Sunday, May 5, 2013

You have no excuse


Nobody will have any excuse when they stand before the judgment throne of God because we all know the truth. God has revealed it in us and to us. I read the words of the apostle Paul as written in Romans 1:18 in the New American Standard Version: “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,  19because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing to be wise,they became fools, 23and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.”
People have made up their own God, they have denied that which God has revealed to them and in them.
“24Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.25For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.”
We can see that in the world around us. People glorify the creature and they run after the lusts of the flesh and therefor we see what God has done.
“26For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.”
People are denying the existence of God and this here is the result.
“28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO A DEPRAVED MIND, TO DO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT PROPER, 29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice;[they are] gossips, 30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.”
That is the reprobate society that we are living in today. They have denied God and God has GIVEN THEM OVER to their lusts. He has given them over to a reprobate mind. They do not know to do right any more. God delivers us to our lusts and to our desires if we keep on denying Him but WE WILL ALL BE JUDGED BY GOD! God is the impartial judge and we will not escape the judgment or the wrath of God.
We read in Romans 2:6 “God who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: 7to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; 8but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation. 9[There will be] tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, 10but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.11For there is no partiality with God.”
God requires of us that we live righteously in obedience to Jesus Christ. The soul that sins will die. Most Christians profess to be sinners. They have never repented. They continue in sin, they are reprobates and God has given them over to their lusts. He has given them over to a reprobate mind, but He will impartially judge those who continue in their wickedness. God will reward every man according to their deeds.
Nobody will have any excuse, not even those who have not heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. We read in Romans 2:14 “For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves,15in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, 16on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.”
Nobody will have any excuse. We all KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG because God has planted the knowledge of truth in us. He will judge every man righteously by their deeds.
May Jesus bless you.



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