Do Good People Exist?

About this episode

This episode discusses the biblical perspective on morality and the necessity of Christ for salvation.

In Romans 2, Paul shifts from addressing the openly rebellious sinner to confronting the “moral” person — the one who believes they’re good enough without Christ. In this message, we unpack one of the most humbling truths in Scripture: being a good person isn’t enough. Whether religious or irreligious, pagan or moralist, Paul makes it clear — apart from Jesus, we all stand guilty before a holy God. But this isn’t bad news… It’s clarifying news. Because the gospel isn’t good advice for bad people — it’s good news for guilty people.

Topics covered

• good people
• moralism
• gospel
• Romans 2

Keywords

• good news
• guilty people
• holy God

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Scripture

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