![]() Romans 2:1 “whosoever thou art that judgest” Scripture References - Note: Romans 1:20, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead so that they are without excuse :” The Jews have violated the Mosaic Law as well as their conscience. Romans 2:1 “Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man” Comments - We have all sinned, violating our conscience. ![]() Romans 2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself for thou that judgest doest the same things. This passage of the Scripture also reveals the distinctions in divine judgment between the Jews and the Gentiles. The Jews had violated their conscience when they broke the commandments and statutes of the Mosaic Law. The conscience of the Gentiles had born witness that they were sinners. It is not enough to have a moral law, but one must do what this law says, or be condemned. The testimony of the conscience, which is the voice of man’s heart, bears witness to human depravity. ![]() So, in this passage Paul writes, under divine inspiration, that the best moral man is also judged as being in sin because he does the same things that the heathen do, living contrary to the law of their conscience. This passage focuses upon the man who lives by his conscience to discern between good and evil. He then broadens his definition of depravity in Romans 2:1-16 by addressing those who condemn evil and consider themselves moral and good by showing their sinful nature. ![]() God’s Call through Man’s Conscience: Testimony to Man’s Heart - Romans 1:18-32 reveals the fallen nature of the world, in particular, the Gentiles in their heathen idolatry. ![]()
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