Romans 2:5-11 (KJV)

5. But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
6. Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7. To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
8. But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9. Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10. But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11. For there is no respect of persons with God.

When I was a young, one of my Sunday School teachers asked me to punch him in the stomach as hard as I could; he wanted to prove how strong his stomach muscles were. "Give it your best shot!" he said. I tried, but I could not make him flinch. Nobody could. There are those who try very hard to get God to approve of them by their works, but God will never flinch. He requires a righteousness that is perfect, and not one of us has it.

2. Our attitude toward God leads to judgment (v.5).
   Paul terms it "thy hardness and impenitent heart." This is clear language describing the inside of every person -- religious or not. We, by nature, hate God -- and even When He is good to us, we "despise" His goodness by continuing in our sin.
   1. This hardness leads to a treasure -- a storehouse of "wrath."
      Your independence from your Creator is storing up for yourself His judgment.
   2. Some have more treasure than others -- in other words, the wrath and judgment of God is proportional to the hardness of one's heart in resisting the truth.
3. Our actions independent of God demand judgment (v.6-9).
   "Who will render to every man according to his deeds" (v.6)
   Three words are used to describe the person who will be disapproved of by God.