Tuesday 27 November 2007

Making your boast in God

“Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God,” - Romans 2v17

Paul went all out to convince his readers that the old distinction of Jew and Gentile was now broken. The Jews were very proud of the fact that they were Jews and law-keepers. The boasted and bragged that they were the ones close to God because they kept the law and it was a part of their lives.

They had a huge problem though. In their arrogance they were teaching others while not applying the teaching to themselves. They were saying, because they were after all Jews and the law was important to them, “Do as I say not as I do.” Jesus had redefined the law. It was not longer enough to avoid physical adultery, now adultery of the eyes was wrong. It was no longer good enough to not kill – hatred was condemned.

These guys rested in their laurels and bragged about how godly they were while at the same time carrying on with their own sins.

It is so much easier to see and condemn the sin of others, while talking about how good we are and ignoring our own.

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