Romans: It's What's on the Inside that God Judges (Romans 2:12–16)

Main Point: It's What's on the Inside that God Judges

Outline:

1. Law Written on Stone (vv. 12–13)

2. Law Written on Hearts (vv. 14–16)

Romans 2:12–16

God’s Judgment and the Law

[12] For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. [13] For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. [14] For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. [15] They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them [16] on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. (ESV)