#54. Romans 2:15-16 – Three Gentile-Condemning Proofs (Pt. II) (Judgment Series, Part XV)
For whenever they of the nations that have no law, by nature may be doing that which the law demands, these, having no law, are a law to themselves, who are displaying the action of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying together and their reckonings between one another, accusing or defending them, in the day when God will be judging the hidden things of humanity, according to my evangel, through Jesus Christ. Reckonings The third and final proof for the Greek’s need for correction is found in the accounts among men. There is a difference between conscience and logic. The conscience, when cleansed, can intuitively tell you the difference between right and wrong. But apart from intellect, it has no real value. Intellect is man’s “logic department.” First and foremost: if your moral compass has been formed by your own reasoning, then congrats! You’ve found yourself lumped right into the category of people Paul refers to, here. Give yourself a round of ap...