From a letter written by the apostle Paul
to believers in Rome:
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with God.-Romans 2:1-11***Over 2,000 years before Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin, the Lord God made a covenant with Joseph and Mary's ancestor Abraham (Abram the Hebrew). Over 600 years after the Lord God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, the Israelites, the descendants of Abraham and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), were in the desert wilderness of Sinai in the region of Mount Sinai. The Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them, and the Lord God made a covenant with the Israelites. Months before the Israelites were near Mount Sinai, Moses and his older brother Aaron led the Israelites away from Egyptian slavery, across the divinely parted Red Sea, and into the desert wilderness of Shur, according to the commands of the Lord God. Two separate times, the Lord God gave Moses 2 stone tablets whereupon were written, with the finger of God, the Ten Commandments. Throughout the 40-year journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, the Lord God gave Moses, and sometimes Aaron, judgments, statutes, and laws for the Israelites. Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary over 1,400 years after Joshua, Moses' successor, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Jacob's 3rd born son Levi, the birth tribe of Aaron and Moses. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. Jesus taught that he had come to fulfill the law, and Jesus taught that the greatest commandments are to love the Lord God with all one's heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love one's neighbor as one's self. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that the law was given through Moses, and grace and truth came through Jesus the Christ. Less than 3 1/2 years after Jesus was baptized, Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, the disciple and apostle. Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven. Sometimes thereafter, Paul (Saul), from the tribe of Jacob's 12th born son Benjamin, was journeying to the synagogues in Damascus, Syria to find, bind and take to Jerusalem any Israelites he found who believed Jesus to be the Christ. Near Damascus, Paul and those with him saw a light from heaven flash around them, and Paul heard the voice of Jesus speaking to him. Paul spoke to Jesus, and obeyed Jesus and in Damascus Paul was baptized. From thenceforward, Paul the apostle journeyed and wrote divinely inspired letters to Israelites and Gentiles, people not born into the Israelite tribes, teaching the good news of Jesus the Christ and eternal life.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
Reference Information:
forbearance = anoche/anoches/anecho = patience, delaying, restraining
respect = prosopolempsia/prosopolemptes = partiality, favoritism
Reference Scriptures:
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.-Psalm 62:12
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.-Matthew 7:1-2
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.-Matthew 17:27
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shalll be forgiven:-Luke 6:37
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.-Romans 14:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.-2 Corinthians 5:10
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