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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