God's Wrath Against Mankind
18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
2006-08-22 03:33:41 · 5 answers · asked by charlielikespeanutbutter 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It all boils down to who do I trust, God or myself? If I trust God, then I will follow his commanments. If I truly seek union with God then I will seek his will in all things. If he doesn't want it for me, then I don't want it.
2006-08-22 03:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by anabasisx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't get caught up in all that rhetoric. Just remember that just because it's "written" somewhere, even the Bible, doesn't necessarily make it be true. The Bible was written by men and not by anyone else. Just because people say it was "inspired" by God, doesn't mean that it was. The men writing the Bible may have also been inspired by hallucinations from fasting. Clinging to all those words in the Bible is a waste of time. Look into your OWN conscience instead.
2006-08-22 10:43:11 · answer #2 · answered by cynthiajean222 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
18) that says for the wrath of GOD is revealed from heaven against all UNgodliness and UNrightoeusness of men, GOD is giving his people time to change from their wicked ways and turn to him but if they stay with their eveil ways then they will fell the wrath of GOD. remember lot, the whole city was eveul and lot and his family were told to leave and not to look back but lots wife did and she seen the city in flames and she was turned into a pillow of salt. and the fllod. only noa and his family were saved couse they were the only christians to be found. all eveil will see and feel GOD,s wrath.
2006-08-29 14:28:45 · answer #3 · answered by JESUS loves 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry so much about such things. Just remember that all scriptures were written by the hands of men.
2006-08-22 10:42:00 · answer #4 · answered by Kee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude,
The answer is in the same book you quote from.
Keep reading!
2006-08-22 10:42:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