who can escape from this. everyone
They all become "criminals." For this reason, the question of whether God is Jew or Gentile
He is not a God who judges by appearance (verse 11). Therefore, human behavior is the standard of judgment.
It's not about becoming, it's about who you belong to.
Who I belonged to is what I did to where I belonged.
It does not mean that it depends on God's choice. In Jesus Christ by God's Election
Those who belong are those who can rise from the judgment of God. The apostle Paul said it in verse 16:
is expressing. “According to my gospel, God through Jesus Christ
It is the day of judgment on the secrets of men."
By "my gospel" Paul was referring to here, was he not referring to some new gospel of Paul himself?
All. From the beginning of Romans, the Apostle Paul spoke the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the entire book of Romans.
That is why we want to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. In this respect, Paul reiterates
I am not talking about 'one's gospel', but 'the gospel that I preached'. ever yourself
The gospel that was preached contains all the mysteries of Jesus Christ in it. so God
It is expressing that the secret things of men are judged through Jesus Christ.
Therefore, Jesus Christ is the only standard of judgment. all secrets through Christ
This will be revealed and fully revealed. Hebrews 4:13 says, “If anything made is
There is no invisibility, but all things appear naked before the eyes of those who have dealings with us.
na," he says.
You might be able to make excuses like this then. The Gentiles could use the excuse that they did not know the law.
And the Jews, on the other hand, did not we have the law? God gave us the law.
It is to distinguish us from those strangers, and that distinction is what makes us our own.
Because they made them a people, and having the law is a sign of salvation
thing is human. All rebellious thoughts about God arising from this human sinfulness
This is what you want to block in advance through today's text.
God's judgment is not based on whether we did good or bad with the law. Ah
That no one can escape the judgment of God if any human beings break the law.
This is the body declaration. That is why God, who sees our legal acts and saves us, will never
no. Nevertheless, human beings constantly make laws and conform themselves to those standards.
is about to get out.
institutionalized to obey. Read the Bible a lot, pray long and a lot, thoroughly on Sundays
Make laws that are indescribable, such as keeping, correct tithing, etc., and bind them.
save
But James 2:12 says, “If anyone keeps the whole law and stumbles in one of them, he
People do not seem to think that there is such a saying, “It will be done.” I kept many things.
Even if you do, if you break one thing, you are breaking the whole word of the law.
If he seems to have broken a branch, he feels guilty and tries to make up for what he has done with something else.
will be If you don't tithe once, you'll need to pay 1% more the next time you didn't tithe.
is trying to supplement it. If you didn't read the Bible yesterday, read more today and read it yesterday.
It's about trying to make up for something you haven't done. It's just trying to cover the sky with your palm.
is.
In Ephesians 1:3-6, we see this passage. “Blessed be God, our Lord Jesus Christ,
The Father of Christ has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love.
He predestined us according to his good pleasure to become his sons through Jesus Christ
for the glory of his grace, which is freely given to us in him whom he loves.
It is for the sake of praise." One of the things that God's grace was bestowed was 'my salvation'.
He revealed his holiness from God's side, not the level that God loved me, and solved the problem of sin.
that you have solved it.
How and by whom it was possible. God according to His pleasure
He was chosen "in the one whom he loved." That's how grace has given us salvation
that was overkill. We, who are unholy and blemished beings, who cast Jesus Christ on the cross
He made it possible for us to dwell in the holiness of God with all our hearts.
Therefore, 'Who can be saved?' No one can say that. to do that
The question of what became of the people before the gospel came into our country comes from the saints.
This is an impossible question. The saints are simply grateful for the calling they have been called according to the will of God.