Worship Who and How?
24120 9Q 6c - evil / humanity / know / God
Romans 1:21-25 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. :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.
Read the context: Romans 1
Ponder:
? How accurately do you think these verses describe humanity?
? Who is "they?" Does "they" include me and you?
? In these verses, Is there a difference between "knowing God" and "honoring His as God?"
jne: There seems to be a growing number of people who believe "there is no such thing as God." What do these verses say about such people? Is it really true that they have no God?
Claiming that people are basically good, many believe that evil arises from bad circumstances, from bad environments. Or, they use the old phrase: "the devil made me do it." Where does this passage say the evil comes from, and how it is cured?
Romans 1:21-25 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. :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.
Read the context: Romans 1
Ponder:
? How accurately do you think these verses describe humanity?
? Who is "they?" Does "they" include me and you?
? In these verses, Is there a difference between "knowing God" and "honoring His as God?"
jne: There seems to be a growing number of people who believe "there is no such thing as God." What do these verses say about such people? Is it really true that they have no God?
Claiming that people are basically good, many believe that evil arises from bad circumstances, from bad environments. Or, they use the old phrase: "the devil made me do it." Where does this passage say the evil comes from, and how it is cured?