Romans Worksheet - Chapter 2

Review:

Note: Paul has clearly and convincingly shown that the HEATHEN man is lost and without excuse before God (Romans 1:17-32). Now in the first part of chapter 2 he will show that the MORAL man is lost and without excuse. Later in chapter 2 and in chapter 3 he will show that the RELIGIOUS man (the Jew) is lost and without excuse.

Romans Chapter 2

1.  If one judges another for a sin that they commit themselves, what do they bring on to themselves? vs. 1 -

Note: There is a difference between the moral man and the heathen man. In Romans 1:32 the heathen man APPROVES and APPLAUDS sinful conduct but in Romans 2:1 the moral man DISAPPROVES and JUDGES sinful conduct.

2.  What does the moral person know is just for God to do? vs. 2 -

• If they know that and judge those who do those things, what will happen to them as well if they also practice those things habitually? vs. 3 -

3.  What is the kindness of God intended to do for mankind? vs. 4 -

What are the attributes of God listed in this verse? vs. 4 -

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4.  If God has been patient with mankind and given man time to repent and yet that person keeps a stubborn and an unrepentant heart, what are they storing up for themselves?  vs. 5 -

5.  God will render to every person according to his deeds. 

• What is the lifestyle of the one that will receive eternal life? vs. 6-7 -
• What is the lifestyle of those who will receive wrath and indignation from the Lord? vs. 8 -
• What is the fruit of the life that does evil? vs. 9 -
• What is the fruit of the life that does good? vs. 10 -

6.  There is no partiality with God.  Those with the Law and those without the Law will be judged in the same manner.

• Who is justified before God in regard to the Law of God? vs. 13 -
• Although the Gentile nations were not given the laws of God that the Jews received, how do they know the law of God? vs. 14 - 15 -
• What will God judge on that day of judgment? vs. 16 -

Comment on this verse:

• 1 Corinthians 4:5 -

Note: This next section is addressed specifically to the religious man, who thinks that the works of the law or ceremonial rituals will bring their salvation and that they have a higher rank with God than their fellow man.

Written to the person who:

• bears the name "Jew"
• relies upon the Law
• boasts in God
• knows God's will
• approves the things essential instructed out of the Law
• is confident that they are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature
• having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth

Questions for this religious person:

• You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? 
• You who preach that one should not steal, do you steal? 
• You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? 
• You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 
• You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?

7.  What had these religious Jews caused to happen to God's name among the Gentiles? vs. 24 -

8.  What caused their circumcision as Jews to lose the value of what it meant? vs. 25 -

9.  If the uncircumcised Gentiles actually kept the Law of God, they would be regarded as circumcised.  The circumcision of the flesh is not what makes a person a Jew in God's eyes. 

• Who is the true Jew? vs. 29 -

Application:

Note: For the Christian, our water baptism is the outward sign of what has happened on the inside in our hearts by the Spirit of God, as the Jew had the outward sign of circumcision. This ritual will not make us a Christian anymore than a person's outward circumcision made them a Jew.  God looks at the motives of the heart.  Examine yourself to make sure you are not trusting in your religion, your church membership, your confirmation, your baptism, or any other thing to cause you to go to heaven.  God has shown us the only way to be saved from the consequences of being a sinner in need of a Savior.

Comment on the following verses:

• John 3:3-8 -
• John 1:12-13 -
• Colossians 2:8-12 -
• Romans 6:4-7 -

Your summary and prayer today:

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