Will You Be Found Righteous In God's Sight?

"11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."
Romans 2:11-13

Verse 11
God does not have respect of persons. He will not show favoritism or be partial.
"Respect" = favoritism, partiality (Strong's Concordance).

Verse 12
All who have sinned outside the framework of Torah will die outside the framework of Torah.
If you have never been saved (never repented of your sins, never asked Yeshua to forgive you of those sins, and never asked Him for salvation) then you are outside the framework of God's Torah.
If you sin while outside the framework of Torah (without salvation) then you will die outside the framework of Torah (because you were never saved).

All who have sinned within the framework of Torah will be judged by Torah.
If you are saved (have repented of your sins, asked Yeshua to forgive you of those sins, and asked Him for salvation) then you are inside the framework of God's Torah.
If you sin once you have received salvation, you will be judged by God's Torah.

Verse 13
For it is not merely the hearers of Torah whom God considers righteous; rather, it is the doers of what Torah says who will be made righteous in God’s sight.

You have to do (hear, learn, study, keep, do, follow) the Torah in order to be made righteous in God's eyes, not just hear it. If you do not do the Torah then you are not considered righteous in God's eyes.

How do we know what sin is?
By reading the Torah to find out what God says is sin.

What does God say sin is?
Sin is the transgression of the Torah...
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." (1 John 3:4).

If you are not saved, you will spiritually die and be condemned to hell for eternity.

If you are saved, you will spiritually live eternally in Heaven.

If you are saved and do not follow the Torah, you will be judged by the Torah anyway. The same goes for those who are saved and follow the Torah.

Those who are not saved will be condemned immediately. Those who are saved are the ones who will be judged.

What does "judged" mean?
Judged doesn't automatically mean "guilty". Judged means someone looks at the evidence and decides whether or not you are guilty and what the penalty or reward will be.

Think of the courts we have on this earth. There's a plaintiff and a defendant. The judge sits in front and decides if the one on trial is guilty or not guilty. If you are found not guilty, you go free. If you are found guilty, you pay the penalty.

Those who are not saved are already judged guilty and will pay the penalty of eternal spiritual death.

If you are the plaintiff taking someone to court for something owed to you in some way and the judge decides you are in fact owed something, they will judge in your favor and reward you with what is owed to you. If they find that you are not owed anything, they will not reward you with that thing.

Those who are saved will be judged to see if they are owed a reward or not based on how they lived their lives according to God's Ways (Torah).

"Judge" - decree, determine, judge; Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide (mentally or judicially); by implication, to try, condemn, punish -- avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think - to separate, put asunder; to pick out, select, choose; to approve, esteem; to prefer.

God is the Judge.
He uses His Law (Torah) to decide whether you are owed a reward or not.
If you have broken any of His Laws (Torah) you will not be rewarded.
If you have not broken any of His Laws (Torah) you will be rewarded.

For those who are saved, there remains a judgement to determine if you will be rewarded or not, and how much you will be rewarded if you are found to be righteous in God's sight.

The questions you need to ask yourself are:
* Am I truly saved?
* Do I follow Torah?
* Will I be found righteous in God's sight?
* Do I want rewards for righteousness in order to have something to lay at the feet of our Savior Yeshua and Yaweh our God?
* Will I be counted as least in the Kingdom or as great in the Kingdom of Yaweh (God)?

Matthew 5:17-20
"17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Romans 2:11-13
"11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."