Transcript 2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges.

2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one
of you who judges. For in passing judgment on
another you condemn yourself, because you, the
judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know
that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who
practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—you
who judge those who practice such things and yet
do them yourself—that you will escape the
judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the
riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience,
not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead
you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and
impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for
yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous
judgment will be revealed.
6 He will render to each one according to his
works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing
seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will
give eternal life; 8 but for those who are selfseeking and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
9 There will be tribulation and distress for every
human being who does evil, the Jew first and
also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and
peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first
and also the Greek. 11 For God shows no
partiality.
12 For all who have sinned without the law will also
perish without the law, and all who have sinned
under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is
not the hearers of the law who are righteous before
God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by
nature do what the law requires, they are a law to
themselves, even though they do not have the law.
15 They show that the work of the law is written on
their hearts, while their conscience also bears
witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or
even excuse them 16 on that day when, according
to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by
Christ Jesus.
PRINCIPLE # 1
• There is a future day of
God’s judgment for
everyone. Everyone is held
accountable to God.
2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one
of you who judges. For in passing judgment on
another you condemn yourself, because you, the
judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know
that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who
practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—
you who judge those who practice such things and
yet do them yourself—that you will escape the
judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the
riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience,
not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead
you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and
impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for
yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous
judgment will be revealed.
12 For all who have sinned without the law will also
perish without the law, and all who have sinned
under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is
not the hearers of the law who are righteous before
God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by
nature do what the law requires, they are a law to
themselves, even though they do not have the law.
15 They show that the work of the law is written on
their hearts, while their conscience also bears
witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or
even excuse them 16 on that day when, according
to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by
Christ Jesus.
PRINCIPLE #2
• Those who are saved from
God’s wrath and those who
are not saved from God’s
wrath have two different
eternal destinies.
2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one
of you who judges. For in passing judgment on
another you condemn yourself, because you, the
judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know
that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who
practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—you
who judge those who practice such things and yet
do them yourself—that you will escape the
judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the
riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience,
not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead
you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and
impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for
yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous
judgment will be revealed.
6 He will render to each one according to his
works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing
seek for glory and honor and immortality, he
will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are
self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but
obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and
fury. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for
every human being who does evil, the Jew first
and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and
peace for everyone who does good, the Jew
first and also the Greek. 11 For God shows no
partiality.
PRINCIPLE #3
• The moralist not saved from God’s wrath
have all their sinful works judged on
God’s judgment day.
• Those who are saved from God’s wrath
had their sinful works judged on the
cross and their works after salvation will
be judged at the judgment seat of Christ.
2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one
of you who judges. For in passing judgment on
another you condemn yourself, because you, the
judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know
that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who
practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—
you who judge those who practice such things and
yet do them yourself—that you will escape the
judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the
riches of his kindness and forbearance and
patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant
to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your
hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath
for yourself on the day of wrath when God's
righteous judgment will be revealed.
6 He will render to each one according to his
works: 7 to those who by patience in welldoing seek for glory and honor and
immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for
those who are self-seeking and do not obey the
truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be
wrath and fury. 9 There will be tribulation and
distress for every human being who does evil,
the Jew first and also the Greek, 10 but glory
and honor and peace for everyone who does
good, the Jew first and also the Greek. 11 For
God shows no partiality.
12 For all who have sinned without the law will also
perish without the law, and all who have sinned
under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is
not the hearers of the law who are righteous before
God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by
nature do what the law requires, they are a law to
themselves, even though they do not have the law.
15 They show that the work of the law is written on
their hearts, while their conscience also bears
witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or
even excuse them 16 on that day when, according
to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by
Christ Jesus.
• 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him,
for whoever would draw near to God must
believe that he exists and that he rewards those
who seek him. Hebrews 1:6
• 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free
in regard to righteousness. 21 But what fruit were
you getting at that time from the things of which
you are now ashamed? For the end of those
things is death. 22 But now that you have been
set free from sin and have become slaves of God,
the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its
end, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:20-23
• 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God
making his appeal through us. We implore you on
behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our
sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so
that in him we might become the righteousness
of God. 2 Corinthians 5:20-21
• 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith.
And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of
God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may
boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:8-10
10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a
skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and
someone else is building upon it. Let each one take
care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a
foundation other than that which is laid, which is
Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the
foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood,
hay, straw— 13 each one's work will become
manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will
be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort
of work each one has done. 14 If the work that
anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will
receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up,
he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved,
but only as through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:10-15
6 So we are always of good courage. We know
that while we are at home in the body we are
away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not
by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we
would rather be away from the body and at
home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are at
home or away, we make it our aim to please
him. 10 For we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may
receive what is due for what he has done in the
body, whether good or evil. 2 Corinthians 5:6-10
PRINCIPLE #4
• God’s judgment is
righteous, accurate,
impartial, according to
works, based on the heart,
and is by Christ Jesus.
2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one
of you who judges. For in passing judgment on
another you condemn yourself, because you, the
judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know
that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who
practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—
you who judge those who practice such things and
yet do them yourself—that you will escape the
judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the
riches of his kindness and forbearance and
patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant
to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your
hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath
for yourself on the day of wrath when God's
righteous judgment will be revealed.
6 He will render to each one according to his
works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing
seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will
give eternal life; 8 but for those who are selfseeking and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
9 There will be tribulation and distress for
every human being who does evil, the Jew first
and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and
peace for everyone who does good, the Jew
first and also the Greek. 11 For God shows no
partiality.
12 For all who have sinned without the law will also
perish without the law, and all who have sinned
under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is
not the hearers of the law who are righteous
before God, but the doers of the law who will be
justified. 14 For when Gentiles, who do not have
the law, by nature do what the law requires, they
are a law to themselves, even though they do not
have the law. 15 They show that the work of the
law is written on their hearts, while their
conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting
thoughts accuse or even excuse them 16 on that
day when, according to my gospel, God judges the
secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
• 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one
who does the will of my Father who is in
heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me,
‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your
name, and cast out demons in your name, and
do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And
then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you;
depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Matthew 7:21-23
• 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me,
he will keep my word, and my Father will love
him, and we will come to him and make our
home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me
does not keep my words. And the word that
you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent
me. John 14:23-24
• 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22
• 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have
works, is dead. James 2:17
APPLICATIONS
• On the day of God’s judgment, will you be saved
from God’s wrath? How do you know?
• If you are saved from God’s wrath by saving faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ, how are you preparing for
the Bema Seat of Christ?
• Do you “by patience in well-doing seek for glory
and honor and immortality” or are you too
distracted, too content, or too lazy to please God?
• Life’s question: “How can I glorify God now?”