Book of Romans - Ch. 1, Vs. 23-Ch. 2, Vs. 10 (11/21/1999)

The Desperate Need of Salvation in Romans 1

Okay. Book of Romans first chapter. We actually begin with verse 23 today. Paul is explaining how Desperately man needs Salvation gonna lock them out. I guess in verse 22 professing themselves to be wise.

They became silly blame blame brainless stupid dull-witted dumb and so forth verse 23 and they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanliness. Through the lusts of their own Hearts to dishonor their own bodies between themselves. I'd like for everybody to understand. God gave them the right to do evil.

You cannot be angry and learn of God at the same time. Verse 25 who changed the truth of God into a lie and And worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator Who is blessed forever? Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile afflictions.

For even their women did change the natural use Into that which is against nature. Anytime you have a question about anything Lots of times you can find the answer from nature. No place in nature. Do you find that it practices homosexuality to any extent.

Lesbianism. When I prepared this couple weeks ago, I had just read in the paper That our president had proclaimed this week is queer and fag on her week. No, he he dressed it up To. But sin is sin people.

We cannot just manufacture some easy palatable words and make it correct. But a week dedicated to those people verse 32 who knowing the judgment of God. That they which commits such things are worthy of death.

Well, I'm on 32, where are you? All right, if you insist 27 and Likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lusts one toward another men with men working that which is unseemly and Receiving in themselves that recompense of their error, which was meat or which was fitting.

So the Bible tells us here that there is a recompense. David what's that word mean? Men also used animals for this same thing. Turn to the book of Deuteronomy, please. To the 27th chapter and the 21st verse.

Curse it be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all of the people shall say, amen. I hope you realize that God does not give a law where it does not apply. So when he started to burn witches, that means there are witches 28 and even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient.

Now the word or the phrase not convenient simply means not fit for a man or a beast 29 being filled with all unrighteousness. Fornication wickedness covetousness maliciousness full of envy murder debate deceit malignancy whisperings.

The Meaning of the Vice List in Romans 1

Now every time I've taught this and every time I've ever heard it taught. We just simply read all of those words and go on. We're not going to do that this time. We're going to look at each one of them.

Maybe the only time we do but we're going to this morning. We start off with unrighteousness. But a deed of violating law and justice is unrighteousness. Fornication adultery. Homosexuality lesbianism intercourse with animals and so forth.

Sexual intercourse with close relatives. Sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman. The worship of idols of the defilement of idolatry as incurred by eating the sacrifice offered to an idol. Wickedness means iniquity.

Depravity. Malice evil purpose and desires. Covetousness a greedy desire to have more malice. Wickedness that is not ashamed to break laws murder. Murder was invariably visited with capital punishment.

Then as you know every sin demands payment and that sin will be paid. Yes, sir. Absolutely. The law of murder and its principle is founded on the fact that man having been made in the likeness of God.

Debate means contention strife wrangling arguments. Deceit is guile and subtlety. Malignity is bad character depravity of mind and life. Whisper. Secret slander or detractor. Backbiter a deframer evil speaker.

Hater of God hateful to God. Exceptionally impious impious and wicked. Despiteful Injurious and Insolent man who one who lifted up with pride either heaps insult Insulting language upon others or does them some shameful act or wrong?

Despitefulness. Proud. Showing oneself above others overtopping conspicuously above others. Preeminent with an overweening estimate of one's means or merit. Despising others or even treating them with contempt or haughtiness.

Boaster an empty pretender. Inventor of bad things. This is a contriver of bad of bad nature. Disobedient to parents and Debbie to think that that was included in this awful list. Disobedient to parents.

It means Impersuadable suadable cannot be persuaded not compliant and Child got to that point. Then by law the father had to kill him or that put a stop to without understanding. Foolish unintelligent stupid.

Covenant breaker simple and faithless. Without natural affection means they're unsociable unloving Implacable. Truce breakers that cannot be persuaded to enter into a covenant. Unmerciful without mercy or mercilessness.

So we have Painted an awful picture of man without God. Who knowing the judgment of God that they which commits such things are worthy of death? John they know that Not only do the same but have pleasure in them to do it.

They encourage each other's each other. Now we had. In verse 29 it starts off with the words being filled again. Filled. What part of a grammar is that it's what it's a passive perfect participle. What's that mean?

What's passive mean David? Right. This action is done by someone other than themselves. It is an action once forever. The result of such an action is that they were completely filled with all of the aforementioned sins.

To a condition of always being full. Let me ask you a question to be different. Is it our duty to do all of the good deeds we can? Is it? Is It is it not our duty to do all of the good deeds that we can do.

But sounds reasonable to me. Well, David, you know. Answered praise to the praise of his glory if you want to say it exactly right. It is. How do we do that one word? One word. That's right. It is simply our duty to obey God.

Period in doing that will we will do good deeds, but don't start in the middle in Psalms 37 and 4 delight thyself also in the Lord and He shall give thee the the desires of thine heart. Then it's what's that mean to you?

