Wednesday 16Feb2022
Today from my New Testament reading, I am reminded from Romans chapter 2 that there are Gentiles who have not heard the Torah but yet obey the commands of the Torah. These are the Gentiles who, despite not having been taught the commandments in the Torah, "do by nature the things required by the Torah" (Romans 2:14). It shows that the requirements of the Torah are written in their hearts.
The apostle used this observation to explain his assertion in verse 12 that all who sin apart from the Torah will perish apart from the Torah, and all who sin under the Torah will be judged by the Torah.
In the end, whether Jew or Gentile, it is those who obey the Torah who will be declared righteous.
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Romans 2:12 - 16
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- All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) 16This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
Brothers and Sisters in the Anointed One, let us obey the Ten Commandments. Let us listen to our conscience. Let us do by nature the things required by the Law of God.
