The Book of Romans Chap 1 and 2

Romans is a letter written to the Christians in Rome from Paul. This letter was to tell them that he'd soon be on his way to meet with them and to worship with them. This seems like a fair enough letter and after you read the first half of chapter 1, if you were these Christians, you'd feel quite pleased with yourselves. But then the letter turns around and starts scolding these Christians for the way they living out their faith.
From verse 18 of Chapter 1 to the end of Chapter 2 Paul does lays down the law to these new Christians some of who were once Jews and some who were Gentiles (non-Jews). Paul draws a parallel to how these Romans are living their lives to the Jews in Exodus who turned away from God because if "sin, evil, selfishness and hatred... jealousy, murder, fighting, lying and thinking the worst of each other" (1v29).
In Chapter 2 Paul begins talking about those who belief in God who judge those who are yet to belief or who don't belief as well as they do. These are ex Jews who think because they grew up with the laws are better than others but Paul says that circumcision (act of accepting God) is not just a physical act but it is an internal act and if you belief and are then you 'circumcised' on the inside. That is a deep cut (excuse pun) to these Jews!
This letter of Paul's could be written to a church today, now, in the 21st Century. How many times do you hear about people not going to church or not believing in God anymore because of a group of people who thought they were better? Having Jesus as your saviour is not an exclusive club it is for everyone. In v24 of Chap 2 Paul quotes Isaiah by saying that those who are yet to belief speak badly of God because of us. We scare people off God by our religious, close minded BS (excuse me)!!!! We as believers in Christ must get over ourselves and see that we are not special because we know Christ and aren't better than those yet to meet Christ (Gentiles). These people are our brothers and sisters and we need to do everything in our power to introduce them to Jesus.
Further evaluation of the Book of Romans to come by Chapters