Man Is Without Excuse
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
God's law is the perfect standard of righteousness. No one is exempt from its demands. From his sermon series in the book of Romans, today R.C. Sproul shows how Jews and gentiles alike stand accountable before God's law—written not only in Scripture but also on the heart.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | A judge who leaves wickedness go unpunished is an unjust judge. |
| 0:07.6 | A corrupt judge is not good at all. |
| 0:12.9 | But God's goodness, the one who judges all the earth, who does what is right, is a God |
| 0:18.9 | who promises judgment against evil. |
| 0:27.9 | Before we know Christ, we deceive ourselves into thinking that somehow will escape that |
| 0:35.1 | judgment. |
| 0:36.1 | We rationalize that our good outweighs our bad. |
| 0:39.7 | But God doesn't grade on a curve, and there's no way to escape his righteous judgment. |
| 0:45.5 | Well, there is one way, but only one way. |
| 0:49.8 | Hello and welcome. |
| 0:50.8 | Thanks for joining us for this Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:54.5 | With another sermon from his brief series on Romans chapter 1 and 2, here's Dr. Sprawl. |
| 1:02.9 | Romans 2, 1 to 16th. |
| 1:08.0 | Therefore, you are inexcusable, O man. |
| 1:13.4 | Whoever you are who judge, who in whatever you judge another, you condemn yourself, |
| 1:22.6 | for you who judge practice the same things. But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth |
| 1:30.5 | against those who practice such things. And do you think this, O man, you who judge those |
| 1:38.0 | practicing such things and doing the same that you will escape the judgment of God? |
| 1:46.3 | Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and long-suffering, |
| 1:53.9 | not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? |
| 1:59.7 | But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent |
| 2:03.6 | and heart, you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous |
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