20250904 [새벽묵상] 각 사람에게 행한대로 보응하시는 하나님 | God Will Repay Each Person According to Their Deeds (롬/Rom 2:1~16)

2:1 그러므로 남을 판단하는 사람아, 누구를 막론하고 네가 핑계하지 못할 것은 남을 판단하는 것으로 네가 너를 정죄함이니 판단하는 네가 같은 일을 행함이니라

2:2 이런 일을 행하는 자에게 하나님의 심판이 진리대로 되는 줄 우리가 아노라

2:3 이런 일을 행하는 자를 판단하고도 같은 일을 행하는 사람아, 네가 하나님의 심판을 피할 줄로 생각하느냐

2:4 혹 네가 하나님의 인자하심이 너를 인도하여 회개하게 하심을 알지 못하여 그의 인자하심과 용납하심과 길이 참으심이 풍성함을 멸시하느냐

1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2 Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3 So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? 4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

2:5 다만 네 고집과 회개하지 아니한 마음을 따라 진노의 날 곧 하나님의 의로우신 심판이 나타나는 그 날에 임할 진노를 네게 쌓는도다

2:6 하나님께서 각 사람에게 그 행한 대로 보응하시되

2:7 참고 선을 행하여 영광과 존귀와 썩지 아니함을 구하는 자에게는 영생으로 하시고

2:8 오직 당을 지어 진리를 따르지 아니하고 불의를 따르는 자에게는 진노와 분노로 하시리라

2:9 악을 행하는 각 사람의 영에는 환난과 곤고가 있으리니 먼저는 유대인에게요 그리고 헬라인에게며

2:10 선을 행하는 사람에게는 영광과 존귀와 평강이 있으리니 먼저는 유대인에게요 그리고 헬라인에게라

2:11 이는 하나님께서 외모로 사람을 취하지 아니하심이라

5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; 10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 11 For God does not show favoritism.

2:12 무릇 율법 없이 범죄한 자는 또한 율법 없이 망하고 무릇 율법이 있고 범죄한 자는 율법으로 말미암아 심판을 받으리라

2:13 하나님 앞에서는 율법을 듣는 자가 의인이 아니요 오직 율법을 행하는 자라야 의롭다 하심을 얻으리니

2:14 (율법 없는 이방인이 본성으로 율법의 일을 행할 때에는 이 사람은 율법이 없어도 자기가 자기에게 율법이 되나니

2:15 이런 이들은 그 양심이 증거가 되어 그 생각들이 서로 혹은 고발하며 혹은 변명하여 그 마음에 새긴 율법의 행위를 나타내느니라)

2:16 곧 나의 복음에 이른 바와 같이 하나님이 예수 그리스도로 말미암아 사람들의 은밀한 것을 심판하시는 그 날이라

12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) 16 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

                우리는 어제 마음에 하나님을 두기를 싫어하는 사람들에 대해서 말씀을 나누었습니다. 그들에게는 하나님의 진노가 나타날 것이라고 하셨었지요. 그 진노는 그들을 영적인 타락과 성적인 타락, 그리고 도덕적인 타락 가운데에 내버려 두시는 것으로 이루어질 것이라는 말씀을 드렸었습니다. 그런데 오늘 말씀의 시작은 그렇게 타락한 사람을 대상으로 하지 않습니다. 오히려 너, 남을 판단하는 사람아, 라는 말씀으로 시작하지요. 타락한 사람들을 보며 그들을 판단하는 사람들에게 그들 또한 같은 일을 행하고 있다고 말씀하십니다. 그리고는 다른 사람의 선과 악을 판단하는 기준이 중요한 것이 아니라 그 기준대로 살아가는 행함이 중요하다고 말씀하고 계시지요. 그 행함이 얼마나 중요한지 오늘 말씀에서는 6절에 “하나님께서 각 사람에게 그 행한대로 보응하신다”라고 말씀하십니다. 자 그렇다면 오늘은 이 말씀처럼 각 사람에게 행한대로 보응하시는 하나님이라는 제목으로 말씀을 나누어 보겠습니다.

