What four things are said about Gods judgment in verses 2,6,11, and 16? What else do you learn about it in this passage? Answer: V2 judgment based on truth. V6 is judgment based on faith as made evident by your transforming works. James 2:14-26 talks more on this. V11 is judgment equal for everyone. No matter if you are the leader of the free world or the lowliest person on the planet each will be judged according to God’s truth. V16 is judgment without secrets. All of men’s secret actions and motives are known to God and will be judged according to His truth.
By what general test will God judge men? See verses 7-10. How will this bring condemnation on: a) the self righteous person; b) the gentile, and c) the Jew? Why does God delay the day of wrath? Answer: Each person will be judged by his or her faith and the outcome of that faith. Jews will be judged first and rewarded first. Jews were given the insight into God’s heart, so with “spiritual privilege comes spiritual responsibility.”
Notes:
Verse 7 and 10 in no way contradict the truth that salvation cannot be earned by works. Paul is not dealing at this point with the method of salvation, but with the nature of the test in the day of judgment. This test is righteousness (cf. 1john 3:u, 10). If a man is not righteous in heart and life, he will be condemned. Later Paul will show that the only way to become righteous in God's sight is through Jesus Christ.
Verses 12-15. The meaning is that men will be judged by the light they have had. If they have been under the law of Moses they will be judged by that; if not, they will be judged by the standards they possess by nature through reason and conscience.
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