Well, why can you not say there won't be any bad things. No, nothing bad will ever happen to one of his children. All right. You you change the subject of the sentence. I Will think some bad things we might perceive it to be so but if it come from God, it cannot be bad.

It'd have to be good. I Wish that we would all get that fixed in our computer. All things are of God in the original state and all things are good in the original state everything that comes and He's in control of everything.

Now we perceive it to be bad usually because it does not go the way we want it to or My reaction to it is wrong. Or I hurt myself by it. There's no way that anybody could have ever explained to me. In 1941 when I became so ill.

And was in the hospital for so long that that could be good. John. It just it never entered my mind that it was good. But if it had not been for that incident, I'd have never met any of you. So it was good.

He doesn't say that you won't suffer. Or it won't hurt. But even the hurt is good only as deep as you want it to be. Yes. Psalms 37 for let's let's. Let's hear the pop. Delight to thyself also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Don't stop He and he shall give thee The desires of thine heart. That's right. I'm so glad you finally saw that. Ha ha ha. For years and years I looked at the word desires as a verb. It isn't as a noun.

He will not give you everything you want. That's not what it says. But he will give you the right desire to desire that that he wants. Yes, it's imperative only. He shall give you the desires Doesn't mean that he will give you what you desire.

He will give you the desire to desire that that he wants. And it's imperative. There's no escaping it. Philippians 2 13, that's right. And also he not only Desires us to do good works gives us the right desires.

He's the one that works it. It is God that worketh in you. He's the one that's working in you to do what he wants and makes it possible for us to carry it out. Great guy just about takes it all away from us.

Does it. All we have to do is just perform it. Yes. Yes. No, well as far as they were concerned it was. Yes, sir. Yes, sir, but he did. He did. No by knowing that fact. Then I can't go beat up somebody.

Can't find any fault. I Can see they answer the law, but that's as far as I can go. No. All right. Where was I so rudely interrupted? Okay, remember Philippians 2 13 and Philippians 1 29. I think it is.

Condemnation, Judgment, and God's Long-Suffering in Romans 2

Now we come to chapter 2 in this wonderful book of Romans tomorrow November the 22nd. My bride and I will have been married 54 years. And you know the longer we live together the more we become one mind.

So David I may not be too sharp today because today's her turn. Romans 2 and 1. Therefore. Or because of all of this because You've been completely filled thou art inexcusable old man. You're without any defense.

Whosoever thou art that judges or criticizes. For wherein thou judgest another. Thou condemnest thyself without that judges doest the same things. If you didn't you wouldn't recognize that it was wrong.

Now here's something for us to all think about to find fault with things in your life or to complain about circumstances. Hold on to your seat is Worshipping the devil. The only way anyone knows anything about anything is only by experience.

Therefore when we condemn someone else we're saying that either we are now or we have in the past done the same thing. So be very careful. When you open your mouth, I didn't say you had to be one. You have to have some experience concerning that.

Sure, it'd have to. If it didn't then we'd have to follow the philosophy that we need to Be sure that our children experience all things evil so they know what to avoid. Verse two, but we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth.

Against them which commits such things. This is one of the main reasons for us to not to be able to judge in truth. It's because we do not know the truth. We cannot see the entire picture. Another reason we cannot give an unbiased decision.

Every decision Greg has ever made has been tilted one way or the other. We cannot escape that God's the only one that can. Not that he makes decisions but in judgment we have to and thinkest thou this old man that judges them which do such things and Do us the same that thou shalt escape the judgment of God.

The Jew is ready enough to judge the Gentile. But he forgets that the same principle on which he condemns the Gentile. Mainly that he does evil in spite of knowing better condemns himself also. And unfortunately, Greg You and I act like Jews once in a while.

It is a common fault of man to think that laws Apply to everyone else and not me. How many times you ever said in not this church. And in these sir other service. And you thought boy the preachers really getting them told today.

I'm so glad he said that It better not be in this church. Hate us. I hope none of you get caught up in this. What's his name. Benny him? Hi, well, I wonder why. It's getting more and more like San Francisco.

Well, I'd have to understand your definition of judge. Sure, sure. Absolutely. If we did not we'd be in trouble. You know, the Lord said that by their fruits you shall know them. That's not talking about Christians.

That's talking about the false teachers. David it's really not us judging. It's the Bible. Let's judge it then. Just like if you sit on a jury and I've heard so many people say well I can't condemn him to death.

Well, you're not. It's the law that does it. Yes, that's right. All right. In verse four, I would only add this the word despises or despise Means to look down your nose at somebody. You're better than they are.

The word thou is emphatic or a staccato. Carries lots of weight means each one of you. The riches of his meaning God's Goodness and forbearance and long-suffering. This is what made it possible to you to be born in the time.

To be raised to the state where he notified you that you were his. We look at it as his long-suffering. John is the Lord delaying his coming. He's right on schedule. Yes. That's good. Oh, you're you're expecting one.

