Roman’s 2:1-4

Rachel Workman: 2 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. ² Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. ³ So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? ⁴ Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

Notice the type of judgment Paul is speaking about her. We are not to judge another person when we are doing the same thing. The Jews wanted to pass judgement on the Gentiles living among them but the problem was they too were doing the same things. They considered themselves about God's law. I'm sure I've been guilty of this in my lifetime.

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Krista Cook:  2 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. ² Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. ³ So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? ⁴ Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

- We must always be careful in how we are seeing others and their actions.  I'm reminded of the old saying - "the pot calling the kettle black"...

Let God be the one doing the judging.

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Allen Michaels:  2 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 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 in others are the same sins that we constantly commit ourselves. If we look close enough at ourselves, we may find that we are committing those very same sins. However, we have a unique ability of committing our sins in a “socially acceptable” form. For example, a person who gossips may be very critical of others who gossip about them. ² Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. ³ So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? ⁴ Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? In his kindness, God holds back his judgment, giving us time to repent. It’s so easy to mistake God’s patience for approval of our lifestyle. Self-evaluation is very difficult, and it is even more difficult to expose our conduct to God and let him tell us where we need to change. If we are comfortable and honestly believe what our heart tells us instead of the Bible, we will never want to change. But as a true Christian we must pray constantly that God will point out our sins. If we only pray part-time, or when it’s convenient for us, we better get ready to expect only partial answers from God. We need constant prayer in order to be healed. Unfortunately, we are more likely to be amazed at God’s patience with others than humbled at his patience with us. We so take God for granted. That is until our world comes crashing down around us. Then it’s straight to our knees we go.

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Tomorrow’s reading for Roman’s 2:5-11

⁵ But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. ⁶ God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”^{[a] 7} To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. ⁸ But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. ⁹ There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; ¹⁰ but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. ¹¹ For God does not show favoritism.