It was great to see those of you who were at house church last night. Here's a quick summary of the take-home points that we extracted from Romans 2.
1) Don't be a hypocrite. (vs. 1-4) (See also Matt 7:1-4, and Matt 18:23-35)
2) Live in such a way that God's name will be honored and not dishonored. (vs 17-24)
3) Contemplate God's law, and examine yourself in light of it. Let the recognition that you cannot measure up to that fill you with gratitude for the kindness God has shown in forgiving you. Let that kindness lead you to repentance (vs 5).
4) Seek glory, honor and immortality by persisting in doing good (vs 7).
Have a great week, and feel free to post your thoughts and experiences below.
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hey jp, I was in bed last night and I thought about the conversation we had at speakeasy before I left. It isn't quite that you remove all moral expectations from people, but that you remove any expectation to get anything out of the relationship. Remove the expectation to draw benefit from interaction with that individual on any level, be that material, social, ect. (that's not to say you don't look forward to those things when they come, but that you don't have an expectation for it,, it's a bonus).
Hopefully that makes sense. I wanted to make myself a bit clearer, but that's difficult from 6,500 miles away :)
joey
I still like the example you gave as having these pop-up like RoboCop's Prime Directives.
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