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Romans 1:24-25

God Handed Them Over

October 10, 2021 • Pastor John Wilson

INTRO. NEXT SEVERAL SERMONS ARE CHALLENGING
A. Vs 22 = Loss Of Reason & Moral Decay X Vortex
B. ”Therefore” vs 18-23 = Cause And Effect

I. Vs 24 GOD HANDED THEM OVER TO UNCLEANNESS
A. God Did Not Want To, Forced His Hand
X I Sam. 8:5, I Sam. 12:12-13 God Warned Them
B. To Uncleanness: Impure, Lewd, Unchaste
C. Ever Increasing Immorality, Self-Destructive
1. Pv.11:19, Pv.14:12 Never God’s Desire X Israel

II. 24 LUSTS OF HEARTS > SEAT OF MIND, WILL, EMOTION
A. Gk. = Intense Craving, Burning Passion
1. Desire The Forbidden, Begins In The Mind
2. Covet Things, People, Experiences
B. Moves In The Body Physically

III. Vs 24 DISHONOR THEIR BODIES = SHAME, DEVALUE
A. Use For Selfish Pleasure = Treat As Objects
B. “Among” Themselves > Complicit In Sin & Evil
1. Vs 32 You Approve …To Cover Shame Of Your Sins
2. Results: Std, Abortion, Fatherless Homes, Society

IV. Vs 25 “EXCHANGED” CHANGE ONE THING TO ANOTHER
A. Deviate From Truth, Deviant Behavior, Beliefs
B. Truth: Everything Made With Design/Purpose
X Grand Piano Floats, Lgbtq “Procreate”
C. What Is The Lie? Gen.3:5 Man Can Be As God
1. Truth: God Made Man In His Image
D. Man Has Sought To Place Himself Above God

CLOSE: THIS PATTERN MAY BE ESCAPED
A. No Nation, Culture Has Survived This Place

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