That That's premeditated visionary. That's right. No. He does nothing based on emotion. It's all matter of fact. That's good. Do you feel another one coming? That's right. He has no patience. Can we move on to five now?

But after thy hardness meaning stubbornness and impenitent or unrepentant heart. Treasure up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God these people are treasuring up wrath now that's borders on an oxymoron.

Because you do not ever connect treasure with evil. But these people are doing that as I said earlier every sin demands a payment. Now our sins were paid for. Theirs are not. Jesus bore the weight of all of the sins of his people.

All of them of all of his people at one time on the cross now John. These people that are not under the blood. When they come to judgment that they will have to bear the weight of all of their individual sins all at once.

But they'll have to. First six who will render. And what's that mean besides making large? Pay off. To pay that which is due to every man. Every man according to his deeds. Deed is any product whatever anything accomplished by hand or art industry or mind.

Second Corinthians 510 says. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. That everyone may receive the things done in his body. According to that he hath done. Whether it be good or bad if it's bad you'll lose.

What reward could have been if it's good you will gain a reward? Don't ask me to explain the rewards because I cannot. Personally, I think there'll be responsibilities. Receive those things done in our bodies in this life.

In this life right now. There have been two or three good deeds that Greg has done. Some of you have done less than that. But Be aware of the fact you don't know when you do a good deed. If you do it's not a good deed.

First seven to them who by patient continuance in well-doing. Seek for glory and honor and immortality eternal life. Well doing means good faith. Continuance in the good faith. A Falling drop Will finally wear a stone at the bottom of every leaf on a tree there is.

And cradle was the only term that I could think of. But at the where the leaf comes off of the branch. Right down at that little spot. There's an awful lot of Chemistry. There is a photoelectric cell that when the Sun gets to a certain angle which means in the fall then the Photocell is turned off and the green.

What is the green. Chlorophyll is shut off and We see all of the beautiful colors of the leaves. The colors were there all the time. It's just the chlorophyll has covered them. So at a certain time of year that little photocell cell is shut off but the amazing thing that I discovered when studying all of that was that there is a cradle and In it is an infant germ of life.

The winds will rocket the birds will sing to it all summer and next season. Then it will unfold into a leaf. So you see how God is preparing Next year's leaves even today. This spring he was preparing next year's leaf.

Is he not doing the same thing with us? Preparing us right now. For the next life. But unto them that are contentious and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness indication and wrath. Now verses eight and nine.

Are not speaking about man's destination but about rewards both good and bad. Verse nine tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil of the Jew first. And also the Gentile. Why is the Jew first great?

That's right. But glory and honor and peace to every man that works the good. To the Jew first and also to the Gentile. Let me give you. Again, I've done it before but seven steps to destiny. Debbie it all starts with a thought.

This may be seven or eight. I don't know today is not my day so first. Hearing gives rise to thoughts. Every thought bears fruit every one of them fruit bears action. Action Brings a habit from habits.

Our conduct is developed. Conduct brings character and character gives you destiny. Destiny gives you heaven or hell. It all starts with hearing something which triggers a visionary thought in some people's minds.

Then we act on it. Becomes a habit conduct character. So every thought great. Every thought is powerful. It is in the thinking process that all of the power lies. So be very careful. What you? Allow your man to think about.

Dave and I was talking the other day about The power of the mind. It has a mind of its own and I hope someday he develops that into powerful sermon. That's why in the book of Philippians and the fourth chapter in the eighth verse we find Paul saying this finally brethren.

Whatsoever things are true. Whatsoever things are honest. Just Pure Lovely. Good report. If there be any virtue and if there be any praise. Think on these things our times almost up, but I must give you a little bit of process of our mind.

And I know I've done this before. But every human being has a conscious mind well the rational ones and a subconscious mind. John you're born with both. The subconscious mind never forgets. It's like a non-failing computer that it takes all of the information from the conscious mind.

The conscious mind gets all of its information through the senses. So the subconscious records everything Forever. If you had control of your subconscious mind You would be able to go back and Relate Everything that has ever occurred to you from the time that mind was formed as a side note.

I believe in Revelation where it says the books will be opened. That's what will be opened is our subconscious mind. Now every answer that you get for any question that you have. You go through every day and you have questions.

Well, every answer comes out of the subconscious mind. If you put junk in you're going to get junk out. If you put the Word of God in that's all you're going to get out. Just stands to reason that all you know is what's in there.

We have the option of putting in certain things. God has access to it also. Satan doesn't. God does talking to his people now. So Philippians 4 and 8 we need to commit to memory. Whatever things are good pure holy.

Satisfying everything think on these things. If you spend your time thinking on only the good and it starts remember with one of the senses. If you look at something that's bad, that's going to be recorded.

By the way, the subconscious never recognizes a joke. You cannot say well go ahead and record it, but play it back as a joke. God doesn't recognize a joke either. It is impossible. And David I was thinking more of that since we discussed it the other day does God recognize a joke.

The you have to understand the definition of a joke. Debbie a joke is for meeting.