Romans: The Bad News about the Good News 

Romans: The Bad News about the Good News 
Pastor Blake Hanson | 2.28.24 

Three ways Religious Hypocrisy Brings God’s Wrath… 

1. God’s Name.

Romans 2:17 (NIV)

17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew… 

Romans 2:17–20 (NIV)

17 if you rely on the law and boast in God; 

18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 

19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 

20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

Romans 2:21–24 (NIV)

21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 

22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 

23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 

24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

2. God’s Applause 

Romans 2:28–29 (NIV)

28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 

29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.

3. God’s Character 

Argument #1 – God’s Covenant 

Romans 3:1–2 (NIV)

1 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? 

2 Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.

Argument #2 – God’s faithfulness 

Romans 3:3–4 (NIV)

3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? 

4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.”

Argument #3 – God Unjust 

Romans 3:5–6 (NIV)

5 But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) 

6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

Argument #4 – God’s Glory 

Romans 3:7–8 (NIV)

7 Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?” 

8 Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is just!

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