Romans Quotes

“divine justice is total, perfect justice. For the Judge is omniscient—He knows all the facts and circumstances—and He is omnipotent—He has power to execute His sentence.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“The principle of the divine judgment will be desert. God, who is absolutely righteous, will treat each person exactly as that person deserves to be treated.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“A day of judgment is coming. God’s kindness and long-suffering will not last forever. Ultimately they will give place to divine judgment according to righteousness. That day will be a “day of wrath,” because then the wrath of God will no longer be held back by God’s longsuffering.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“God gives many blessings to the whole human race. He makes His sun to shine on the evil and on the good and His rain to fall on the just and on the unjust. Life, health, food, clothing, shelter, etc., are all gifts of God to men—to sinful men, who have offended against God. Also by reason of God’s longsuffering, He gives sinful man a reprieve—He postpones the execution of the penalty of death on human sin. This gives sinful humans a lifespan, making human life possible and permitting the continuance of the human race through the history of the world.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“To all such self-righteous sinners Paul’s challenge is: “Thinkest thou, O man,…that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“We tend to forget that civilization, education, and culture do not give us any preferred standing with God.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“He is not only a God of love but also a God of justice. He is the moral ruler of the world and will judge all His creatures by the strictest justice according to truth.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“God’s judgment is incorruptible, unalterable, and always according to the strict truth of the case.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“God is a moral governor who will judge all according to an unchangeable standard.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“Human sin results in false religious beliefs and practices. False religion results in wicked lives. Wicked lives end in the divine sentence of death.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork” (Ps. 19:1).”
― J. G. Vos, Romans

“Sin is not a figment of the imagination. Sin is a reality. God’s wrath against sin is not imaginary, but terribly real. Men may try to forget it, close their minds to it, evade it, but it will follow them no matter what they do. They cannot get away from God and God’s wrath against sin.”
― J. G. Vos, Romans

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness” (1:18).”
― J. G. Vos, Romans

“As time passes, men become worse instead of better. It takes more than natural blessings to bring people to repentance; it takes special divine grace by the supernatural, almighty work of the Holy Spirit in their hearts.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, through the lusts of their own hearts…(1:24).”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“Wicked lives end in the divine sentence of death.”
― J.G. Vos, Romans

“What Paul preached was simply the true fruit and development of what had already been set forth long before in the Old Testament Scriptures. This shows how wrong that popular modern notion is which asserts that the New Testament gospel is something radically new and essentially different from the message of the Old Testament. The essential message of the Old Testament is identical with that of the New, the great difference between the two being that the Old Testament looks forward to a promised and coming Redeemer, while the New Testament speaks of the Redeemer who has already come and wrought His great work of redemption.”
― J. G. Vos, Romans