Religious People Need the Gospel (1)
Date Preached: April 27, 2025
Series: The Book of Romans
Speaker: Mark Smith
After Paul finished describing the total moral and spiritual collapse of those who have suppressed the knowledge of God (1:18-32) there were probably Gentiles, and certainly Jews, who would have said, "But I'm not one of those. I'm moral, I detest the evil some people are doing. I'd don't worship idols." They saw themselves as good people and God's wrath certainly shouldn't be falling on them.
In 2:1-3:20 Paul will turn to explain why even good religious people need the gospel. He begins in 2:1-11 by addressing those who judge others. As we'll see, they are not as undeserving of God's wrath as they imagine.
The note for this sermon can be found here.