{"id":1256,"date":"2009-10-04T19:32:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T01:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.org\/blog\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2009-10-04T19:32:22","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T01:32:22","slug":"romans-222-a-living-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/romans-222-a-living-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 2:22 – A Living Example"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romans 2:22<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Truth to Learn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Practice what you preach (or teach).<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The word translated \u201cadultery<\/span>\u201d is moicheu\u014d<\/span><\/em>, which is based on moichos<\/span><\/em>, referring to a man who seeks out a female for sex. This is distinctly different from porn\u0113<\/span><\/em> which refers to a woman who sells herself to a man for sexual pleasure.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbhor<\/span>\u201d is translated from bdeluss\u014d<\/span><\/em>, which comes from the root bde\u014d<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cto stink.\u201d The word bdeluss\u014d<\/span><\/em> means \u201cto turn away from something that stinks\u201d or \u201cto detest something.\u201d<\/p>\n

The words, \u201cdo you rob temples<\/span>\u201d come from a single Greek word hierosule\u014d<\/span><\/em>. This is a compound word made up of hieron<\/span><\/em>, which means \u201ctemple\u201d and a form of sula\u014d<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cto rob, to spoil, or to steal.\u201d So, although a literal translation of this word means \u201cyou rob temples\u201d it is used to denote someone who uses something that is consecrated to God for his or her own private use.<\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the previous verse Paul chastened the Jewish Christians in Rome for needing the teaching of the Scriptures just as much as those to whom they were teaching it. In this verse he gets even more personal saying, \u201cYou who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Though many of the readers of this letter would have said, \u201cNo, I don\u2019t commit adultery,\u201d as Christ pointed out in His sermon on the mount, <\/span><\/p>\n

You have heard that it was said to those of old,<\/span> \u201cYou shall not commit adultery.\u201d But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<\/span> <\/span>(Matthew 5:27, 28<\/span><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

So, even though they may not have committed an act of adultery, in God\u2019s book they were guilty of it even if they had thought lustfully about someone of the opposite sex.<\/p>\n

The second part of today\u2019s verse is a little more difficult. It says, \u201cYou who abhor idols, do you rob temples?<\/span>\u201d According to the Jewish historian Josephus, it was not uncommon for Jews (and Christians) to destroy or desecrate temples of idolatry and then to plunder some of the riches which had been brought by idol worshippers. Even in Acts, when a couple of Paul\u2019s traveling companions were brought before a crowd in Ephesus, it was said in their defense,<\/p>\n

For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.<\/span> <\/span>(Acts 19:37<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s message, continued from the previous verse, is that the Roman Christians were quick to tell others what was wrong, but they were just as quick to do that which they told others not to do. Recall what he said about judging back in verse one? He is saying essentially the same thing here about teaching.<\/p>\n

Application<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

These Roman Christians were apparently fond of saying, \u201cDo as I say, not as I do.\u201d However, the proper Christian attitude is, \u201cLearn what is right and wrong by watching me!\u201d I wonder how many of us could say that.<\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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