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Romans 1:21 · BSB
1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
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…As a result, their minds became dark and confused, claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. When you bring together that portion ofRomans chapter 1, verses 21and 22, with that opening phrase of Romans chapter 12, verse 2, you realize that Paul understands that thoughts are an everyday problem that every…
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…and sisters, is not committing intellectual suicide. Not believing in it is. In fact, they embrace it. Let's unpack the second part here ofRomans 1, verses 18 to 22. And I will show you how people will put a blind faith in their own ideas, they will trust human speculation, and that those speculations will…
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…bound becoming more and slave to their sins. So what has led men and women to do this for Millennia? It's Pride. Just good old-fashioned Pride.Romans 1:18 through 25for the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth for…
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…all the Craziness and people's behavior and their sexuality, all these different perversions, all these different things, they all stem fromRomans 1:21people forget that, that, that a people forgot or refuse rather to give honor to God glory to God. And what else? Thanks to him. They refused to…
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…it means to be blind. You love your Darkness more than the light you're being presented with. And so every unconverted person is spiritually, blindRomans 1:21explaining again, just the blindness of mankind. Paul writes, he says, for, although they knew God and knew about him, they knew of him. They did…
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…pleasure in evil. He says, this may still be true in your own life. The Bible says that every unconverted person lives in spiritual Darkness,Romans 1:21. Elsewhere. He says the scriptures say that the God of this world talking about Satan has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might…
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…every kind of impurity. The word callous here means to cease to feel pain or feel grief. It's essentially it's it's ceasing to feel conviction.Romans 1:21tells us this for although they knew God. They did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they can't, but they became futile in their…
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…might not be experiencing joy right now, but maybe the reason for that is because you're worshiping the wrong thing. Let me explain myself to you.Romans chapter 1, verses 21 through 25. Speaking of the condition of the human heart, the natural condition of every single person who's ever lived. Although they knew God, they did not…
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…we're going to have a disordered life. We're gonna go in the wrong directions. We're not gonna be able to make the right decisions for life.Romans chapter 1, verse 21says this. It says, Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of…
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…you to worship him alone. This is what Paul's revealing in. Romans 1, Jasper, talk about some of these things this morning and Sunday School inRomans 1:21we read this. 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…
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…is without excuse creation itself, testifies to the reality of God and the general Revelation. And then he says, this in the next verse he says inRomans 1:21But there are those who did not honor him. Based on that understanding, they did not glorify God or give thanks to him. But they, what attributed…
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…of guilt, and a problem of corruption. Ignorance, guilt, corruption. Our first problem, the Bible says, is that we don't know. We are ignorant.Romans 1:21says, our foolish hearts are darkened by something called sin. Genesis 6:5 says, our thoughts are continually evil. This is the human condition.…
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…terribly wrong. So the next question we ask is, what is wrong with culture? What is wrong with our culture? What is the problem? If you look atRomans 1, verses 21 through 23, Paul says this, So here's the problem in a nutshell. Instead of living for God's glory, instead of creating culture that reflects God's glory,…
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…me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. Paul expresses the same inRomans chapter 1, verse 21and 22. 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…
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…I have three Trinitarian type points here about knowing God. Knowing God is impossible apart from the Spirit of God because our minds are darkened.Romans chapter 1, verse 21 through 23says, although they know God, that's us, we do not honor Him as God or give thanks to Him, but we become futile in our thinking, in what we know,…
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…of his wrath. Listen to what? Romans chapter 1 verses 18 and 19 says. And let me just actually read with you. Through verse 21 of Romans chapter 1Romans 1, verses 18 to 21. Paul says for the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in…
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…who gives thanks. I'm going to just point you to a couple of passages that help to reinforce this truth. I want you to see Paul's description inRomans chapter 1 verse 21. Paul is just describing the potency of the gospel by saying, I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. That's in 1 16. And then he goes on to…
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…Romans, explains to us what happened. It kind of fleshes out a little bit more what Genesis 3 would have to say. So let's go to Romans chapter 1.Romans 1, verse 21. So what has happened? Well, it explains verse 21. For although they knew God, so it's talking about all people, although they knew God, they…
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…have given up that thing which truly satisfies is the first evil to rather try to be satisfied with an impossibility Paul expresses the same inRomans chapter 1 verses 21 through 22for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks Christian you have been delivered from such futility by the grace of God…
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…practical wisdom either they repeat their follies thinking they are wise in their own eyes they are too busy uttering their own ignorance fools inRomans chapter 1 verses 21 to 22apostle Paul tells us how they became spiritual fools for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him but they…
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