PRaP 9-7-2005

"God's Wrath Against Mankind "

18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the
godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their
wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because
God has made it plain to them. 20For 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.

21For 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. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like
mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to
sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They
exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created
things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their
women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In 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.

28Furthermore, 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. 29They 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, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant
and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although 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.



May God add His blessing to His word.


I couldn't have said it better myself. I have nothing to add or take away
from these words that can be found in Romans 1. I just pray that your life
isn't described in the above scriptures.


PRaP Romans 1:18-31