ROMANS Study Guide

Rom 1:25 For they changed the truth of God into a lie, and they worshiped and served the created thing more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Rom 1:26 For this cause, God gave them up to dishonorable affections. For even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature. Rom 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another; males with males working out shamefulness, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was fitting for their error. Rom 1:28 And even as they did not think fit to have God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do the things not right, Rom 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; being full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers, Rom 1:30 backbiters, haters of God, insolent, proud, braggarts, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Rom 1:31 undiscerning, perfidious, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful.

Rom 1:32 who, knowing the righteous order of God, that those practicing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but have pleasure in those practicing them.

3) Consequences of our sins in life…vss.24 - 32

a) Paul uses the phase “gave them up or over . ..” three times

(vs.24,26)

(1) God simply lets us destroy ourselves…we lose the

freedom to “stop” - to control our life - coming more

and more under demonic control being driven by our

evil passions.

(2) Sex’s seems to be such a powerful force for good or bad.

b) Man embraced the deliberate lie and worshipped the created

instead of the creator. Vs.25

c) The course of sin is to pervert or distort the natural order of

things…to destroy what is healthy and good. In these two

verses Paul is essentially pointing to homosexuality (women

having unnatural sex with women and men with men). Dr.

Barclay states that when we banish God from our life, we not

only lose God but we lose ourselves (our manhood and

womanhood). We lose the ability to be who God meant us to

be. (pg.33) Vss.26-27