The BIG Picture (Shorts)

Part 2 of 3 • ⏱️ 2-Min Read Passage: Rom.2:12-16 Scripture Focus: “For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.” (Rom.2:13) Today’s Lesson Imagine walking into a courtroom holding a rulebook while breaking every rule inside it. That is the exact picture Paul paints here regarding God’s law. In today’s scripture passage, the focus falls on how God evaluates humanity without any favouritism or impartiality. People often assume that simply hearing moral instruction or possessing religious heritage grants them safe passage with God. Paul dismantles this comfort completely. He explains that having the law on a shelf or listening to it read aloud does not make a person right before a holy God. Only complete, flawless obedience would count, and no one measures up. Even those without a written law carry an inner conscience that acts like a moral compass, accusing or excusing their actions, proving that every single person stands acc...

  REMARK: Mark also taught a secret that was hidden. Therefore, the mystery doctrine of Paul and the mysteries of the Kingdom are not different but the same. You're picking and choosing your own verses to promote your views. REPLY: In Mark 4:11, the word ‘mystery’ is not the same as Paul’s mystery. Why? Paul’s mystery doctrine was different because it was never entered into the prophetic scriptures.  It was unsearchable in the scriptures, Eph 3:8.  It was hidden in God and kept secret from humanity and even from Satan, 1Cor 2:8. It pertains to the overall redemption plan of God to save Gentiles outside of prophecy for a heavenly program, 2Tim 4:18.  This is very different to the meaning of the secrets of the Kingdom that Jesus hid in parables. This information was always in the scriptures, having been prophesied and made known to Israel. The information was revealed in prophecy but unknown to Jews because their priesthood failed to interpret the scriptures. Thus, ev...