Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Romans 1: Not One Iota


The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. - Romans 1:18-25 NIV

For those who  would think that our society is at the tipping point as far as sin and perversion is concerned, one must only read Paul's description of the society around him at the time, to know that man is no different now .  Since the beginning of time, there has been no limit to the depths to which man can sink.  If you question that, consider Cain and Abel, brother killing brother, consider Sodom and Gomorrah.    Because of he technological advances of the last few years, we may feel that sin and wickedness is more prevalent, but it's not.  It is just that our knowledge of it is more acute.

Just as man's depravity has not changed since the creation, so God has not changed as well.  His eternal power and divine nature has always been there and has always been visible to those who would see.   God has given our society and this whole world over to the sinful desires of their hearts.  If they become fools, so what?  They have no excuse and their rebellion will not change the nature of God one iota.

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