Yesterday, we discussed those who refuse to acknowledge God in their hearts. We learned that God’s wrath would be revealed against them, leaving them to their own spiritual, sexual, and moral depravity.

But today’s passage doesn't begin by addressing those who have fallen into depravity. Instead, it starts with the words, “You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else...” It speaks to those who judge the fallen, telling them that they are doing the very same things. The passage makes it clear that the most important thing is not having a standard for good and evil, but actually living according to that standard. This action, this doing, is so important that in verse 6, it says, “God will repay each person according to what they have done.”

So today, I want to talk about this very truth: God will repay each person according to their deeds.

                첫번째, 남을 판단하지 말아야 합니다. 우리가 어제 보았던 말씀처럼 타락하여 하나님의 진노가운데에 거한 사람들이라고 할지라도 우리는 그들을 판단하여서는 안됩니다. 우리가 판단하지 않더라도 그들에게는 하나님의 진노가 임할 것입니다. 2절입니다. “이런 일을 행하는 자에게 하나님의 심판이 진리대로 되는 줄 우리가 아노라” 그러므로 우리에게는 그들을 판단 할 이유가 없는 것이지요. 하나님께서 판단하시고 심판하실 일인 것입니다. 우리가 남을 판단할 때에 일어나는 진짜 문제는 바로 우리가 남을 판단하는 것으로 우리 스스로를 정죄하게 된다는 것입니다. 1절입니다. 함께 읽겠습니다. “그러므로 남을 판단하는 사람아, 누구를 막론하고 네가 핑계하지 못할 것은 남을 판단하는 것으로 네가 너를 정죄함이니 판단하는 네가 같은 일을 행함이니라.” 자, 판단하는 것에는 또다른 문제가 있습니다. 우리가 남을 판단 할 때의 전제조건은 나는 그렇지 않다라는 것입니다. 남을 판단함으로 내가 남보다 낫다는 우월의식이 생기는 것이지요. 내가 남과 같은 일을 행하고 있는 것을 안다면 남을 판단 할 수 있겠습니까? 그러나 오히려 그렇기 때문에 남을 판단한다는 것은 우리 안의 죄악을 스스로 보지 못하는 상태라는 것을 증명하는 것이기도 합니다. 3절입니다. “이런 일을 행하는 자를 판단하고도 같은 일을 행하는 사람아, 네가 하나님의 심판을 피할 줄로 생각하느냐” 남의 죄를 판단함으로 나는 그들의 죄와 구별되는 것 처럼 보이지만 오히려 이러한 판단이 내 안의 죄에 흐린 눈을 하게 만드는 것입니다.  마치 나는 그들과 달라서 하나님의 심판을 피한 것 같지만 실제로는 그렇지 않다는 것이지요. 우리는 남을 판단하기에 앞서 우리의 고집을 버리고 회개하는 마음을 가져야 하는 것입니다. 그럴 때에 4절 말씀처럼 하나님의 인자하심이 우리를 인도하여 회개하게 하실 것입니다. 하나님은 인자하심과 용납하심과 길이 참으심이 풍성한 분이시기 때문입니다. 그러나 우리가 끝까지 자신의 죄가 아니라 남의 죄에 집중하며 고집을 부리면 우리는 회개하지 못하고 하나님의 진노를 쌓을 뿐인 것입니다. 하나님은 각 사람에게 행한대로 보응하시기 때문입니다.

1. Do Not Judge Others

First, we must not judge others. Even if we see people who are living in a state of spiritual depravity, we are not to pass judgment on them. God’s wrath will come upon them whether we judge them or not. Verse 2 says, "Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth." Therefore, we have no reason to judge them. It is God’s place to judge and to execute judgment.

The real problem that arises when we judge others is that, in doing so, we condemn ourselves. Let’s read verse 1 together: “You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.”

