Do Jews Need the Gospel?

• Do Jews Need the Gospel?
• Romans 2:1-29
• The Gospel of Christ
• Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

• God’s Wrath 1:18-32
• God is revealed in His creation
• Yet men deny Him and choose…
– IDOLATRY
– HOMOSEXUALITY
– VIOLENCE
• The Jew Would Agree Gentiles were Guilty
• Quick to condemn
– Gentiles do not deserve to be saved
– They deserve to be destroyed

• You condemn yourself – you practice the same things

• The Jew Would Agree Gentiles were Guilty
• Romans 2:1-3 Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• Will be according to Truth
– 2 But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• God is the Judge – no one else
• His Judgment is according to Truth
• We will not escape judgment
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• We will not deceive God
– 3 And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• We will not escape judgment
– 2 Cor. 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, …
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• According to Truth
• According to each man’s deeds
• Completely impartial and fair
• Will uncover even the hidden secrets

• God’s Goodness
• Romans 2:4-5 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
• God’s Goodness
• Romans 2:4-5 5 But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6 who "will render to each one according to his deeds":
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;8 but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• Romans 2:10-11 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.11 For there is no partiality with God.
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• 6 who "will render to each one according to his deeds":7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;8 but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• Romans 2:12-13 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law.. 13 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified;
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• Romans 2:14-15 for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves,15 who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)

• The Righteous Judgment of God
• Romans 2:16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
• The Righteous Judgment of God
• Judgment will be according to Truth
– Easy to condemn others, while guilty of the same ourselves
– We all need the grace of God

• Greater Privilege = Greater Responsibility
• Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God,18 and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.

• Greater Privilege = Greater Responsibility
• You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?22 You who say, "Do not commit adultery," do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?23 You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?24 For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," as it is written.
• Inward Devotion is What Matters to God
• 25 For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
• Inward Devotion is What Matters to God
• 27 And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law? from God.
• Inward Devotion is What Matters to God
• 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but
• Personal Application
• Be careful when before we condemn others
• Speak out against sin, but do so in a spirit of humility
• Personal Application
• Is God’s goodness leading you toward greater love and dedication to Him?
• Or do you take His kindness and patience for granted and critically judge those around you?
• Personal Application
• Are we putting our confidence in our nationality, prosperity, and church membership instead of in a right relationship with God?