Title: Ignorance of God / Romans 1:19-25
Contents
sin ungodly against God
Scripture: Romans 1:19-25
In Romans, it is logical to teach teaching the truth of God.
1. Naked us first
2. God clothed us with clothes
3. Made us people of the Holy Spirit
4. Hanani makes us holy sacrifices on the altar of God
We are all under the wrath of God - live the wrath of a holy God
means imminent destruction.
Today, we see why man is under the wrath of God.
This is a word of inquiry. God Naked Us - Opens Up Our Sins One By One
you are living
In verse 18, the second half of verse 18, it is said that the sin of man who lives the wrath of God is ungodly.
All. And that explanation comes up to verse 25.
To be godly is to acknowledge and love God.
The English word ungodliness is called godlessness - meaning there is no God.
Then, the question arises, does man know or do not know God?
There has been much debate among theologians on this issue.
However, the theologian, no matter what he says, does not believe in the voice of God speaking directly in the Bible.
You have to listen.
In verse 21, we read that they knew God, but did not glorify God, and gave thanks to God.
not even, == those who should know, praise, and worship God are not thankful and worship
don't
19-20, for the things that may be known of God are revealed in them. God me
He has seen the things he has not seen since the creation of the world, his eternal power
Power and divinity are clearly seen and understood in all that they have made; therefore, they use no excuses.
I can't.
This is called religion.
Humans instinctively have the knowledge of God. when God created
It is because you planted it in human nature
So, no matter what ethnicity or uncivilized cannibal, they have a religion and seek God.
is common. Leaving aside the matter of making a living, there is nothing more eternal than human beings.
It is human life that struggles for.
No matter how clever a monkey is, it cannot worship. Also, why are animals born into the world?
did it happen Why should I live? I worry that my heart is aching, and I can't sleep, so
You cannot see them seeking God, repenting, and giving thanks.
As long as the problem of food, clothing and shelter is solved, animals are satisfied with it, their numbers increase, and they do not prosper.
But humans don't.
When it is difficult to make a living, there is no time to look for other things to get it.
If you can afford to eat and live, do you have more worries and worries in your mind after that?
C. How can we not escape from things that seem to be no problem in the past?
will be seen as a big problem.
We want to live well, work hard to achieve social welfare, and earn money
Pray and ask the government to do this, do that, but
In fact, the countries that have achieved everything we want are the people of Northern Europe.
It is a country where people are much better off and there are no poor people.
If you do not have a job, the state pays you, the state takes care of children, and the elderly
The country will take care of you and take responsibility for everything comfortably until you die.
In other words, there are more fruits, and life in the world is no longer fun.
If the desires of the flesh that we desire are fulfilled, it is not at all if that place is heaven.
I did.
Therefore, there is no atheism in the strict sense of this world.
There is no atheism no matter what anyone says. They feel their sins and ugliness.
They're just disguising unbelief as atheism for the sake of cheating.
You will come to know God by looking at all things in nature or by looking at the human body.
No man can say that he does not know God.
Through the knowledge of God and the textbook that God shows, we become one through all things.
You can know the existence of God and the providence of God.
So, at the end of verse 21, he said that he would be without excuse. no one knows God
You can't make any excuses. If you turn your head in order not to see God because you don't know,
Because God is everywhere, we cannot run away from God.
Therefore, because they knew God but did not worship Him, they were judged before God.
can only receive.
Sins committed knowingly and sins committed ignorantly are definitely different. Sins committed ignorantly may be forgiven
You can get it, you can take it down, and you can get another chance. But
Knowingly and knowingly committing a crime will result in an aggravated punishment.
Then why did man leave God?
Human beings who have departed from God will eventually fall into idolatry when they know that God exists.
But why do you seek idols?
1, avoiding God
God requires of us.
I am the creator, so worship me.
obey my words
If you don't do well, you will be punished.
love me love your neighbor
I did not like this kind of interference from God. It's annoying and painful. Do you want to feel a little more comfortable?
All.
So they left God.
We know well that a child must listen to his parents to become a good person.
However, after committing a mistake, he avoids the day of his parents and becomes farther and farther away.
So, you get to hang out with bad friends, and you will see cases where you walk the path of corruption.
Likewise, people hate the personal and ethical interference of God, so they
I wanted to live the way I wanted to. So I left God's bosom.
Where do people who leave God go? Idolatry. idols are personal
not god Since he is a god created and served by humans, idols are like this to humans.
I don't do shit. It just gives people what they want.
You see, those who go to the temple and offer sacrifices repent and struggle with their sins,
No one has ever seen it happen.
Because he is an impersonal god.
To serve God you have to go down the narrow road, but for idolatry, you can do whatever you want.
Because people can easily fall into idolatry.
Mu who went to the shaman and said, "In order to receive blessings, first repent and come."
There is no party. If you just pay a lot of good fortune, they will wish you good luck.
Even in Buddhism, if you spend a lot of money to build a great temple, you can write the name of the person in large
and exalts him, and for him all people pray daily.
He does not judge what he has done wrong, nor does he demand that he live righteously.
But Christianity cannot do that.
When you come before God, you must first repent.
They are just trying to forsake God.
2. They have left God because of their lust.
Someone who will wonder why you write about lust while talking about idolatry
Yes, but idolatry and lust are closely related. idolatry
He said that it came from the desire to do his own will.
That is, you are at the center of it.
A self-centered person pursues pleasure. If this goes out endlessly, the anger of desire
It becomes an example.
In the old days, people made visible figures of the Sun, Moon and the Holy Gods and animals and served them.
I, modern people, think this is stupid.
However, he is making more invisible idols in his heart.
They commit an act to satisfy their lust.
People have fun in pursuing forbidden desires that God tells them not to do.
Just like the saying that secretly eaten bread tastes better, there is pleasure in sin that goes against the will of God.
is to enjoy.
new age movement
A mixed religion of East Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism that emerged as Western Christianity declined
As a proponent of pantheism
I am excited and there is a God within me.
All things are God, and God is in all things.
Therefore, if you develop the God within you, you can enjoy happiness.
As a method, hypnosis, necromancy, physical training such as yoga, and prophecy are presented.
Countless intellectuals are drawn into this movement.
dear saints
We discover who we were before we knew God. we seek God
Were you in the arms of God? It won't be.
I would have lived in sin according to my lusts.
The secret to being a miserable person
think only about yourself
only talk about me
Use only the word I
want to be praised
love only me
Be utterly selfish.
We are saved saints. So we do not live for ourselves, but for God.
How precious it is to live for the sake of one's neighbor, to live for the sake of others
Is it a blessing?
Isn't this true happiness?
Knowing God is the purpose of living the life we desire.
May you enjoy this blessing forever.
We should enjoy it while giving thanks to God and worshiping God.
Hymn 40 Let's praise God while singing all the worlds that the Lord God has made.