There Is No Gospel in Romans 2

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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"God will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life...glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek" (Romans 2:6-7, 10). Is Paul writing that our works are a piece of our righteousness before God? Is he arguing that our works factor into our salvation? Jon and Justin consider the law, the gospel, and the argument of Paul from the early chapters of Romans in today's episode. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin talk more pointedly about modern commentators and theologians who confuse Romans 2, as well as the dangers and fallout of this confusion. Resources:Justin's sermons in RomansCategory Resource Page: Law/Gospel Distinction

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0:00.0	Hi, this is John. Today on Theocast, Justin and I are going to do a deep dive into Romans
0:09.8	Chapter 2 and look at passages of scripture that sound like our good works really do justify us.
0:17.4	They play a role apart in our final standing before God. And how is it that we can
0:23.3	read this in light of passages that say the opposite that we're saved by grace? And we're going to
0:28.8	really wrestle with how this has been interpreted badly. And we're going to use very good tools
0:35.0	like law gospel distinctions to go down into the text and really understand
0:38.8	the context of what is Paul trying to do in Romans chapters 1 through 3 and specifically look
0:43.7	deep at Romans chapter 2. And our conclusion is there is no gospel in Romans chapter 2. Let us
0:50.2	explain. Stay tuned. If you'd like to help support Theocast, you can do that by leaving us a review on iTunes
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1:05.9	Thanks for listening. Welcome to Theocast, encouraging, weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian life from a reformed pastoral and confessional
1:28.4	perspective. Our hope and joy today is to clarify the gospel and to reclaim the purpose of the
1:34.8	kingdom. And your host today are Justin Purdue pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in
1:39.7	Asheville, North Carolina. And I'm John Moffitt, pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
1:46.2	And it's good to be for those of you listening. This is the new year for you. And there's a lot of
1:51.5	anticipation and excitement maybe for you about the new year. For Justin and I, this is the last week
1:57.6	of the year for us before we go on Christmas break.
2:06.7	So, you know, it's an interesting time of year for us, but, you know, we record in advance.
2:08.7	It's a sprint to the finish.
2:09.8	It's a sprint to the finish. So happy New Year's to you and Merry Christmas to us and we'll get it all sorted out in the new year.
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