ROMANS Study Guide

chance)

b) These things can be clearly seen… no excuse to not know God

is there (behind it all)

2) Paul returns to the issue of deliberate suppression of the

Knowledge of God… vss.21 -23

a) They knew God was there (word knew is genosis which implies

not an experiential knowing but a clear perception of something) …

b) Their decisions…

(1) to not glorify (honor) God as God (creator) (2) nor did they give thanks (recognize him as the giver, provider)

c) This resulted in an increasing inability to see God or

understand God… vs. 21

(1) Their thinking became futile (empty, foolish) (2) Their hearts were darkened (blinded)

Note : what we see in operation today is the product of centuries of rejection, lies, and willful

blindness to God’s revelation that is still there in natural. It may be that truly enlightened

science may help bring some of this revelation back.

d) Claiming to be wise (skilled, learned)… they became foolish

(1) They exchanged the glory of the immortal God (incorruptible, non-decaying, eternal) - for

gods made to look like mortal man, birds, animals and reptiles. (They worshipped creation and not the

creator.)

(2) Even today we put such high value on what is going to pass away and put that above our

desire and time to be wi th God… showing what we truly value most.

How Divine Judgment Works

Rom 1:24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves.