For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16
Where are you at? Are you ashamed of the gospel of Christ? Are you willing to accept the bible from cover to cover and believe everything inside it? Are you willing to do what God asks you to do? Do you want to have power with God?
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Romans 1:17-20
You must have faith in God. You must hold fast to his instructions (the Holy Bible) “because that which may be known of God is manifest in them”. I am talking about people men and women who are able to hold the truth in all ungodliness and unrighteousness.
We (the saved) are without excuse. The sinner is without excuse lets dig a little deeper. Still in Romans: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 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; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
We can see the same thing happening in our world today. Women with women and men with men. We follow images made by man, we give into our own lust. I don’t care what you believe this was not the way God intended his creation to be. If you are caught up in this lifestyle then you are wrong. The “Word of God” tells you that you are wrong, not me. I am not judging you the “Word”is. Can man plead that he has fulfilled his obligation to God?
Our Creator's invisible power and Godhead are so clearly shown in the works he has made, that even idolaters and wicked Gentiles are left without excuse. They foolishly followed idolatry; and rational creatures changed the worship of the glorious Creator, for that of brutes, reptiles, and senseless images. They wandered from God, till all traces of true religion must have been lost, had not the revelation of the gospel prevented it. ~ Matthew Henry’s Commentary
This chapter is a call for us to examine ourselves. When we do will it convict us for things we have done?
I am not ashamed of how I believe, I am not ashamed to call sin what it is. I am however ashamed of some of the things I have done in the past. I am ashamed of how God’s creation has turned their back on him. I fail God in my spiritual life often and if you will be honest with yourself you do to. We have not reached perfection yet, but one day…
May God Bless You!
