Romans 2:4
"Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and
forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that
the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?"
The Jews thought that Paul, was tempting them to despise the privileges of their birth and election. He asks the Jew how he could dare to despise the riches which God had bestowed upon him. What were those riches? The Law and the Covenant were the pledges and witnesses of their wealth. They spoke of a living God; a God of goodness, forbearance, and long suffering. Then to boast of the Law and the Covenant and the Scriptures, as if they were not revelations of Him, was to deny and despise them! To admit that He was good and forbearing and long suffering at all, and not believe that He was so at every moment, to themselves and to all men, was to play with words, to despise their sense, their power, and their blessing!
It is the same with each one of us. Our New Testament, our Baptism, our Communion, testify of a God, good and forbearing and long suffering. Now; this goodness, forbearance, and long suffering belong to the very name and character of Him in whom we are living and have faith in, they constitute a wealth upon which we may always draw. The more we call them to mind, the more we believe in them, the more truly and actively they become ours. We become moulded into their likeness, and display them. This is that kingly inheritance which the Scriptures make known to us. We ask that God's glory humbles us and lead us day by day to repentance. We shall be sure that there will be at last, a full revelation of those riches which eye hath not seen nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive, but which God hath prepared for them that love Him.
Amen!!
Reading: (Romans 2:1-16)
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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