GOSPEL NUGGETS
Ro 2:5 ...in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
God's judgment does not only involve the sinful things we do but also the rebellion of our hearts. You maybe someone who has not committed outward acts of sin and have comforted yourself that you are okay with God. But God is concerned with the condition of our hearts as He is with what we do.
Repentance is, first of all, a condition of the heart that manifests itself in a changed behavior. You are heaping up for yourself judgment every single moment you remain in your unrepentant condition.
It is not only when rebels attack a government establishment or a military facility that they commit a crime against the government. No, even if they do not do these things, if they remain in their rebellious state and do not lay down their arms, the government still sees them as in rebellion....even when they all go to sleep at night and do nothing.
In the same way, even if you have not committed out and out serious sins against God, if you remain unrepentant, God still sees you in rebellion against Him...even when you go to sleep at night and do nothing sinful. Your unrepentant heart is in itself sin!
You will not be charged for illegal possession of drugs, but worse---you will be charged with possessing an unrepentant heart!
