Romans 2:6-11

0:48Romans chapter 2. Every week in Pioneers on Friday nights, there's a lot of people up here, mostly college students, and they work hard to over and over and over and over share the gospel with kids. It's really, if you've never seen it, I encourage you to visit and just see the craziness they have to put up with and the hard work they put in just so that they can continually share the gospel with these kids and bless them. Every now and then, I get to help with D-Hall for Pioneers, which is like the very best place to talk to them about the gospel because they know they need to. Pay attention. It's one-on-one. They don't have any other kids distracting them there. It's just them with a couple of counselors. And one of the conversations I often have with them goes something like this. I ask them if they've done bad things, and they say yes. They know they've sinned. And I ask them what happens to people who have done bad things. And they can usually get the answer pretty quickly: that they should be punished. People who do bad things should be punished for those bad things.

2:02And so we talk about how everyone has done bad things, and so everyone needs to be punished. And they usually bring up hell, and they know about hell, and they know that everyone should be punished. And so then I ask them, and this is the one they get stuck on. I ask them, okay, if everyone has done bad things, and everyone should go to hell, how come some people don't? And they squirm in their chair a little bit. And I ask again, if everyone should go to hell, how come some people don't? And usually, after a couple of minutes, they give the answer, same answer almost every time, is because some people do less bad things. You know, the people who go to hell are the ones who do the really bad things. And the rest of us, maybe we don't do quite as bad things, and so we don't go to hell. Or they say everybody does bad things.

3:00But some people do some good things too, and those people get to go to heaven. And of course, we tell them they're wrong. They might get a little embarrassed, but usually they kind of already knew they were wrong. And if we fish for the answer, they've heard it from their counselors before. If we ask them what Jesus did, they can say, Jesus died on the cross. And I ask them again, well, then if everyone should go to hell, how come some people don't? And the answer is, because of Christ's death on the cross. It's not because some people did really bad stuff and some people did less bad things and those people go to heaven. No, it's not because of our works. It's because Jesus has paid the price and he's the only way. Well, Paul in our text today is having a similar conversation with this man, this pretend man, but this man who's representing the self-righteous Jew. Probably a conversation that Paul had actually had in real life, like a million times, as he's traveling from city to city and visiting these synagogues. And he keeps running into these Jews who think they've kept the law, who think that they are specially privileged, and that's what this man is assuming.

4:17Paul in chapter one has said that all of the nations are sinning, that all of the nations have done wicked things, but now he's turning to the self-righteous person and he's going to. Nail him down too, and he's going to say, You also have done these wicked things. This person seems to assume that since maybe he's done a little bit less wicked things, or maybe he's done good things to counteract, that he's going to get into heaven. And it also seems to be that he thinks that since he's an Israelite, since he's a Jew, maybe God will kind of overlook the sins that he has committed.

5:00Maybe God will show him a little special favor, since he's part of God's special people, and he really hasn't sinned that bad, that maybe it's okay, and he's good, and he can, with confidence, look out on the wicked world and know that he's not one of them. But he's greatly mistaken. God is the perfect, impartial judge. It doesn't matter who you are, God will judge without partiality, and everyone will get what they deserve. That's the message of our text this morning.

5:42Your translation, we're going to be starting in verse 6. And your translation might start there with a new paragraph or a new sentence saying, He will render to each one according to his works. But just to let you know, this isn't really a new paragraph. He's just using. A relative pronoun, and he's saying who. So he just said something about God, and he'll say, who will render to each man according to his works? And so Paul's not starting this brand new idea. He's continuing this conversation with this man, and he's just pausing to remind this man of something that's in God's character that this man seems to have forgotten. He's pausing to remind them something about the Lord's character that this man is forgetting. So listen to what he says: Romans 2, starting in verse 6: Who God, God will render to each one according to his works.

6:42To those who, by patience and well-doing, seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality. God is the impartial judge.

7:20Now, your first question as we read that text might be: is Paul teaching works righteousness? It kind of seems like that's what he's saying. He says, to everyone who does well, he'll give eternal life. But to everyone who does evil, there will be wrath and fury. You know, that's basically what the pioneer kids tell me. Good versus evil. Some people are going to do well, some people are going to do evil. And it's certainly true that those who do good would go to heaven. But the problem is, and the reason why Paul is not teaching this, is that no one does good. Everybody does evil. He'll make that very clear as we keep studying this passage in future weeks. Everyone does evil. So if we ask the question, is Paul here teaching salvation by works? The answer is no. He's teaching judgment by works and salvation by faith. Salvation is by grace, but judgment is according to our deeds.

