THE WRATH OF GOD AGAINST MANKIND

 

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.