Romans 1:28-32

28 "People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking. And so they do what they should not do.

29 They are filled with every kind of sin, evil, greed, and hatred. They are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, lying, and thinking the worst things about each other. They gossip

30 and say evil things about each other. They hate God. They are rude, proud, and brag about themselves. They invent ways of doing evil. They don’t obey their parents,

31 they are foolish, they don’t keep their promises, and they show no kindness or mercy to others.

32 They know God’s law says that anyone who lives like that should die. But they not only continue to do these things themselves, but they also encourage others who do them."

Romans 2:1-11

Let God Be the Judge

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1 "So do you think that you can judge those other people? You are wrong. You too are guilty of sin. You judge them, but you do the same things they do. So when you judge them, you are really condemning yourself.

2 God judges all who do such things, and we know his judgment is right.

3 And since you do the same things as those people you judge, surely you understand that God will punish you too. How could you think you would be able to escape his judgment

4 God has been kind to you. He has been very patient, waiting for you to change. But you think nothing of his kindness. Maybe you don’t understand that God is kind to you so that you will decide to change your lives.

5 But you are so stubborn! You refuse to change. So you are making your own punishment greater and greater. You will be punished on the day when God will show his anger. On that day everyone will see how right God is to judge people.

6 He will reward or punish everyone for what they have done.

7 Some people live for God’s glory, for honor, and for life that cannot be destroyed. They live for those things by always continuing to do good. God will give eternal life to them.

8 But others are selfish and refuse to follow truth. They follow evil. God will show his anger and punish them.

9 He will give trouble and suffering to everyone who does evil—to the Jews first and also to those who are not Jews.

10 But he will give glory, honor, and peace to everyone who does good—to the Jews first and also to those who are not Jews.

​11 God judges everyone the same. It doesn’t matter who they are."

​Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!

What the Bible says about repentance (turning away from ... sin):

Luke 13:3 - "Nay, I tell you, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."

Luke 24:46-48 - “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things."

Acts 3:19 - “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” 

Jeremiah 25:4-6 - “And the Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear, saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds . . . and do not go after other gods to serve them and to worship them and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do you no harm.”

Luke 5:32 - “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Ezekiel 18:21 - "But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. . ."

Acts 17:30 - "And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.

Ezekiel 18:31 - ". . . Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! . . ."

Luke 13:3 - "I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." 

Matthew 3:8 - "Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed." 

Matthew 4:17 - "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" 

Matthew 11:20 - "Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent."

Matthew 13:14-15 - "In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,

You will keep on hearing, but will not understand;

You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive

Otherwise they would see with their eyes, Hear with their ears,

And understand with their heart and return, and I would heal them."

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Acts 2:38 - "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."

James 5:19-20 - ". . . know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins."

What the Bible says about God's JUDGMENT:

1 Peter 4:17-19 - "It is time for judging to begin. That judging will begin with God’s family. If it begins with us, then what will happen to those who don’t accept the Good News of God?" 

Matthew 7:1-5 - "Don’t judge others, and God will not judge you . . . God will treat you the same way you treat others.

Matthew 12:36 - "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." 

Romans14 - "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another anymore: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way."

2 Chronicles 30:9 - “For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.”

Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!

Psalm 1:1-6

1 "Great blessings belong to those who don’t listen to evil advice, who don’t live like sinners, and who don’t join those who make fun of God.

2 Instead, they love the Lord’s teachings and think about them day and night.

3 So they grow strong, like a tree planted by a stream— a tree that produces fruit when it should and has leaves that never fall. Everything they do is successful.

4 But the wicked are not like that. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

5 When the time for judgment comes, the wicked will be found guilty. Sinners have no place among those who do what is right.

6 The Lord shows his people how to live, but the wicked have lost their way."

2 Timothy 3:1-5 

Many People Will Stop Loving God

1 “Remember this: There are some terrible times coming in the last days. 

2 People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud and boast about themselves. They will abuse others with insults. They will not obey their parents. They will be ungrateful and against all that is pleasing to God. 

3 They will have no love for others and will refuse to forgive anyone. They will talk about others to hurt them and will have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 

4 People will turn against their friends. They will do foolish things without thinking and will be so proud of themselves. Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure. 

5 They will go on pretending to be devoted to God, but they will refuse to let that “devotion” change the way they live. Stay away from these people!”

Matthew 18:18 - “I can assure you that when you speak judgment here on earth, it will be God’s judgment. And when you promise forgiveness here on earth, it will be God’s forgiveness."

1 John 2:15-17  

15 "Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever."

Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!