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Barnhouse continues his reflection on the consequences of sin in Part Two, “God’s Wrath.” Covering Romans 2–3:1–20, Barnhouse distills the essence of these chapters thusly: “The object of these chapters… is to go from the fact that all men are sinners to the terrible consequences of that fact. We must see that the inevitable result of our sinfulness is the certainty of God’s judgment upon all...

Their attitude was like that of one of Shakespeare’s characters in The Merchant of Venice who says dryly: “I am Sir Oracle! When I open my lips let no dog bark.” And Job described them in answering men of their type who came to him in his distress. The irony of his words brings out the same truth as is expressed in our text: “No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you” (Job 12:2). Our text then repeats the basis of their false self-confidence. They had been given
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