God’s Wrath RevealedGod’s Wrath Revealed

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18.18. For God’s wrath is revealed from For God’s wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth, suppress the truth,

19.19. since what can be known about since what can be known about God is evident among them, God is evident among them, because God has shown it to because God has shown it to them.them.

20.20. From the creation of the world From the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being have been clearly seen, being understood through what He has understood through what He has made. As a result, people are made. As a result, people are without excuse. without excuse.

21.21. For though they knew God, they For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were their senseless minds were darkened. darkened.

22.22. Claiming to be wise, they became Claiming to be wise, they became fools fools

23.23. and exchanged the glory of the and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles. four-footed animals, and reptiles.

24.24. Therefore God delivered them Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded their bodies were degraded among themselves. among themselves.

22.22. They exchanged the truth of God They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead served something created instead of the Creator, who is blessed of the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.forever. Amen.

God’s Wrath RevealedGod’s Wrath Revealed

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If you suddenly had to stand before If you suddenly had to stand before God… and He asked you why He God… and He asked you why He should allow you into Heaven, should allow you into Heaven,

what would you say?what would you say?

God’s Wrath RevealedGod’s Wrath Revealed• Vs. 18 “God’s wrath is revealed Vs. 18 “God’s wrath is revealed

from heaven against all from heaven against all godlessness”godlessness”– ““I’m not a religious person” I’m not a religious person”

• ““God’s wrath is revealed from God’s wrath is revealed from heaven against all… heaven against all… unrighteousness of people”unrighteousness of people”– What we call “man’s inhumanity to What we call “man’s inhumanity to

man” God calls unrighteousnessman” God calls unrighteousness

I.

1:17 God’s righteousness is revealed1:17 God’s righteousness is revealed1:18 God’s wrath is revealed1:18 God’s wrath is revealed2:5 God’s righteous judgment is revealed2:5 God’s righteous judgment is revealed

God’s Truth RejectedGod’s Truth Rejected• Vs. 18 “God’s wrath is revealed Vs. 18 “God’s wrath is revealed

against… people who… against… people who… suppress suppress the truththe truth””– Beach ballBeach ball

• Vs.25 “They Vs.25 “They exchanged the truthexchanged the truth of of God for a lie, and worshiped and God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead served something created instead of the Creator”of the Creator”

II. . . .

What About Those Who’ve What About Those Who’ve Never Heard the Gospel?Never Heard the Gospel?

• Vs. 19 “From the creation of the Vs. 19 “From the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what He being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are has made. As a result, people are without excuse.” without excuse.”

God’s Delivering OverGod’s Delivering Over• Vs. 24 “Therefore Vs. 24 “Therefore God delivered them God delivered them

overover in the cravings of their hearts to in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.”were degraded among themselves.”

• Message: “So God said, in effect, ‘If Message: “So God said, in effect, ‘If that's what you want, that's what you that's what you want, that's what you get.’ It wasn't long before they were get.’ It wasn't long before they were living in a pigpen, smeared with filth, living in a pigpen, smeared with filth, filthy inside and out.”filthy inside and out.”

III. . . .

• Vs. 26 “This is why Vs. 26 “This is why God delivered God delivered them overthem over to degrading passions…” to degrading passions…”

• Vs. 28 “Vs. 28 “God delivered them overGod delivered them over to to a worthless mind to do what is a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.”morally wrong.”

• Vs. 32 “Vs. 32 “ForFor though they knew God, though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were their senseless minds were darkened.”darkened.”

God’s Rules ApprovedGod’s Rules Approved• 2:1-2 “Therefore, anyone of you who 2:1-2 “Therefore, anyone of you who

judges is without excuse. For when judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things. We know that God’s same things. We know that God’s judgment on those who do such judgment on those who do such things is based on the truth.”things is based on the truth.”

• Judging others says you know the Judging others says you know the standard & agree with it.standard & agree with it.

IV.

God’s Patience TestedGod’s Patience Tested• 2:4-5 “Or do you despise the riches of 2:4-5 “Or do you despise the riches of

His kindness, restraint, and patience, His kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? intended to lead you to repentance? But because of your hardness and But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are unrepentant heart you are storing up storing up wrathwrath for yourself in the day of wrath, for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.”revealed.”

V.

God’s Law Internally WrittenGod’s Law Internally Written• 2:14-15 “When Gentiles, who do not 2:14-15 “When Gentiles, who do not

have the law, instinctively do what have the law, instinctively do what the law demands, they are a law to the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not themselves even though they do not have the law. They show that the have the law. They show that the work of the law is work of the law is written on their written on their heartshearts. Their . Their consciencesconsciences testify in testify in support of this, and their competing support of this, and their competing thoughts either accuse or excuse thoughts either accuse or excuse them”them”

VI.

The Universal Human The Universal Human ConditionCondition

• 3:9-12 “What then? Are we any 3:9-12 “What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles are Gentiles are all under sinall under sin, as it is , as it is written: There is written: There is no oneno one righteous, righteous, not even one; there is no one who not even one; there is no one who understands, there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, seeks God. All have turned away, together they have become useless; together they have become useless; there is no one who does good”there is no one who does good”

VII.

We Can’t StandWe Can’t StandOn Our RecordOn Our Record

• 3:20 “For no flesh will be justified in 3:20 “For no flesh will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, for His sight by the works of the law, for through the law comes the through the law comes the knowledge of sin.”knowledge of sin.”

VIII. . .