1 "Well," you may be saying, "what terrible people you have been talking about!" But wait a minute! You are just as bad. When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are talking about yourselves, for you do these very same things.
2 And we know that God, in justice, will punish anyone who does such things as these.
3 Do you think that God will judge and condemn others for doing them and overlook you when you do them, too?
4 Don't you realize how patient he is being with you? Or don't you care? Can't you see that he has been waiting all this time without punishing you, to give you time to turn from your sin? His kindness is meant to lead you to repentance.
5 But no, you won't listen; and so you are saving up terrible punishment for yourselves because of your stubbornness in refusing to turn from your sin; for there is going to come a day of wrath when God will be the just Judge of all the world.
6 He will give each one whatever his deeds deserve.
7 He will give eternal life to those who patiently do the will of God, seeking for the unseen glory and honor and eternal life that he offers.
8 But he will terribly punish those who fight against the truth of God and walk in evil ways--God's anger will be poured out upon them.
9 There will be sorrow and suffering for Jews and Gentiles alike who keep on sinning.
10 But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who obey him, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.
11 For God treats everyone the same.
12 He will punish sin wherever it is found. He will punish the heathen when they sin, even though they never had God's written laws, for down in their hearts they know right from wrong.
13 God's laws are written within them; their own conscience accuses them, or sometimes excuses them.
14 And God will punish the Jews for sinning because they have his written laws but don't obey them.
15 They know what is right but don't do it. After all, salvation is not given to those who know what to do, unless they do it.
16 The day will surely come when at God's command Jesus Christ will judge the secret lives of everyone, their inmost thoughts and motives; this is all part of God's great plan, which I proclaim.
That is the question we hear quite often from people around us especially when the message of Christ is preached to them.
Today’s passage provides the answer to this questions and it shows that all those who did not have the law or did not hear about Jesus will be judged without the law. Every human being has idea of good and evil and how he responds to that shows whether he fears God or not.
Being adamant or having I don’t care attitude about Jesus or gathering excuses for not willing to repent and live a change life will not help. Recollect how it was before you come to the Lord and even your early days as a Christian.
Have there been changed in your life?
What are these changes? .are they positive or negative?
Nobody will wait to listen to your excuses.
Wake up from your slumber, this is the time for you to wake up and grow in grace and move on in Christ.
