In Romans chapter 1 the Apostle Paul made it clear that the pagans are guilty before God because they ignored him as he revealed himself through the created order. Although they don’t have the special revelation as opposed to the Jews, they are guilty because God has shown enough of himself to them to make them accountable. Every pagan civilization has a sense of morality with which to guide them towards what is right and what is wrong and by ignoring this, they are guilty.
Now, it would be easy for the religious and the moralist (the Jews as the Apostle would put it, but in the Church, those who are going through the motions of religiosity but without a heart for Christ) to applaud with Paul and say that the pagans deserved all the condemnations of Romans 1 while they themselves are excused because they obey the Law. This judgmental attitude is dangerous because the ones who are judging are actually doing the same acts that they condemn in others. It is obvious that we all have committed at least on one occasion, any one of those sins listed in the previous chapter and thus, are in danger of the same condemnation. It is always risky to point a finger on others because every time we do so three of our fingers are pointing back towards us.
