"For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."
Today's quote is a short one but it is very important to note. Herein, Paul said that those who were under the Law of Moses, that being the Jews, had no means of eternal salvation without that law. And, since the law was given to the Jews, they were bound to obey all of it.
In other words, Just being a Jew and having read, or heard the law, does not, in itself, save one's soul, Jew or otherwise. The Jews having been given that law were bound to completely obey it in order to achieve eternal salvation. Paul said they must be "doers of the law" not just hearers.
"Christians" today are much like those ancient Jews, we have Jesus' simple plan for eternal salvation written in the pages of His holy Word, ("For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Romans 10:13), yet so many still reject it and act as if simply knowing God's will but failing to act on it will save them. Jesus' plan of salvation is as simple as this: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Just as the Jews of old were condemned and cast out because of their failure to obey God's law, those "Christian's" today who neglect to humble themselves before God, confessing their sins and placing absolute faith in the soul saving blood of Jesus Christ, just as God promised those ancient Jews, there is a very dark end coming.~
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