Romans 1:18-32
Who in your family is a lover of the great outdoors?
What causes you to stand in awe of God? Being in the mountains? Walking along the seashore? Working in the garden?
God's Wrath on Unrighteousness
18 For the
wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the
truth. 19 For
what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has
shown it to them. 20 For
his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine
nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of
the world,[g] in
the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For
although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks
to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their
foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming
to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged
the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man
and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God
gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the
dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because
they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and
served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed
forever! Amen.
26 For
this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For
their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary
to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural
relations with women and were consumed with passion for one
another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in
themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And
since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up
to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They
were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness,
malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness.
They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God,
insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to
parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless,
ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous
decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they
not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
- God is ... What do we learn about God in this passage?
- We are ... What do we learn about people in this passage?
- This is probably the most descriptive passages in the Bible on the "fall of mankind." In Romans 1:18, what did mankind do when given "the truth" about God?
- How did God expect mankind to know "the truth" before Jesus Christ came into the world in Romans 1:19-20?
- Why then do people tend to worship the creation rather than the Creator in Romans 1:21-23, 25?
- How does God respond to these evil attitudes? When mankind did not follow the truth, what did God let them do according to Romans 1:24, 26, 28?
- I will ... What has the Holy Spirit revealed to us in this passage? How can I apply it to my life this week?
- Do you think our society has changed for the better or the worse since Paul wrote this description?
- Paul explains in the passage that the root cause for the ills in our society is a "depraved mind" or the sin nature in all of us. How does this view differ from what modern psychology teaches?
- If you could take a social psychologist on a tour of your community for a good look at the depraved mind in action, where would you take this person? What would you show the psychologist within your own life?
- You can ... Who do you know who needs to hear this? Feel free to share with others by social media links at the bottom of this.
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Series: Be Different “Making
Transformative Moves” Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of
this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind.
Title: Different God
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Opening
Thoughts: Our hearts'
tendency is to be drawn to idols that promise immediate gratification. As
someone has said, we often "turn good things into God things." You
can be different by submitting your longings and loyalties fully to the one and
only God.
v “Track Walking” all in the same direction.
v Romans 12:2
o You
are either conformed or being transformed
o Scamming
the Scammers
§ John
8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and
you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the
beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he
lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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Text: Romans
1:18-32
God’s Wrath
Against Sinful Humanity
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from
heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by
their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about
God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 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 people are without excuse.
21 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. 22 Although they claimed to be wise,
they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory
of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and
birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful
desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies
with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and
worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever
praised. Amen.
26 Because
of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women
exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In
the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were
inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men,
and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it
worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so
that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They
have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.
They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are
gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent,
arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their
parents; 31 they have no understanding, no
fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they
know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve
death, they not only continue to do these very things but also
approve of those who practice them.
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Summarize the main
story: Describe the events of the story in your own words.
v Review and
retell the story.
Reflections
for applications:
v
You
were created to know, love & worship your Creator God
v
Many
people trade the real God for a phony version of God
o
Psalm
106:20 They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull which eats
grass.
o
Exodus
32:4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape
of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods
Israel who brought you up out of Egypt.”
v
Deceit
leads to distorted thinking, and distorted thinking darkens our hearts to God.
v
Idols
are so deadly because they deceive us, distort our thinking, and ultimately
destroy us.
o
Idol of the historic buddha.
§
Our transformative move: We need to move from
idol worship to God worship.
§
Romans
12:2 (NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
§
Romans
12:2 (NLT) Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform
you into a new person by
changing the way you think.
§
Digging
Questions:
·
How
will you respond in generosity?
·
What do these biblical texts tell you about God and His nature?
·
What is God calling us to do?
Take Away Challenges
·
What has the Holy Spirit revealed to you in
this passage? How will you apply it to your life this week?
·
Whom do you know who needs to hear this?
·
What is God bringing to your attention in this discussion? What
beliefs, thoughts or actions need to be addressed or changed?
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Sunday sermon link
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Comments and
resources with some more resources:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A18-32&version=NIV
Salvation By Christ Alone - Part 2 from North Boulevard Church of Christ on Vimeo.
https://youtu.be/92l9EBYLseQ
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great blog kevin
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