8:29Which brings us to that first phrase in verse 6. Look again at verse 6. He will render to each one according to his works, according to his deeds. God is going to give people what they deserve for the deeds that they've done in the flesh. God is not going to be swayed by a personal relationship. He's a perfect judge. He's not going to be bribed. He's not going to be fooled by a false profession of faith.

9:01He's not going to be more lenient to certain people and more strict with others. No, God is the perfect judge. And if a human judge, if a human judge was sitting on the bench and making these decisions, and we all knew that he was taking bribes and was not judging people according to their deeds, but just judging people according to who gave him the most money or who was his best friend, we would kick that judge off the bench, right? I don't know how you do that, but we would make sure he gets fired. He would get arrested. Instead, a good human judge judges according to deeds, according to what has been done, according to evidence. And in the same way, God doesn't mess around and twist the truth.

9:50He is the perfectly impartial judge. This sounds like a new idea to many of us, but really this is an idea that they would have seen over and over and over in the Old Testament. We saw it in our psalm this morning. The psalmist said, Once God has spoken, twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God, and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love, for you will render to a man according to his work. That seems to be where the quote is coming from. So we already know this from the Old Testament, that this is what God does. He doesn't just arbitrarily decide who gets to go. To heaven, and who's going to be punished? No, he renders to men according to their works. He gives them what they deserve. Proverbs has a really powerful example of this. Listen to this. In Proverbs 24, he says, Rescue those who are being taken away to death. Hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. So he's telling them: if you can step in and rescue somebody, intervene and do good. Pay attention and do what's right. And then he says, This: If you say, Behold, we did not know this. So if you avoid doing right, because you're just pretending like you don't know, if you say, Behold, we did not know this, does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Doesn't God know? You're not tricking God.

11:20Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it? And will he not repay man according to his work? It's the same phrase. Will he not repay man according to his work? Jeremiah says the same thing: the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick. Who can understand it? I, the Lord, search the heart and test the mind. You remember that passage? I, the Lord, search the heart and test the mind to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

11:57Later, he says, That the Lord of hosts is great in counsel. This is still Jeremiah in chapter 32: great in counsel and mighty deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. Okay, I know there was a lot of Old Testament passages, but you can see that it's over and over and over that God is not closing his eyes, his eyes are open to all the ways of mankind. He is the God who searches hearts and tests minds, he is the God who perceives and weighs hearts.

12:38And so, since he knows our thoughts and he knows our deeds, he is the perfectly perfect judge. He doesn't mess up and he gives us what we deserve. That'll be continued. That same idea over and over and over is continued in the New Testament. Except now it's Jesus Himself who's coming to give the judgment. Jesus says, For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay to each person according to what he has done. It's the same phrase over and over and over.

13:16No one's going to get away from this. In Revelation, it says, Another book was opened in front of the throne when the multitudes were gathered there. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged by what was written in the book. Same phrase, according to what they had done. So, throughout Scripture, from the beginning to the end, this is something that is heavily emphasized: that people are judged according to their works. God knows exactly what they've thought, God knows exactly what they've done, and He judges them perfectly. No one is going to escape.

13:56Since this would have been such a clear picture to them, I think Paul is kind of establishing common ground again with this guy, this self-righteous Jew, who is pretending like he's done enough good things or pretending like he's kept the law well enough to please the Lord. And Paul is just reminding him: look, one thing we know about the Lord, because he's told us a bajillion times, is that he renders to each man according to his works. He knows what you've thought and he knows what you've done. God is not tricked. And in our text today, we're going to see two factors in God's judgment. Two factors in God's judgment: our motives and our deeds. Our motives and our deeds. Pray with me as we begin. Father, I pray that you would help us be amazed at your perfect knowledge of all mankind.

14:54I pray, Lord, that you would help us be amazed that you are not swayed, you're not partial, you never take away Bribe. Instead, you're the perfect judge. And you will judge all men according to what they've done. And so I pray, Lord, that we would be humbled before you and fear you. And again, be amazed that you are the perfect judge in a way that we could never even dream to be. In Jesus' name, amen. So the first factor in God's judgment is our motives. Our motives. What are you seeking?

