Romans 2:1-16
God's Righteous Judgment
1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? 4Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?
5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 6God "will give to each person according to what he has done." 7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; 10but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 11For God does not show favoritism.
12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.) 16This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
St. Paul tells us we are not to judge...We have no excuse when we are judging people, to others or in our thoughts...St. Paul tells us, when we judge others we are condemning ourselves...Those who judge others are doing or have done the same things (or similar things)...We may not realize it at the time, but when we have judgmental thoughts toward others, we are judging ourselves...We may not be doing the exact same thing (the person we are judging is doing or done) when we are judging others, but we are filled with our sins our biases, our beliefs that desire to be selfish and comfortable and are not good judges...
The closer we get to Jesus, the more we understand that judging others is wrong, because of our sinning lives...Jesus shows us who we really are...He was perfect from sin...We are not...We should not want to judge, because when we mess up, sin, and need to be judged, do we want to be judged by someone else, who we know has their own sins and faults, and we know this (that they are imperfect)...We ought to want to be judged by a perfect Judge...We will be...Do you really want your neighbor or friends to judge or to discipline you?...Do you want your neighbor and friends being able to see your conscious and unconscious mind and disciplining you and your guilty conscious?...You should want God to be your judge...
St. Paul tells us we should try to do good...We should be persistent in trying to do good...For those who continue to seek good, by God's infinite grace, He will give us eternal life...If, however, we are self-seeking and reject the truth, and follow evil, we will feel His wrath and anger...There will be trouble and distress for both Jew and Gentile, who does evil...There will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, both Jew and Gentile...God does not show favoritism...
Humanity and cultures follow a moral code...The Jewish moral code was/is the Law of Moses...This is what they follow for morality...The Gentiles followed more a law of nature...Just because we know the Law of Moses, and have heard about Mosaic Law does not make one righteous...Reading Mosaic Law does not make us righteous...God does have a moral code...God will not hold people accountable for something they never knew, thought about, or felt...But God does relate to sin of all people...God knows what is in our minds and on our hearts...God will judge us and our secrets through Jesus Christ on that day when He judges, our judgment day...He is perfect, and will judge us perfectly...