Romans Chapter 2 Vs. 22

 

God's Judgment and the Law

Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Rom 2:22

thou that abhorrest... Greek: bdelusso, only here and in Rev. 21:8 where it is translated abominable.

thou commit sacrilege?... Greek: hierosuleo, rob temples; use consecrated things for self. It is also the same as robbing God in Mal. 3:10-12.

Then Paul asked another question, This question is followed by a series of other questions on specific prohibitions in the Law — against committing adultery, hating idols — each of which a Jew (“you” throughout Rom. 2:17-27 is sing., not pl.) was guilty of doing after telling others not to do those things. Many ministers in our day need to review this verse. Ministers are not exempt from God's laws. We must not be just hearers but doers of God's law.

Many ministers in our day need to review this verse. Ministers are not exempt from God’s laws. We must not be just hearers but doers of God’s law.

James 1:23-25 “For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:” “For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.” “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”

The best sermon any man or woman can preach is the one we live every day of our life. Here we are not only talking about ministers, but every Christian’s walk