15:38What are you seeking? Look at verse 6. He will render to each one according to his works. To those who, by patience and well-doing, seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. So God knows what you are seeking. And here he gives two options. Either you are seeking these good and noble things and you're going to be rewarded with eternal life, or you're seeking yourself and you're going to be rewarded with wrath. Do you see the distinction there? So the noble things he lists, glory and honor and immortality, this seems to be, even though we would say that no one achieves this in their life. Flesh. No one does good all the time. This seems to be the life of the righteous person. This is what true righteousness would look like. And so this is what we can copy after we come to Christ if we want to copy true righteousness. That these people are seeking glory. They're looking forward to heavenly glory and they're fixing their mind on heavenly realities. They're seeking honor. So they're avoiding dishonorable things. They're looking forward to the day when they're honored by hearing, well done, good and faithful servant. They're seeking immortality. They're not caught up in this life only. All of these things are noble pursuits. This is what the righteous man would seek. Glory and honor and immortality. And you could probably sense the self-righteous Jew, maybe a Pharisee or something, kind of in the background, you know, puffing himself up. You know, this is what the Pharisees do. I seek glory and honor and immortality. I am noble.

17:40Even though they're not. But these are worthy pursuits if they're done in truth. And the way that these pursuits, these goals, what they're seeking, the way that this manifests itself is what he says again in verse 7: patience in well-doing. Patience and well-doing isn't That's such a neat phrase. Patience and well-doing. They don't just do good for a little, but if you are truly righteous, you do things good. You do well for a long time. Even when things get hard, you persevere in trial and you keep being righteous. Even when your life drags on and you've had to be righteous for a long time, you keep being righteous. You keep trying to do well. You're patient in well-doing. You trust the Lord while you wait for your reward, which he says in this verse is eternal life.

18:40The opposite of this, so that was verse 7. Those who seek these good things and do well and are rewarded with eternal life. The opposite of this is found in verse 8. But for those who are self-seeking, they seek the opposite thing. Those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. So he follows the same pattern as he did before. He says they're seeking something. It's not in the same order, but he says they're seeking something. They're seeking themselves. They're seeking their own desires. They're arrogantly pursuing their own ends. And because of that, they obey unrighteousness. They don't obey the truth. They sin. And because of that, they receive their reward, which is wrath and fury.

19:31Again, you can kind of sense the unrighteous Jew in the background of this, right? Puffing himself up again, thinking, yes, that's what they do. They all seek themselves, and as a result, they sin and sin and sin. And he doesn't realize that Paul is about to turn this on its head and turn it back to him and say, This is everybody. This is everybody. We all seek ourselves. We all obey unrighteousness and we all deserve wrath and fury.

20:09And no, you can't trick God in this. You haven't fooled him. He knows your motives, like we've seen. He searches your heart, he knows your thoughts. You can't trick him. He's seen everything you've done, and he's the perfect judge. So the first factor in God's judgment is our motives, and the second factor in God's judgment is our deeds. That's the next part. So we have our first pair in 7 and 8. To those who, by patience and well-doing, seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. So that one's about what you're seeking, what your motive is. And then we have our second pair in verses 9 and 10. Look at 9. There will be tribulation and distress. For every human being who does evil. So, what do you do? Tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good.

21:15The Jew first and also the Greek. So, this time in our pair, the negative one comes first. There's going to be tribulation, there's going to be trials and extremely difficult circumstances of wrath for those who continue to do evil. Every human being, he says, every human soul, every life. It doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a non-Jew, the Jew and the Greek. Anybody who does evil deserves God's judgment. And then we have the positive side, verse 10. But glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good.

22:01The Jew first and also the Greek. The glory and honor we've already seen, right? Those were two of the things they were seeking. And now he's saying they're going to get it. Those who are rewarded with eternal life, they do end up getting that glory and honor, the noble things that they were seeking, things that we should seek. Glory and honor and peace are the rewards of the righteous for everyone who does. Good. Now, on both of these, if you saw this, he ends both of them with that phrase, the Jew first and also the Greek. The Jew first and also the Greek. And really, this is the point he's emphasizing, right? If you do evil and you are a non-Jew, then you will be judged.

22:55If you do evil and you are a Jew, you will still be judged. God does not show partiality. It's interesting in this text that the Jews are given priority. They're not shown partiality, but they are given priority, right? The Jew first and also the Greek. They have the first opportunity for glory and honor and peace, but they also are going to be the ones that are judged the most because of that responsibility. Tribulation and distress to the Jew first and to their Greek. It's just another instance of God showing no partiality. That yes, the Jews have this extraordinary privilege of having the law and having these promises and looking forward to the day when Christ is going to come and having the word of God. But with that privilege, they also have this extra responsibility of a stricter judgment since they know all these things and they still rejected the Lord and rejected the Lord's Messiah.

