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Topic: GOD'S JUST JUDGMENTS
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Michael Harrison
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Not biblical! That is all. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Of course we cannot accomplish it by 'doing'. We accomplish it by 'having'. That is further amplified by stating it again as, "Having it 'done' for us." Therefore, if we rightly divide scripture, we understand that we are to "Walk in it," that is to walk in victory and life, since it 'is' done for us.
To reinforce the concept, and to keep us on the straight and narrow, this verse, which we cannot go around chastens us to understand how we are 'not' to be: "Shall we sin that grace may abound? God forbid." (Romans 6:1) So if we find ourselves in the throes of sin, we are not to accept it as ok, though we might not know the way around it.
The point is that it is not ok! There is consequence always. And these are the things that we must think of; we represent Him on the earth. Therefore we must not 'misrepresent' Him upon the earth. That is the highest consideration. Other than that any negative behavior has consequences which ultimately 'chasten' us so that we will consider not to accept wrong, as simply being ok.
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WildB
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by Cornelius R. Stam
"We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth..."
The first 15 verses of Romans 2 always make me think of our Lord's dealings with the rich young ruler of Luke 18: 18,19. "Good Master," the ruler had said, "what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
The Lord answered in effect: "Why do you call Me good? There is none good but God, so if I am good I must be God. But do you want to know what to do to inherit eternal life? Simply obey the Law, the Ten Commandments."
Our Lord, of course, was trying to show the young man that it was impossible to earn salvation by doing good. To keep the Law was impossible for any child of fallen Adam, and breaking the Law could only bring condemnation. Now this absolute justice is the basis for the believer's confidence in God.
It is wonderful to know that God does not merely pity sinners and smuggle them into heaven if they are sorry. If He did, someone in heaven could point an accusing finger at this writer and say: "What, you here!" Thank God, He has rather taken us before the bar of justice, pronouncing us guilty, but has stepped down, as it were, to pay the penalty for our sins Himself, then justly declaring us righteous! This is why salvation, in Scripture, is based upon Christ's payment of our just debt. This is why Rom. 3:24 declares that believers are "justified freely, by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."
"That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord"
(Rom. 5:21).
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