The alternative

“Do the riches of his extraordinary kindness make you take him for granted and despise him? Haven’t you experienced how kind and understanding he has been to you? Don’t mistake his tolerance for acceptance. Do you realize that all the wealth of his extravagant kindness is meant to melt your heart and lead you into repentance?”Romans‬ ‭2‬:‭4‬ ‭TPT‬‬

This chapter is written to Jews in Rome. Paul is scathing in his attack on their self-righteousness. This reminds me of what it was like to be a Catholic. We believed we were right with God because we were Catholics. This chapter dismantles such arrogance. Self-righteousness slaps Jesus in the face and rejects His sacrifice as not enough. How dare we assume our own righteousness can be acceptable to God. If we live by the Law then we are judged by the perfect law, not our own. The law reveals sin. 

Without Jesus’ sacrifice we are under the wrath of God’s judgement. I do not want that option. I, rather, want the deliverance Jesus gave me and His goodness and righteousness. God’s wrath ends in eternal death in hellfire. No thanks!

Jesus said, “I have come that you might have life and that life in abundance”(Jn 10:10). He also said, “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father but through Me!”(Jn 14:6). This is serious folks! 

Roman’s 4:6 says ‘He will repay each one according to his works’. He sees the hidden things not just the Facebook image. He judges for all the hidden whispers, the dark sins that no one sees. The alternative is repentance and total trust in Jesus as saviour and Lord. He is the only alternative. Trust Him today! Amen!