Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus: Thou Art Inexcusable, O Man

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

This Week: Thou Art Inexcusable, O Man

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Led by Eric Gintert

"Thou Art Inexcusable, O Man!"

Romans 2:1-29

• We judge others (pass sentence and accuse) for the same things the we ourselves are guilty of.
• God's judgments are always according to the Truth.

If God's judgement are always according to the truth, then aren't we all guilty? We can pass sentence on others for their trespasses, but do we really think that we can escape God's judgment on us because "we aren't as bad as they are"?

• God is longsuffering and patient... if He wasn't we would all have NO hope. The goodness of God leads to repentance.
• God WILL render to every man according to his deeds!
• God is not a respecter of persons... He will punish all the guilty and honor every righteous person, regardless of ethnicity, background, religious upbringing, etc.
• Those who are without the law will perish without the law. Those that have the law will be judged by the law.

Age of Accountability

• The doctrine of the "Age of Accountability" is unseen in the scriptures. God's word never mentions a certain age (between 4 and 6) that a child is accountable for their sins. It is different for each child.
• Children & infants are in innocence and do not understand the consequences of sinning against God. Even when they do something in disobedience, they don't understand that disobeying is a sin against God.
• Whenever it is that a child eats of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and they finally understand the difference between honoring and obeying God and disobeying and sinning, it is then that they are accountable to God for their unrighteousness.

Written in our Hearts

God writes the law in our hearts so even those in the remote jungles have God's law in them to know what is morally wrong.

• Paul is telling those whole have the law to "practice what they preach".
• God's name is blasphemed by those who boast the law.... they are hypocrites.

"Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." Matthew 7:5

• Our generation is so thin skinned but we have hard hearts. 
• The Jews are proud of their circumcision but they act as the uncircumcised. The uncircumcised Gentiles who keep the law are as the circumcised.
• When we've been circumcised in our hearts, removing the hardness, we're a Jew inwardly; by the Spirit, not the letter.
• These don't receive their praise from men but from God.

Every person, Jew or Gentile, must be circumcised in heart... removing the hardness of sin and wickedness - being softened and opened up to God's joy and salvation.

Prayer Requests

Joel & Melissa F. & family  -  trials, new job

Ed G.  -  last day of radiation tomorrow

Mallory family  -  approved for house, building
Larry D.  -  lymphoma diagnosis
Jordyn & Melody - children with cancers
Wendy D. niece's sister, Sara  -  leukemia diagnosis
Gintert family  -  direction
Sara N.  -  baby due in mid December
Caleb G.  -  not sleeping in the night; teething

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