24:05They are judged with a greater strictness, or at least a greater priority, the Jew first and then the Greek. So, God gives people what they deserve. This is really the same point we've seen over and over and over. God gives people what they deserve. It doesn't matter if you're a Jew, you might be considered first, but that goes both ways. You're considered first for blessing and judgment. And so, God shows no partiality. He sees all of our deeds and he knows our motives.

24:42He will render to each one according to his works. To those who, by patience and well-doing, seek for glory and honor and immortality, he'll give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality.

25:14Paul has made this very clear, hasn't he? Feels like we've really just said one thing this entire time: that God is this perfect judge who shows no partiality. So, how We apply this truth? If this is this main point that he's been emphasizing for all of these verses, that God will render to each man according to his works and will judge perfectly. How do we apply this? Well, first, the first application is that if you're an unbeliever, maybe you're a child in this room and you've come with your parents, or maybe you're a visitor and you've never actually trusted in Christ, know that this is about you.

25:59God knows your thoughts and your motives, and God has seen your deeds. And you might think you have an insider relationship with the Lord, and you might think that the Lord is going to overlook all the sins that you've committed in this life, but he's not. He doesn't do that. He is the perfect judge. If we haven't seen anything else today, that's what we've seen. He doesn't do that. He doesn't overlook your sin. He is the perfect judge, and he'll make sure that in judgment you get exactly what you deserve, and he knows what you deserve.

26:41So repent before the day of judgment comes. Have faith in Jesus Christ. Trust that He died on the cross for our sins and rose again so that you can find forgiveness in Him instead of being judged according to your works. So that's the first. Application, but the second application is for believers: is to, if these truly are qualities of the righteous that the self-righteous Jew thinks he's done, and really he hasn't. But Paul is saying this is what a righteous life looks like, then we should copy those. We should seek glory and honor and immortality. We shouldn't get caught up in the things of this life, but we should be thinking about the glory and honor and immortality to come. And we should let that be manifested in the way that we patiently endure in doing good, that we are patient in well-doing.

27:40God sees and he knows your motives. And this text may be pointing to the fact that he's going to reward those who are faithful. It's hard to tell if that's what he's saying, but it seems like it is. It seems like he's saying there's going to be rewards for those who do well. And this would certainly fit with what we know from the rest of the New Testament, right? Jesus says, When you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

28:15Jesus says, Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up treasures for yourself in heaven. Paul says in 1 Corinthians. If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one's work, his deeds, will become manifest. For the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work or deeds each one has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.

28:57If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. Paul says, we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. Paul says, each of us will give an account of himself to God. And so over and over and over, Paul and Jesus are clear that God is not just, he's not only the perfect judge when it comes to our sin. He is the perfect judge when it comes to our sin, but he's also the perfect judge of our righteous deeds. He knows all your thoughts and motives after you become a Christian, too. Okay, and he sees your righteous deeds, and he's going to reward the faithful. He knows which works will burn up, and each of us will have to give an account.

30:00Peter gives a direct application of this very thought of God being impartial. Verse 17 in 1 Peter 1 says, If you call on him as Father, who judges impartially, so if there's this one that you know judges impartially, he judges perfectly, the very thing we've been talking about, and you call him your father, if you call on him as father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile. So while you're still on this earth, fear the Lord and conduct yourselves in that way, if you know that your father is the one who judges impartially according to our deeds, knowing that you were ransomed from the feudal ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. So no, God is not going to punish us as believers. We've already been forgiven forever, but he still sees what we do. He still knows our motives. And Peter says, if we know that our Father is the one who judges impartially according to our deeds, the same idea we've been studying, then we should live before his eyes and we should fear him while we're still here because he's ransomed us, not with money.

31:30But with something far more precious, the precious blood of Christ. So, the second application is to remember to be seeking these noble things and to do well, to not be lazy about our righteousness, but to work hard and look forward to glory. One final, before we close, one final application is that if God is so concerned with justice, then we should be too. If God is so concerned with seeing what is just and right, then we should copy that. If God is going to be impartial, then we should copy that. We should copy the Lord in these things. We don't need to be people who are twisting the legal system or who pervert justice.

