Spirit Led Living

Rom 2:1-4 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, 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 man, 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, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance? The world accuses us of being intolerant and sometimes rightly so.   It is not that we should tolerate sin, because God makes it clear what is right and what is wrong.   It is that we lose focus and end up pointing fingers at the sinner.   Paul is making sure that the Romans understand that anytime you get self-righteous and start pointing fingers, we must be completely above reproach ourselves.   Which one of us can

Rom 1:6 6 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. 1. The privilege of Christians: They are beloved of God. They are members of that body which is beloved, which is God's Hephzibah, in which his delight is. We speak of God's love as measured by his blessings. He has a common love to all mankind and a peculiar love for true believers; and between these there is a love he has for all the body of visible Christians. 2. The duty of Christians; that is to be holy, called to be saints, called to salvation through sanctification. Saints, and only saints, are beloved of God with a special and peculiar love. Kletois hagiois - called saints, saints in profession; we should all strive to be saints in deed. Those that are called saints should labor to answer to the name; otherwise, though it is an honor and a privilege, yet it will be of little avail at the great day to have been called saints, if we really haven’t lived like saints. Rom 1:7