Romans 2-3: Mr. Beavers Responds to Your Questions

Romans 2-3: ​Mr. Beavers Responds to Thine Questions

By C. Beavers

Your Question #1

Verse 9-10 of Romans 2 say that there will be tribulation and distress for those who do bad and glory, honor, and peace for those who do good. Does that mean that the trials we face is because we've done something bad, and everytime we do something good we get peace?

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Remember the context of the passage. Who is Paul talking to? You and me?



No, not ​

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. He's writing to us ​

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. He was writing to the Romans church directly.



Mr. Beavers thinks that Paul is warning the Roman church to not be so ​

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.



But to your question directly, ​

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bad things happen to us Christians today because we have done something wrong. We reap what we sow.



But the book of Ecclesiastes and other places are clear: Sometimes bad thing just happen. It's not what you've done that's caused it. It's out of your control. God allowed it to happen, though, to give you an opportunity to ​

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directly

INDIRECTLY

judgmental

sometimes

grow in Him

Your Question #2

I don't really understand about how judging relates to the Church, is it like the Church people are judging others or something else?

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Mr. Beavers thinks that this is ​

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about people judging others. Mr. Beavers thinks the ​

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tells us that the Gentiles and Jews of the Roman church were judging each other.



Jews were thinking that they were superior to the Gentiles because the Jews had been given the ​

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.



Gentiles were thinking that they are superior because they had ​

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like the Jews had.



It does not seem to Mr. Beavers like the Roman churches were totally ​

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DEFINTELY

CONTEXT

Law

not failed God

healthy

Your Question #3

When Paul was talking about how if you are outwardly a Jew it doesn't matter but if you are inwardly a Jew meaning like your heart is following God, did he mean like if you are inwardly following God you are chosen just like the Jewish people or am I taking this wrong?

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The idea of being "chosen" is very ​

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. Can you please wait for Mr. Beavers's​

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tomorrow? Pretty please and thank you!

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chapel talk

Your Questions #4 and #5

Why were the people trying to argue that God’s wrath was unjust?

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I didn't really understand Chapter 3 verse 5, which says "But if our unrighteousness brings out God's righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us?" Was this just one of their arguments to validate their wrongdoings?

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It is not clear. Mr. Beavers thinks that maybe Paul was ​

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that the Roman churches had.



But the topic of God being "unjust" might just be ​

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that Paul is using to make his point.



Paul is definitely arguing that God is ​

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unjust.



And he says "I am using a human argument"...meaning he rejects the argument because God's point of view is ​

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than ours.



Regardless, the point here is even though our sin brought about the work of Jesus dying for our sins, that does NOT mean that we should still ​

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in order to bring about more acts of God's grace.

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addressing some of the questions

rhetoric

NOT

so much greater

keep sinning

Your Question #6

Is God going against what he said in the old testament about favoring the Jews?

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Mr. Beavers ​

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that God ever goes against what He says or promises.



Yes, God favored the ​

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in the Old Testament.



But we know from studying the Old Testament that the Israelites ​

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God time and time again.



The New Testament is telling us that now God is allowing ​

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Jews and Gentiles into the family of God.



So, no, this is not going against anything. Instead,t's the ​

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of what God promised all along, since Abraham.

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does not think

Jews

rejected

BOTH

fulfillment

Your Question #7

Why did the Jews were not following the rules even though they had it even before? How can they be so same or even worse than Gentiles?

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Great question. Mr. Beavers does not think that anyone has the perfect answer for this. Except to say that the ​

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of humans is that corrupt.



Remember too that even though the Israelites ​

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God in the Old Testament, the Pharisees wanted to follow the Law of Moses so much that they added ​

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!!!



In the time of Jesus, then, there was a ​

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of Jews that had forsaken the Law and Jews that were adding too much of a burden to the people in trying to follow the Law.



There has to be a healthy balance. And that is simply giving your heart to God and allowing the ​

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, as you humbly follow Him.

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sinful nature

rejected

extra rules

mixture

Spirit to guide you

Your Question #8

What does Conscience actually mean?

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Answer your own question. Look it up in the Blue Letter Bible (Romans 2:15) and draw:

the Greek word

and its meaning

Your Question #9

I noticed at one point (i'm not sure when) he talked about how Jews have an advantage (the have the law given to them.) But, then later it said they have a disadvantage. What was that about?

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Mr. Beavers thinks that you ​

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The advantage that the Jews had was that they could know directly what God's word was because He ​

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to them.



Gentiles only had ​

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(what Paul talked about in chapter 1, about being able to look at nature and figure out what God must be like).



