ROMANS: the JEWS and the TORAH

The Jews and the Torah   

Passage: Rom. 2:17-29

Structure:

a. 2:17-20, You call yourself a Jew

  b. 2:21-23, breaking Torah

    c. 2:24, name of God reviled among the Gentiles    

  b’. 2:25-27, who breaks Torah

a’. 2:28-29, one is a Jew inwardly       

 

Commentary – summary: Relying on Torah – a way of life   

A. Description of a “good Jew” (4 points):

  Guide to the blind

  Light to those who are in darkness

  Instructor of the foolish

  Teacher of children  

Summary A: Torah is the embodiment of knowledge and truth

B. Description of the un-lawful Jews (4 point):

  Teach the others – don’t teach yourself

  Preaching against stealing

  Saying against adultery

  Abhorring idols

Summary B: boast in Torah, dishonor God by breaking the law/rules of Torah   

 

Summary over all – hypocrisy of “believers” turns people away from God