Romans
1:18-32
18
The Wrath of God is being revealed from Heaven
Against
all the godlessness and wickedness of men
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.
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.
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 mortal man
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 OF 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 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 Indecent Acts with other men,
And
received in themselves
The
Due Penalty for their Perversion.
28
FURTHERMORE,
SINCE
THEY DID NOT THINK IT WORTHWHILE
TO
RETAIN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
HE
GAVE THEM OVER TO A DEPRAVED MIND,
TO
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.
30
They are Gossips, Slanderers,
God-haters,
Insolent, Arrogant and Boastful;
They
Invent ways of doing Evil;
They
are Disobey their Parents;
31
They are Senseless, Faithless, Heartless, Ruthless.
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.
(Romans 1:18-32)
The
apostle Paul here
Defines
the time we are living in.
Is
it any wonder that God has limited “Time.”
God
has limited “Time” in His mercy.
Think
about it.
Because
the Way of Christ Jesus
Is
narrow and only a few find it,
Most
people go to Hell.
Once
God has the Bride
He
determined to obtain for His Son
He
will, mercifully, bring “Time” to an End.
The
Two Choices
There
are only two choices for every person
And
every Nation in this World.
They
either fall upon the Stone (Christ)
And
are broken to pieces,
In
repentance and humility, surrendering to His love;
Or
the Stone (Christ) falls upon them (the proud)
And
they are crushed to powder.
(Matthew
21:44)
Nevertheless,
the wonder of God
Is
that everyone has this choice,
And
God visits every person
And
makes this choice clear to them.
He
knocks on every door of every person.
However,
the person must open the door
And
let Him in.
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