Day 5 - Romans 1:28 - 1:32

28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29 Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. 30 They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. 31 They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. 32 They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.


Tori's Comments:

For some reason, I'm caught on the phrase "they refuse to understand" (vs. 31). 

Maybe it has to do with my tendency to always assert that I am right, when usually it is the other way around (my sister can testify to this!). 

I am unsure about verse 32. How do they know what God's justice requires? Is this targeted to the Jews? And if so, wouldn't they think they're saved through their sacrifices? Just curious.


Terrie's Comments: 

These are the verses that stuck out to me today:
 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 

Once again it sticks out that they thought it was foolish to acknowledge God.... He didn't abandon them until they chose to turn their back on His ways.

They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

I think deep down we all know that their are consequences for wrong actions.  But I guess when you choose to define your own truth then anything goes.  This doesn't mean that it is really true however.  We are saved through faith... faith, as we learned in Hebrews last month, is an action that shows that we truly believe that God is real and His word is true.  




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