A WORLD WITHOUT RESTRAINT
Romans 1.24-32
Romans: How Man Is Made Right – Part 2 of 10
Matthew 6.13 “… lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (esv)
GOD HANDS US OVER TO …
Worship DEFINED BY Inversion
v. 23 “… exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images …” (esv)
v. 25 “… worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator …” (esv)
Isaiah 45.5 “I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God …” (esv)
Sex Suiting OUR OWN Inclination
v. 26 “… God gave them up to dishonorable passions … those that are contrary to nature …” (esv)
Jeremiah 17.9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” (esv)
Proverbs 14.12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” (esv)
2 EXTREMES
(1) Unremarkable
1 Corinthians 6.18 “Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.” (esv)
(2) Unforgivable
Romans 8.23 “… we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.” (esv)
Morals OF OUR OWN Definition
v. 28 “… God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.” (esv)
v. 32 “… they know … that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.” (esv)