Paul unfold God’s Wrath on Man’s Sin Part 1
Romans
1:18-21 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because
what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to
them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His
eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although
they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but
became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. NKJV
From my early years as a teenager, I have always
been fascinated by little children and their behavior. I always considered them
to be sweet, adorable, and innocent. I never believed that the many little
babies I knew (from my baby brother, who was 11 years younger than me to the
other babies in my family and outside my family) who began to grow up into
toddlers were born sinners, rebellious, and wicked (Psalm 58:3) from their Mother’s womb. I confess with all sincerity
that I was one of those people who did not believe these little ones were born
evil, but I considered the evil perpetrated by men and women in the world was
due to environment and upbringing. I grew up in church and yet I believed that
the children’s parents determined if that person would be a benefit or trouble
to society. I surely did not associate my little baby brother’s heart or the
other little one’s heart equal to and identical in nature to that of one of the
most horrible men the world has ever known (Adolph Hitler). I did not know or
understand that the Word of God said, Jeremiah
17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.” NKJV
To put it plainly and bluntly there is nothing on
this planet earth that is more disgusting, cruel, vile, or filthy than the
human heart. We often read the news or watch the news reports and are horrified
or shocked at the latest act of terror or evil unleashed somewhere in our
country America or elsewhere around the world. However, the Holy Spirit
speaking through the Prophet Jeremiah long before any of us were born or even
thought of in our family tree diagnosed the condition of every human heart ever
born and there is not one in a better condition than another. God cannot
commune or fellowship with mankind in this dreadful condition. He must judge
man’s sin. Therefore, the Apostle Paul begins to unfold God’s wrath against the
unrighteousness that so freely flows from the hearts of human beings. Paul uses
the English word wrath and it is
translated from the Greek word orge which
means indignation, abhorrence, anger, vengeance, or violent passion; it is a
desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind). The ungodliness and
unrighteous sin of humanity rouses or stirs excitement or passion in God to
come against it or judge it or remove it from before Him because of His
Holiness and abhorrence to sin in the manner which He displayed in Genesis 6:5-7.
The men and women who lived during this time in
human history (Noah being one of them) did not have the written Law of God the
Ten Commandments to reveal or show them their sin and sinfulness (Romans 3:20). What they did have is
what Paul is writing about here in this first Chapter of Romans. The people
during Noah’s day and those today take God’s visible truth of what is right
(good) and what is wrong (evil) and suppress it or hold it down or put it on
the back burner of their mind so that they could then in Noah’s day and today
take pleasure in sin or to run full steam ahead after the sinful desires of the
deceitful heart (Isaiah 5:20 & John
3:20 & 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12). The Apostle Paul unfolds the reality
that God has made Himself known to every human heart those who were without the
Ten Commandments and those of us who were born under the Law (Ecclesiastes 3:11 & John 1:9).
Despite Adams fall from God’s grace and communion God left a permanent calling
card so to speak by placing within him and every person that came from Adam and
Eve a conscience (it has no power to change the sinful heart, but it is an
alarm to reveal right and wrong).
Humanity has been surrounded by the invisible things
that come from God from the very beginning. Let us take the wind for the best
example, because of the latest tragedies in the State of Oklahoma (the
Tornadoes and I pray for them to receive God’s comfort) we see the results of
the wind and have never been able to control it see it or know where it comes
from or goes to when it leaves a certain location. God’s power in the natural
world is clearly visible for all to see and acknowledge Him by it, but the
people during Noah’s time and todays intellectuals what to figure out mathematically
the natural world minus an All Mighty All Knowing Creator and this is why we so
commonly hear those in science and even the media refer to “mother nature” as
if such a thing actually exist (Psalms
90:2). There is no such thing as mother nature, but there are natural laws
created by the One True God Jesus Christ that are held together solely by Him
and His Power (Jeremiah 10:10-13).
The most intelligent of men and women have never and
will never create anything from nothing. Our God the Only God spoke and
Universes sprang forth from nothing and function all by His Eternal Power and
Godhead (Genesis 1:1-31 & Colossians
2:9-10). Man is the product of that Eternal Power and exists solely by and because
of our God. With the reality of God’s existence and His Rule over His Creation
and the things in it the men and women during Noah’s day and the men and women
today refused to give God the Glory or thank Him for the things that solely
come from His providential hands like sunshine and rain that allow crops to
grow to feed families (Acts 14:16-17),
but instead those in Noah’s day and ours today allowed the moral wickedness of
their hearts to rule and dominate and the internal considerations and thoughts
became blurred and darkened (Acts 26:18)
to all that was true, good, and lovely that comes from a good and loving God.
“If there
be a man before me who says that the wrath of God is too heavy a punishment for
his little sin, I ask him, if the sin
be little, why does he not give it up?” Charles Spurgeon
“The cliché, God hates the sin but loves the sinner, is false on the face of it and should be
abandoned. Fourteen times in the first
fifty Psalms alone, we are told that God hates the sinner;
His wrath is on the liar, and so forth. In the Bible, the wrath of God rests
both on the sin (Romans 1:18) and on the sinner (John 3:36). D. A. Carson
“Farewell unhappy, hopeless, blasphemous Rome! The Wrath of God has
come upon you, as you deserve. We cared for Babylon, and she is not healed; let
us then leave her, that she
may become the habitation
of dragons, spectres, and witches.” Martin Luther
If
you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ and His amazing healing power, pray this
from your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ (you speaking directly to Him), Dear
Lord Jesus, I confess to You that I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. I
believe You shed Your Blood and died for my sins. I believe that You rose from
the dead proving that You alone are God. I repent of my sins. I want to turn
from my sins. I ask You Dear Lord Jesus to come into my heart and take control
of my life. I want You to be my Lord, Savior, and my God. Amen...
Sincerely in Christ,Author of “Silent Assassins of the Soul - Are you Broken by Pornography and Masturbation? You can be Restored by the Lord Jesus Christ and brought into Deliverance, Freedom, and Victory! A Guide for Men and Women in the Enemy’s Crosshairs” e-book available now @ Amazon Kindle, @ Apple I Bookstore for IPod, Barnes and Noble for Nook, Reader Store for Sony Reader, Kobo, Copia, Gardners, Baker and Taylor, and eBookPie…
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