Father God, thank you for this time that we can spend reading and studying Romans chapter 2 about how God is the perfect judge, and mankind is accountable. Help us to keep an open mind and heart as we read, study and learn. In Jesus's name we pray, Amen. Romans 1:32 and Romans 2:1 Romans 1:32 says, " Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them." The last verse in Romans chapter one is a transitional verse, summarizing and preparing you for the next chapter. In Romans 1:32, the Apostle Paul is saying that man knows God's judgment is just, yet actually has pleasure in sin and even has pleasure in others who sin as well.  It's also important to note that man has knowledge of God within himself that God placed within all of us, and all of the creation itself also bears witness that God exists, but man hates God and wants to make himself into a God and so he igno...

  The Importance of Bible Study " Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth ." 2 Tim 2:15 Why is rightly divided bible study important? Because if we don't rightly divide, then we will put ourselves back under the law. When we are under the law, sin revives in our flesh. It is the grace of God that teaches us godliness. When we as believers put ourselves under the law we have guilt, fear and self-condemnation and end up in a cycle of sin. None of this brings forth fruit unto God.  If you don't rightly divide, you are actually putting yourself under the law.  But, when you understand rightly dividing, and that Jesus saved and then commissioned the Apostle Paul with the gospel of the grace of God, you no longer put yourself under the law but understand that we are under grace.  We are not under the Mosaic law, but the law of the “spirit of life in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:2). " For sin shall n...

We all need salvation Romans 2:12-13 says, " For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;  13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)" Jew and Gentile equally need salvation. Even without the Mosaic law, Gentiles have the law of the conscience. Because Gentiles do not obey the law of the conscience, they will perish even without awareness of the Mosaic law. Jews also do not obey the Mosaic law given unto them and so they too will perish. The only answer is a savior. Some Jewish people might believe that they a...

Trauma & Grief When Leaving the New Age Sadly, even with the best guidance and support system when leaving the newage movement for Christianity, you might still experience trauma and grief. Yes, you are JOYFUL about coming to know Jesus and being saved and you might also really be enjoying starting to read the Bible, but some amount of trauma and grief is to be expected. The reasons for this include: 1) Friendships ending.  Sometimes we have friendships that are based almost entirely upon our religious beliefs and lifestyle choices. When you make a drastic change from one faith to another, and you change your whole lifestyle, you might find that you no longer have a lot in common with that person. Add to it any awkwardness that might occur if you have given them the gospel and they reject it (politely or impolitely). You might also hang on to some of the closer friendships for awhile even if you have different beliefs, but you will probably find that over time you talk less oft...

The coming wrath of God In Romans chapter 2, the Apostle Paul talks a lot about God's Judgment. So, I think it's important to understand what God's Judgments are.  The coming tribulation will be one type of judgment that is coming upon the earth. Today we are in the dispensation of the grace of God. A dispensation is the act of dispensing or dealing out. Today God is dispensing grace. Dispensation IS a Bible word as Paul in Ephesians 3:2, says “the dispensation of the grace of God, which is given me to you-ward.”  God had committed to Paul the wonderful message of grace to dispense to others. When the dispensation of grace is over, when God raptures out the church the Body of Christ, then God will continue his prophetic program with Israel and that will be the beginning of the 7 year tribulation period upon the earth. You don't want to be here during that time! The Lord Jesus Christ said during His earthly ministry that "For then shall be great tribulation,...

  "Hustle culture, also known as burnout culture, centers around the idea that working long hours and sacrificing self-care are required in order to succeed. The promise is that if you give work all of your attention, you can achieve anything and everything." ( https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.betterup.com/blog/hustle-culture%3fhs_amp=true ) The "Hustle culture" lifestyle is really just fear-based living. It's all about strive and drive. People are constantly striving to get ahead for fear of missing out or not being good enough and are driven predominantly by the desires of the flesh.  Grace living is very different. God actually wants believers to slow down in life, when we can, so that we are better able to make time for study and quiet meditation on the word (Luke 10:38-42). This doesn't mean that we never have busy days or times in our lives, but we will be better able to serve the Lord from a place of rest, rather than rush (Hebrews 4:9-10; Matthew 11:...

The Source of all False Teachings: Question God's word Change Gods word Put mans ideas above God Let's talk about the source of all false teachings. I'm going to go over some Bible verses to help explain this. *In the parentheses is my personal commentary. By the way, I'm going to be talking about Satan. Newagers do not believe that Satan exists or they believe false teachings about him. Satan is a real creature. He is a fallen Cherubim that deceives the whole world. He is God's adversary. The Lord Jesus Christ defeated Satan at the cross, and God is currently working out His plan to reconcile both heaven and earth unto himself. People have freewill choice to either believe the gospel of their salvation and then to serve God by walking in the Spirit, or they can follow after Satan, choose to never believe the gospel and spend eternity in the lake of fire.  Questioning God's Word and Changing God's Word: In the garden of eden, Satan deceived Eve by first caus...