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"And so, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or approve of Him or consider Him worth the knowing, God gave them over to a base and condemned mind to do things not proper or decent but loathsome," (Romans 1:28 AMPC)
Acknowledging God as God. Referencing Him before taking any decision...
"For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and abnormal one, And the men also turned from natural relations with women and were set ablaze (burning out, consumed) with lust...
"Because they exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever! Amen (so be it). "(Romans 1:25 AMPC)
Jesus is the Truth of God. He said "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father except by me"...
"Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their [own] hearts to sexual impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves [abandoning them to the degrading power of sin]," (Romans 1:24 AMPC)
People create gods from their imagination and are deluded to think that they have done the...
"And by them the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God were exchanged for and represented by images, resembling mortal man and birds and beasts and reptiles." (Romans 1:23 AMPC)
Anyone that claim to be wise outside God will exchange His eminence and majesty for mere mortal...
"Claiming to be wise, they became fools [professing to be smart, they made simpletons of themselves].
"(Romans 1:22 AMPC)
Anyone that do not consider God in his or her thoughts and actions is a fool. It is a fool that says in his or her that there is no God. Many may claim to worship God today...
"Because when they knew and recognized Him as God, they did not honor and glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. But instead they became futile and godless in their thinking [with vain imaginings, foolish reasoning, and stupid speculations] and their senseless minds were darkened." (Romans 1:21...
"For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks). So [men] are without excuse [altogether without any defense...
"For that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness, because God [Himself] has shown it to them." (Romans 1:19 AMPC)
There are people that are vehemently resisting the truth, suppressing and making it inoperative in their lives. They are causing the...
"For God's [holy] wrath and indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who in their wickedness repress and hinder the truth and make it inoperative."
(Romans 1:18 AMPC)
God's holy wrath against unrighteousness in our world is justified. God is not...
"For in the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed through the way of faith that arouses to more faith]. As it is written, The man who through faith is just and upright shall live and shall live by faith."(Romans 1:17...
"For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ, for it is God's power working unto salvation [for deliverance from eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the Greek," (Romans 1:16 AMPC)
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"For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ, for it is God's power working unto salvation [for deliverance from eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the Greek," (Romans 1:16 AMPC)
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"For I have a great sense of obligation to people in both the civilized world and the rest of the world, to the educated and uneducated alike." (Romans 1:14 NLT)
This same great sense of obligation to preach the Gospel must be bestowed on us. Without it, our work for God will be lethargic and...
"When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours." (Romans 1:12 NLT)
The church is a community for mutual encouragement in faith. We were not designed to live in isolation, but together as a people. I must make it my duty to encourage...
"For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established—
"(Romans 1:11 NKJV)
Impartation of spiritual gifts will help establish us in Christ. We must seek this more than anything else in life. When spiritual gifts are in abundance in a life, he or...
"My desire and constant prayer is that I would succeed in coming to you, according to the plan and timing of God." (Romans 1:10 TPT)
Oh, that I will do everything according to the plan and timing of God! There is time and purpose for everything under the sun. But oftentimes, we handle issues as...
"And God knows that I pray for you continually and at all times. For I passionately serve and worship him with my spirit in the gospel of his Son." (Romans 1:9 TPT)
Brother Paul is calling God as a witness to his intercession for the brethren. This is a challenge for us today, we need to rise...
"First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because the whole world is hearing about your faith." (Romans 1:8 GNB)
Will the whole world hear about our faith? In this epistle, brother Paul gave thanks to God because the brethren in Rome were people of faith and it's on everyone...
"I am writing to all of you in Rome who are loved by God and are called to be his own holy people. May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace." (Romans 1:7 NLT)
Brother Paul wrote the epistle above primarily to the saints of God in Rome. He had earlier communicated...