There is another problem with judging. The underlying assumption is that "I am not like that." By judging others, we develop a sense of superiority. If we knew we were doing the same things as them, would we still judge? The fact that we do pass judgment proves that we are blind to the sin in our own lives. Verse 3 asks, “So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on someone else for doing the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?”

Judging someone else’s sin may make it seem like we are different from them, but in reality, it just clouds our vision to our own sin. It makes us think we have escaped God’s judgment, when in fact, we have not. Before we judge others, we must abandon our stubbornness and have a heart of repentance. When we do this, as verse 4 says, God's kindness will lead us to repentance. God is a God of kindness, tolerance, and great patience. But if we continue to focus on the sins of others instead of our own, we will not repent, and we will only be storing up more of God's wrath. This is because God will repay each person according to their deeds.

                두번째, 하나님께서는 외모로 사람을 취하지 아니하십니다. 이 말씀은 하나님께서 사람을 편애하지 않으신다는 말씀입니다. 바울 사도가 이 말씀을 하는 이유가 무엇일까요? 당시 로마 교회에서는 하나님께서 사람을 편애하신다고 생각했기 때문입니다. 어떤 사람을 편애한다고 생각했을까요? 네, 유대인을 편애한다고 생각했을 것입니다. 6절에서 하나님께서 각 사람에게 그 행한대로 보응하신다고 바울 사도가 전제조건을 깔았습니다. 그리고는 선을 행하는 자에게 임할 상급과 악을 행하는 자에게 임할 진노를 각각 반복하여 7절부터10절 말씀까지 설명하시지요. 그런데 9절과 10절을 가만히 보시면 콕 찝어서 “먼저는 유대인에게요 그리고 헬라인에게라” 라는 말씀을 덧붙이십니다. 이 말씀이 유대인이 먼저라는 말씀일까요? 아니겠지요. 오히려 유대인들이야말로 이 말씀이 꼭 필요한 사람들이기에 먼저는 그들에게라고 말씀하신 것이라고 생각합니다. 이 단락을 정리하는 11절을 보더라도 그렇습니다. 함께 한 번 읽어보겠습니다. “이는 하나님께서 외모로 사람을 취하지 아니하심이라.” 무슨 말입니까? 유대인, 헬라인이 중요한 것이 아니라 행함이 중요하다는 말씀이지요. 다음에 나오는 12절부터 15절의 말씀도 같은 말씀을 하고 있습니다. 유대인들은 그들이 하나님의 선택을 받은 민족이라는 자부심이 굉장했습니다. 하나님의 율법이 오직 유대인들에게만 주어졌기 때문이지요. 그러나 12-15절까지의 말씀은 율법의 유무는 중요하지 않다고 말씀하십니다. 12절, 헬라인들처럼 율법이 없이 범죄한 자도 망할 것이고, 유대인들처럼 율법이 있고 범죄한 자도 심판을 받는다고 합니다. 자 13절 함께 읽겠습니다. “하나님 앞에서는 율법을 듣는 자가 의인이 아니요 오직 율법을 행하는 자라야 의롭다 하심을 얻으리니” 이 말씀은 유대인들에게 굉장한 충격이었을 것입니다. 또한 이 말씀을 듣고 있는 우리에게도 굉장한 충격이지요. 율법을 듣는 자가 의인이 아닙니다. 말씀을 듣는자가 의인이 아닌 것입니다. 말씀을 듣고 그 말씀을 살아내는 자. 그 말씀을 행하는자가 의인인 것입니다. 크리스천이라 하면서 아무런 행함이 없는 사람을 어찌 제자라 할 수 있겠습니까? 14-15절은 심지어 율법이 없는 이방인조차 그 본성과 양심으로 율법의 일을 행할 때에 율법이 없어도 그 마음에 새긴 율법의 행위를 나타낸다고 합니다. 우리는 때로 크리스천이 아닌 사람들도 자신의 도덕과 양심을 따라 오히려 더 제자와 같은 삶을 사는 사람들을 보게 됩니다. 자 그러나 주의하십시오. 이 말씀이 말하고자 하는 것은 예수님이 아닌 행함으로 의를 얻는 다는 것이 아닙니다. 하나님의 선택을 받은자, 유대인. 하나님의 구원을 얻은 자, 크리스천 이라고 하면서 행함이 없는 자들에 대한 말씀인 것이지요. 왜냐하면 하나님께서 각 사람에게 행한대로 보응하시기 때문입니다.