32:21One of the kings in Judah was named Jehoshaphat. He was one of the good kings. And one of the things that made him so good was his appointment of judges, of righteous judges. Listen to this story. Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. This is 2 Chronicles 19 and verse 4. Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the Lord. So he's traveling around, bringing people back to the Lord, the God of their fathers. He appointed judges in the land in all the forfeited cities, fortified cities of Judah, city by city. And he said to The judges, consider. Listen to this. This is amazing. He's responding to this fact that God is the perfect judge. Consider what you do. This is his word to the judges. Consider what you do, for you judge not for man, but for the Lord. He is with you in giving judgment. Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the Lord our God, or partiality, or taking bribes. So don't you dare be a judge in the land of Israel as someone who is representing the Lord. Don't you dare start taking bribes and being partial towards people that you like as you're making judgments. And though none of us are judges in the kingdom of Israel, I would certainly say that we still represent the Lord, that we, as God's people, represent him. And if we're going to copy his attributes like the judges were supposed to, then we also need to share in that. We should be just and right. We should care about righteousness. James says we have no business at showing partiality at all towards men. Whether they are wealthy or poor, when they come in, we love them and we treat them well and we're kind to them. So we should copy God in the way that he never twists true judgment and he never shows partiality.

34:29So there's one. Kind of hanging question was left over after we study this text. I don't know if you thought of this question. But the question is: doesn't God have a special love for the people of Israel? Why is he saying this? Aren't the Jews God's chosen nation? Why is he saying, why is there no partiality towards the Jews? Well, yes, God has shown favor to the nation of Israel. Yes, he has set his heart in love on the nation of Israel. And yes, this has brought them extraordinary privilege to be the ones who are the custodians of God's word, to be the nation that had the prophets and the priests that told us about the Lord.

35:35But when it comes down to judgment of individuals, even being in this favored nation doesn't make it so God just overlooks their sin. You know, again, if a human judge did this, let's say a human judge was in a small town and he was in this small town. Supposed to be the judge over the whole city, and these cases keep getting brought to him. And one day a case gets brought to him, and it's his own brother, or it's his own son, who he loves very much. And even in that moment, the judge still is an impartial judge, and he doesn't show favoritism to someone even in his own family. That judge would be a hero for us. We would say that's one of the greatest judges who's ever lived, because even in that case, he's able to be impartial. Well, it's the same with the Lord, even more so. Yes, the Jews are his nation, but he still judges individuals without partiality. And he'll render to each man according to his works.

36:42I know we've seen way more than normal this Sunday, so many passages, but I want you to turn to one more passage, if you would. Deuteronomy 10. Deuteronomy 10. Because it's just this is such a theme that's seen even about Israel throughout all of Scripture. We're almost done. One last passage. Deuteronomy 10, starting in verse 12. He says, And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? But to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you. You today for your good.

37:33Verse 14. Pay attention to this. Verse 14. Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it. Yet the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples as you are this day. Okay, so what he's saying so far is, everything is the Lord's. God could have chosen any nation, and yet he chose you, Israel, to set his special love above every other nation. He chose you and specially favored you. But then let's keep reading. Even though that's true, verse 16. Circumcise, therefore, the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn, for the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

38:37He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. So in the same passage, we see that yes, God loves them above every other nation. He has chosen to set his love upon this nation and give them special favor. But then within a couple of verses, he says, but don't forget, I'm not partial. And I don't take a bribe. And men are going to be judged according to their works. This is the same point that Paul is making. Yes, the Jews are favored. Yes, they are God's chosen people. They are loved. But God is too just and too holy to show partiality, even to them. He will render to every man according to his works. This is the point Paul is making to this self-righteous Jew who thinks he's got an in with God, who thinks God is going to overlook his sin. Paul is saying, no, don't forget, we've heard this a billion times. God will render to each man according to his works.

39:52No matter who you are, you can come to God. This impartiality goes both ways also. No matter who you are, you can come to God. His promises of forgiveness are for everyone. God knows your motives and he sees your deeds. He knows everything about you. So come to him before the day of judgment comes. Come to him and ask for forgiveness. And for those of us who are already believers, first let's copy his attributes of being just and impartial.

40:28But also, second, let's Live before his eyes. He knows our motives. He knows our deeds. Our Father, the one that we call on as our Father, our Father is an impartial, perfect judge. So let's live before His eyes and be truly righteous. Let's spend our time on earth being obedient and trusting in Him while we're patient and well-doing. Pray with me. Father, this is so clear from your word that you're the perfect judge. I just pray, Lord, that if there's anyone who's never turned to you, that they would, that they would realize that you don't overlook sin, that you are the perfect judge, and they need your forgiveness. And I pray for those of us who are believers that we would be people who still are living consciously before your eyes, knowing that you see our motives and you see our deeds as well. And I just pray, Lord, that that would fill us with a desire to please you and to do well as we wait for our heavenly reward.

41:44You are our Father, and you are the perfect judge. I pray that we would not forget that. In Jesus' name, amen. You're dismissed.