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Romans 2:17-19
17 You Jews think all is well between yourselves and God because he gave his laws to you; you brag that you are his special friends.
18 Yes, you know what he wants; you know right from wrong and favor the right because you have been taught his laws from earliest youth.
19 You are so sure of the way to God that you could point it out to a blind man. You think of yourselves as beacon lights, directing men who are lost in darkness to God.
20 You think that you can guide the simple and teach even children the affairs of God, for you really know his laws, which are full of all knowledge and truth.
21 Yes, you teach others--then why don't you teach yourselves? You tell others not to steal--do you steal?
22 You say it is wrong to commit adultery--do you do it? You say "Don't pray to idols" and then make money your god instead.
23 You are so proud of knowing God's laws, but you dishonor him by breaking them.
24 No wonder the Scriptures say that the world speaks evil of God because of you.
25 Being a Jew is worth something if you obey God's laws; but if you don't, then you are no better off than the heathen.
26 And if the heathen obey God's laws, won't God give them all the rights and honors he planned to give the Jews?
27 In fact, those heathen will be much better off than you Jews who know so much about God and have his promises but don't obey his laws.
28 For you are not real Jews just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the Jewish initiation ceremony of circumcision.
29 No, a real Jew is anyone whose heart is right with God. For God is not looking for those who cut their bodies in actual body circumcision, but he is looking for those with changed hearts and minds. Whoever has that kind of change in his life will get his praise from God, even if not from you.
The world is no more reading the Bible, we believers are their Bible, they read us daily; because we are Christ ambassador here on Earth.
The key question for today is what version of the Bible are they reading from your life?
Remember, what what version of the Bible you let people read from you is what they made up their translation of who Christ is, what the church is about.
Actions speak faster and louder than words .
The Jews in our reading passage were satisfied in being God's chosen race and content in boasting of this and God's promises should have made them our guide but they were not living up to expectation, they were full of themselves. What message has your life passed across to your family and workmates so far?
May we never be part of those crucifying Jesus afresh in Jesus name. Amen.