Saturday, September 23, 2017

Wise in Own Eyes, Foolish

Romans 1:22-27    
22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.  24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.   26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

Those refusing to glorify God are only wise in their own eyes; making idols of things created by God (including themselves), they hold to ideas of creation by chance and worship their excuses called ideas in place of their obvious maker.  These self taught lies only lead to misuse of their own created bodies for their temporary enjoyment, refusing to rightly use all to honor God’s creation for good.  So God in return gives them over to receive what they ask for and rightfully deserve for rebellion and dishonor of their maker - their dirty desires given into, with resultant penalties both here and beyond death. 

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