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Man… innocent or guilty Romans 1:18-32
Intro
There are 5 divisions on this book
Sin - it answers the question, Why do I need to be saved?
What do I need to do to be a Christian?
Salvation - It’s about How can I be saved?
Sanctification - What happens after I am saved?
How do I grow as a Christian after I have become a believer?
Sovereignty of God - Why does God save us?
It discusses the relationship between Christians and Israel, and how God chooses us.
Service - How we can serve God.
Begin with sin.
It’s kind of like the old adage… do you want the good news or the bad news first?
Paul gives us the bad news first.
This section is about our desperate need.
ILL - Jeweler lays out a black piece of cloth to show beautiful stones… The stones look gorgeous on the black back drop.
That’s what Paul does.
He is going to present good news… like the diamonds, but first he must lay the black backdrop… our sin and need for salvation.
We appreciate salvation more when we understand where we’ve got to come from.
Imagine a courtroom scene.
That’s kind of how Paul lays this section out.
The case of this courtroom scene is man's guilt or innocence before God.
The charge is that man has deliberately rejected God.
The prosecutor is Paul, the accused is all of humanity, the defense is that we are without excuse (v.
21), the evidence is what we're going to look at tonight.
Paul builds a case.
The verdict is in v. 32 -- capital punishment, that's what we deserve.
Paul is building a case against humanity step by step.
Paul starts right off with the Wrath of God.
He’s not talking about thunder and lightening… He is talking present tense… Let’s look at the Wrath of God
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The Wrath of God
What is it?
Not violent temper…
Greek words for anger -
Thermos - blast of anger… sudden temper
Orge - controlled anger
What is it?
It’s Controlled Anger.
God gets angry but he never looses control.
God gets angry at sin.
ILL - if someone kidnapped your child, would you get angry… of course.
God become angry when he sees people sin… doing things that are wrong.
Why does God get angry with sin?
Why does God get angry with sin?
It destroys lives.
He gets angry at sin because it destroys people’s lives and relationships.
It damages what he made and twits our purpose.
God made the world perfect, but sin has brought on hatred, violence, wars, prejudice, injustice…
If God didn’t get angry at all of this, he would not be worth worshipping.
There are two objects of God’s Wrath.
1. God’s wrath is revealed against godlessness.
Godlessness simply means living as if there is no God.
It doesn’t mean you don’t believe there is a God, you just don’t act as if there is a God.
You don’t think He makes a difference and many believe there are no consequences for bad behavior - sin.
2. God’s wrath is revealed against Wickedness
Wickedness is living with out any rules.
You are your own judge.
You don’t answer to anyone but yourself.
If you believe it’s ok, then it’s ok.
You live without rules.
Godlessness is sin against God.
Wickedness is sin against mankind.
Vs. 18 is a summary of everything else we are going to look at.
Godlessness - vs 19-23 & Wickedness vs 24-32
Paul is in court and he says… People are guilty.
He says people are guilty of
Paul charges humanity with 3 counts of godlessness and 3 counts of wickedness
Godlessness comes before wickedness because if your vertical relationship with God is not right, your horizontal relationships with each other will not be right.
If you are not right with God, you will treat people wrongly…
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People are guilty of Godlessness (Romans 1:19-23)
People are guilty of living as though God does not exist.
However God has revealed himself to us.
Paul says God has revealed himself to mankind and it’s...
1. It’s unmistakable.
IOW it’s plain to see.
Look at the stars… at any of creation.
Many people feel so close to God when they are out in nature.
That’s because he reveals himself in nature.
It’s unmistakable.
ILL A Russian cosmonaut circled the earth and said, "I searched for God all over the heavens and I didn't see him.
Therefore there is no God."
Three weeks later John Glenn went up and circled the earth three times.
John Glenn is a Christian.
The first thing he said when he came back down, "I saw God everywhere.
I saw His glory.
I felt His presence, His closeness.
I saw His majesty."
God is revealed in nature.
2. It’s Universal.
The evidence is overwhelming.
All of creation points to the fact that there is a God.
Whether you're in Europe, Africa, Asia, America... everybody can look up and see the same stars, the world around them.
Whether you're educated or under educated it's obvious, unmistakable, universal.
What does creation teach us about God?
A. He is eternal
His eternal power…
When you look at creation… Someone designed this.
It just didn’t happen by accident.
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