The Gentiles were at a disadvantage in knowing God because they had ​

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His word directly until ​

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answered your own question

revealed it directly

general revelation

not been given

Jesus

Your Question #10

Paul said that people have a heart that can determine the right and wrong even if they didn't get the law, is he talking about moral law or herd instinct or both?

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Don't confuse the CS Lewis arguments from ​

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and what Paul is arguing in ​

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. The "herd instinct" was dealt with in Mere Christianity ​

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. People of Paul's day had no concept of the ​

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evolution that Lewis was referring to.

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Mere Christianity

Romans

Book 1

Darwinian

Your Question #11

Im just not as familiar with the topic of Jews and Gentiles, and how Gentiles are expected to know the law and follow it still

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The Gentiles are ​

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to follow the Law of Moses. That was for the people of Israel only. It was written for them to help them be ​

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, or set apart, from the Gentiles.



Yes, there are ​

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in the Law of Moses. Ten Commandments would be one example. The Gentiles should know those just because of the morality written onto the ​

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of every human.



But the Gentiles were not supposed to know or follow the ​

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laws, etc... simply because it was not FOR the Gentiles.

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not expected

holy

universal moral truths

conscience

ceremonial or dietary cleanliness

Your Questions #12 and #13 and #14

Is it possible to be saved even if they are doing bad deeds, such as murder?

and

Romans 2 says that God shows no favoritism and everyone who have faith in Him and repent will be forgiven. So even if someone killed and repent they will be forgiven?

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It says God will repay each person according to what they did, but if you don’t believe, don’t you go to hell whether you lived a clean life or if you were a murderer?

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The s​

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was and is ​

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to cleanse us of ​

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sin and wrongdoing...yes, even murder.



Paul was almost certainly guilty of ​

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. God ​

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Paul, didn't He?

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acrifice of Jesus on the cross

sufficient

all

murder

forgave

Your Question #15

I learned that even though people keep the law, the way to get saved is only through faith

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This is ​

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a question, but Mr. Beavers is ​

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that you learned this!

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not

happy

angry

Your Question #16

How can we treat each other with equal respect? Is it even possible to completely treat others the same?

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Mr. Beavers thinks that it is ​

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to treat ​

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with respect and dignity.



Not only because many Christians throughout history have done it, but also because Mr. Beavers does not think that God would ​

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if it were i​

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for us to do it.



How do we do it? By allowing the ​

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to help rid us of our selfishness and pride.

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100% possible

everyone

ask it of us

mpossible

Holy Spirit

Your Question #17

I understand that we are all equal. The Gentiles aren't less; in fact, the Jews should be accused of that because they were given the law. So then, how does that work for us? Because we have the Bible. Are we like the Jews or the Gentiles?

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This is a very interesting way to put it. Mr. Beavers is not sure that he's every thought of it this way.



Mr. Beavers's initial reaction is that we would be more like the ​

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of that day, since they had the ​

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Testament revealed to them and we have the ​

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readily available to us.



Mr. Beavers thinks that, in context, what we can take away from the Roman churches of Paul's day is:

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, we need to ​

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the barriers that divide us and emphasis that which unites us, namely Christ Jesus.

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Jews

Old

Holy Bible

multi-ethnic international school

break down

Your Question #18

What is the main idea of Romans 2? I actually didn't understood it perfectly.

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Mr. Beavers hopes that this exercise has helped some.



Hopefully, at the very least, you now understand that:

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and ​

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(or, non-Jewish) Christians

They seemed to be fighting a lot amongst each other, casting ​
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on each other

Paul is asking them to be ​
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in Christ

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Jewish

Gentile

judgment

unified

Your Question #19

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Happy teaching!

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This is a pretty big question. Pretty deep.



Mr. Beavers does not have all the answers, as usual.



Here is one answer. It is from Romans 1:



²¹ For although they ​

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God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became ​

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and their foolish ​

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. ²² Although they claimed to be wise, they became ​

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²³ and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for ​

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made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

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knew

futile

hearts were darkened

fools

images

Your Question #20

I understand about the concept of FAITH and SALVATION, I'm curious about the deeper meanings about these passages

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Not a question, but good feedback.

Mr. Beavers wonders what kinds of depths and meanings that this person wants?

Please message Mr. Beavers.

Meanwhile, tell me who this is (in the picture):

Your Question #21

I liked what it says about hearers vs. doers - but shouldn't we be both? Some people were doers but their hearts were impure - so its more than just hearing and doing right?

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100% correct. Mr. Beavers has nothing to add, and agrees that we need to be ​

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hearers and doers.

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both

neither

Open Ended

Do you have any further clarification questions?