God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance

 Romans 2:1-10

Do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

 God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

Paul turns to the Jews, although they are not named until verse 17. They are quick to judge others, but ignore God's call to repent of their own wrongdoing. So they too stand condemned.

Why?

Pass judgment on someone else is guilty before the Lord. We have not right to judge any other. For we are not perfect, I am a sinner either.

God is full of mercy intended to lead us to repentance.

Jew is the first group to receive the gospel, so the judgment and grace will come to them first, then to the Gentile. God does not show favoritism.

Jews were ignored God's call so as our Christians when we got the grace from the Lord, we should share our love and grace with others. We sometimes do the same thing as the Gentile. It looks good but God knows our hearts.

God will repay each person according to what they have done, no matter Christian or none Christian. But the judgment will be started from Christian.

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論斷人的多是猶太人，猶太人責備別人拜偶像時。自己所行的與拜偶像的人一樣。心中有偶像。從來不檢討自己的，從來不認為有問題，可以逃避審判嗎？濫用神的恩慈，認為神一定會赦免，變成神一定要赦免。猶太人很聰明，抓住神忍耐、恩慈而為所欲為。利用神赦免的恩典，當做任意妄為的理由。我們應當先尊重別人，別人拜偶像時我們是否也有偶像。這不是敬虔，是驕傲。

猶太人是神揀選的，但是審判都一樣的。神的憐憫是要我們悔改，不用害怕認罪悔改受責罰，但是不認罪，就是不能逃避將來的審判。如果外邦人悔改，神也會賜恩給他們永生。

不是行善得救，而是對比行惡的結果。恆心行善，就是尋求永恆的人。

結黨： 圖謀私利的人，被自私野心轄制的人。故意要來抵擋神的。給結黨派： 可能很有才能的人。結黨的人故意抵擋神，會惹神的忿怒。

神的審判，不會因為是否猶太人或是身份不同而不一樣。基督徒也不因信主多久?只要真心尋求神的，神就會賞賜他們。不是因為教會中職份高就蒙神喜愛。

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How?

God is the Lord of grace, kindness and righteousness. God does not show faviotism.