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God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. ¹⁹For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. ²⁰For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. ²¹For 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, ²³and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

²⁴Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, ²⁵because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

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1. God Revealed - Romans 1:18-20
   God has revealed himself.  He doesn't hide.  He is a personal God whose character can clearly be seen.  All of creation is screaming God is revealed, God is personal, God can be known.
   
   Psalm 19:1-4
   ¹ The heavens declare the glory of God,
   and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
   ²Day to day pours out speech,
   and night to night reveals knowledge.
   ³There is no speech, nor are there words,
   whose voice is not heard.
   ⁴ Their voice goes out through all the earth,
   and their words to the end of the world.
   
   God has revealed enough about Himself thru creation that we have no excuses.
   
2. God Rejected - Romans 1:21
   The response to Gods revelation was rejection.   "I see it, I know it's true but I don't want it."  Our hearts are darkened.
   
   John 3:19
   ¹⁹ And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
   
3. God is Reconstructed - Romans 1:22-23
   Because we have all been created for worship we reconstructed God.  The Creator is replaced by creation.  The core of sin is idolatry and the core of idolatry is misplaced worship.  You don't have to try to avoid hell by your own good work.
   
   If you find your fulfillment in God only then are you free to enjoy His gifts.
4. God Replaced - Romans 1:24-25, 26, 28
   We can get so attached to whatever it is we can't tell the difference