Has Israel EVER pleased God with their works? Did they ever satisfy the righteous demands of God’s law?

3 classes of people are scrutinized in Romans 1:18 to 3:20. The Gentile, The self righteous religious moralizer and the Jew. None of them can stand at the bar of God and claim innocence. There is none righteous, NO NOT ONE!

What did the Bible have to say about the cross of Jesus Christ before God saved Paul on the road to Damascus and gave him the capstone of Divine Revelation? What information was missing that would ensure that OT Saints would get their eternal life?

says God is not a respecter of persons. Many people believe that God saves people regardless of personality, prestige or position. That’s true! But Rom. 2:11 is saying that God is no respecter of persons in Judgment. The do good’s as well as the evil doers will be judged because both groups thought they could by pass Calvary and present to God

Calvinism and Arminianism are two Theological Systems of Biblical Interpretation that are prevalent in Christianity today. They BOTH use Scripture to support their theories but interestingly enough they are BOTH diametrically opposed to each other. How can two systems coming from the same Bible be so different? It’s very simple. They don’t obey 2 Tim. 2:15.

In the OT God wanted Israel to Repent. In the gospels Jesus Christ wanted Israel to Repent. After the cross upon the stoning of Stephen the Holy Spirit wanted Israel to Repent. Did they repent? No! Why not? Because they despised the goodness of God.

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? Not a very popular subject we know but certainly not one that can be overlooked.

of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it…
It wasn’t only the knowledge of evil, it was the knowledge of good also. But didn’t God want Adam & Eve to know about good? Absolutely not!