2. God Does Not Show Favoritism

Second, God does not show favoritism. He does not play favorites. Why does the Apostle Paul make this point? At the time, the Roman church thought God did show favoritism. Who do you think they thought God favored? The Jews, of course.

Paul sets up a premise in verse 6, that God will repay each person according to what they have done. Then, from verses 7 to 10, he explains both the reward for those who do good and the wrath for those who do evil. But if you look closely at verses 9 and 10, he specifically adds, “first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.” Does this mean that the Jews are first in line for a better deal with God? No. I believe it means that this message was most needed by the Jews, which is why he addressed them first.

This is made clear in verse 11, which summarizes this entire section. Let’s read it together: “For God does not show favoritism.” What does this mean? It means that it is not about being a Jew or a Gentile; it’s about what you do.

Verses 12-15 repeat the same message. The Jews had a great sense of pride in being God’s chosen people. God’s Law was given exclusively to them. But verses 12-15 say that having the Law is not what matters. Verse 12 says that those who sin without the Law (like the Gentiles) will perish, and those who sin with the Law (like the Jews) will be judged by the Law.

Now, let's read verse 13 together: “For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.” This must have been a huge shock to the Jews. And it's a huge shock to us, too. It is not those who simply hear the Law who are righteous. It is not those who hear the Word who are righteous. It is those who hear the Word and live it out. It is those who obey the Word who are righteous. How can we call someone a disciple if they claim to be a Christian with no action to back it up?

Verses 14-15 even say that when Gentiles, who do not have the Law, follow their own nature and conscience, they are showing that the requirements of the Law are written on their hearts. We sometimes see non-Christians living a life that seems more like a disciple, following their own morals and conscience. But be careful. This passage is not saying that we are saved by our actions instead of by Jesus. This is a message for those who claim to be God's chosen people—the Jews—and for those who have received salvation—the Christians—but have no actions to prove it. This is because God will repay each person according to their deeds.

                말씀을 맺습니다. 이번 주 새벽기도를 시작하면서 우리는 복음에 대해서 이야기 했습니다. 예수 그리스도의 좋은 소식, 복음에는 하나님의 의가 나타나지요. 그러나 이는 하나님의 구원만을 말씀하는 것이 아닙니다. 16절을 보시면 “복음에 이른 바와 같이 사람들의 은밀한 것을 심판”하신다고 하십니다. 복음에는 하나님의 구원과 심판이 함께 있는 것입니다. 그것을 오늘 말씀은 뭐라고 정리하셨습니까? 바로 각 사람에게 행한대로 보응하시는 하나님이신 것입니다. 하나님은 사람을 편애하지 않으십니다. 그렇기 때문에 우리는 남을 판단하기보다 먼저 우리의 모습을 돌아보고 우리의 행함이 복음을 빚진 자에 걸맞는 행함인지 다시 한번 돌아보아야 할 것입니다.  

Conclusion

To conclude, we started this week's morning devotionals by talking about the gospel. The good news of Jesus Christ is a revelation of God's righteousness. But this is not just about God’s salvation. Verse 16 says that the gospel will also “judge the secrets of men.” The gospel contains both God’s salvation and God’s judgment. And how does today’s passage summarize that? That God is the one who will repay each person according to their deeds.

God does not show favoritism. Therefore, instead of judging others, we must first look at ourselves and reflect on whether our actions are worthy of those who have been given the gospel.