The tendency of sinful man is to sit in moral judgment upon other men. The moralist assumes that he is righteous before the Lord in that he has avoided heinous sin, but the law of God leaves no room for the moralist. The moral sinner, like the self righteous Pharisee, stands condemned in light of God's law.
The moral sinner is self condemned by the very same standard of morality that he would apply to other men. It is the natural tendency of man to judge others and seek to escape the judgment of God for the self same offences. The moral sinner is presumptive in misreading God's attributes of kindness, forbearance, and patience. The moral sinner misreads these attributes and shows contempt toward God; they read the patience of God and the delay in judgment as tacit approval of their wicked lives. By these actions and ideas the moral sinner stores up wrath for the Day of Judgment. In the end all men will be judged according to their works, and the moral sinner will have no crutch or excuse before the righteous Lord. Justification is by faith alone but judgment is by works. The works of the redeemed, however, will be seen through the righteousness of Christ, and his saints will be vindicated. When the moral sinner stands before the Lord on the Day of Judgment, even his so called good works will be revealed as chaff to be driven away by the Lord's great wrath and indignation.
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Nathan Eshelman is pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCNA) in historic downtown Orlando, FL. He studied for ministry at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
He is co-host of "The Jerusalem Chamber" podcast,...
