Supposed Escape

I must write this down before it escapes me so I can explore it more fully later.

Attachment bonds to things above attachments to people.

Attachments to people above intimacy with God.

Today I looked at Rom. 2:3 “Do you suppose... that you will escape the judgment of God?” This is directed at all of us looking for excuses for our critical words and attitudes. Paul is putting his finger on an underlying supposition that is not apparent to us or it would not need to be exposed. So what is the ingredients of this supposition?

The following verses lay out what composes this supposition. Thinking “lightly” is the first element listed, “not knowing” is the second. And then more descriptive words are used like “stubbornness” and “unrepentant”, “selfishly ambitious” and not obeying the truth but obeying unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

Now that is very fascinating – obeying wrath and indignation. There certainly is a whole lot to unpack there. That sounds very much like our typical false picture of God; full of wrath and indignation. So when we cling to these false ideas about God we are obeying these false pictures of God mirrored from our soul and displayed in the way we treat others with our critical, condemning spirit.

I need to make use of my daytime hours while it is not raining to get some much-needed repairs done so I will come back to this soon.

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