Who Is To Judge What’s Right?
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.
Reflection of Bee:
God made us with a conscience. Whenever we are about to do something wrong, our conscience will e pricked so we would pause to think if we should proceed. However, we may also numb our conscience by disobeying it. After sometimes, this conscience might be dead and we will sin w/o even feeling guilty. That's the case for the hard-core convicts.
We need to be careful not to impaired the conscience God has given to us. In fact, for Christian our conscience becomes very sensitive as we let the Holy Spirit fill us. We would have discernment in situations we come across.
Dear Lord,
I pray that my conscience will be sharp so that I may do what is right all the time. I pray that Your Holy Spirit will grant me the discernment to judge right from wrong.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Reflection of Tommy:
General Revelation is given and available to all people at all times and at all places. It can be through nature, human history, or our conscience (Romans 1:20). But through the history of mankind, we see how despite the availably of general revelation, men still did not keep even those standards that their own consciences dictated. We know what is right, but still insist on doing what’s wrong.
We should know that people are condemned not for what they don’t know, but for what they do with what they know. As a first step to forgiveness and healing, we need to admit to ourselves and to God if we constantly fail to live up to our own standards (much more to God’s).
Dear Father, forgive me for so often turn away from what I know from Your Word and do exactly the opposite. Guide me not to merely know about Your commands but to follow them obediently daily. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.
