Romans: Your Moral Boasting Dishonors God and Destroys Your Witness (Romans 2:17–24)

Main Point: Your Moral Boasting Dishonors God and Destroys Your Witness

Outline:

1. The Mission of the Law (vv. 17–20)

2. The Message of the Law (vv. 21–24)

Romans 2:17–24

[17] But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God [18] and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law; [19] and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, [20] an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—[21] you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? [22] You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? [23] You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law. [24] For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” (ESV)