Romans 2:5-11

Romans 2:5-11 NIV
⁵ But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 

Here are the people who willingly refuse to accept Jesus payment for their sin.  They are stubborn and unrepentant.  They may actually live this entire life without any punishment for their ways.  However there will be a day of reckoning.  That day will not come from man, it will come from God.

⁶ God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” ⁷ To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. ⁸ But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 

At first glance one may say this is a "works" salvation.  It is not.  In light of vs5 Paul was speaking to those who have rejected Christ, these verses show the contrast evidenced in the life of one who has NOT rejected Christ.

⁹ There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; ¹⁰ but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. ¹¹ For God does not show favoritism.

Again, not a works message.  This shows that God will not give special treatment to any people group.  The Jews received first recognition because they are God's chosen people.  They received the Word form God first and were to bring it to the world.

To sum up:  If we were reject Christ's salvation it will be evidenced in our lives.  If we accept Christ's salvation it will be evidenced in our lives.  It does not matter who you are "for God doe not show favoritism."

God Bless.