Why Does No One Have an Excuse?

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]But what about the nations? Weren't they at Mount Sinai? They didn't get the list of do's and don'ts. They didn't get the list that said do not murder. So, how could God possibly hold them responsible cuz they didn't get that the message, they weren't there. And Paul says, "No, the Gentiles who did not have the law did that which by nature was of the law, even though not having the law became a law unto themselves. And they show the work of the law." This verse is almost always misquoted, by the way. So many people quote it, "The law is written on the heart." No, it's not the law that's written on the heart. Otherwise, that would evacuate Paul's argument. Because he says the Gentiles don't have the law.

[00:00:32]It's not written on the heart. What's written on the heart is the work of the law. What's the work of the law? I submit to you without argument here, the work of the law is the goal, is the teleology to which the law is pointing.

[00:00:45]It's the righteousness of God that can be instantiated in us of how God wants us to be and act. That's what's there, that's written in the heart.