Victory or defeat over sin.
You must accept that you are a sinner in need of a Savior.
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, 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. - Romans 1:18-23
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. - Romans 1:24-27
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. - Romans 1:28-32
1. Inversion of God's truth v 18-23
2. Perversion of God's gift v 24-27
3 Depravation of the mind v 28-32
The wrath of God
The wrath of God and love of God are a two sided coin.
If you try to separate the two, God's wrath is purposeless.
God's love rescues from the wrath of God.
We are hopeless without it.
Man denies the wrath of God.
You shall surely die in your sin.
The wrath of God is against all evil.
The root of sin is to deny God or try to change the truth of His word to suit your sin.
Half truth is sin.
Share the word in truth, being careful not to deny it.
God will give you more of what you want.
Is it righteousness or sin?
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. - Matthew 5:6
God alone gives man moral, intellectual and reasoning power.
It will either be light or darkness.
The love for other comes from God.
The day of reckoning is coming.
Love those who are caught in sin.
Pray for them.
Fast for them, asking God to forgive them.
Sinner, repent, God will forgive you.
You can not stay in your sin or God's wrath will be your fate.
Jesus says:
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. - John 3:36
Thank you Pastor Youssef!
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