For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator
2007-10-13 04:59:18 · 10 answers · asked by Horton Heard You! 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God’s decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
2007-10-13 05:00:36 · update #1
We (believers) are walking alongside believers who prefer to glorify themselves instead of God........idolizing themselves and other worthless things.....It is a fearful thing because I am not above being likewise tempted .......those sins listed are the fruit of unbelief and glorifying man instead of God.......
So after God gives us over to our own sin.......which has the power to teach us.......we are then living under wrath which results in horrible perverted fruits of our condemned nature....
Sometimes after we have enough of living under wrath.....the gift of God sending His Son can finally be Good News.......
2007-10-13 05:11:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Paul was certainly speaking for himself like he did in several other places. Nowhere in the Law of God is there any ban on lesbianism. God the Son Jesus Christ never ever mentioned anything about homosexuals... In a very subtle way he did encouraged male castration, though...
Matthew 19:12 (KJV) For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
All that you need to do when you get at the Pearly Gate is to drop your pants before Saint Pete and he will swing the gate of Heaven wide open for you before your pants hit the ground. Remember that Jesus LOVES the DOERS of the Word, not the hearers only... When you get to Heaven you ought to hear a lot of sopranos, especially the choir of 144,000 virgin Jewish boys singing along for all eternity... they were not defiled with women!
Revelation 14:4 (NIV) These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.
It is strickly a male affair. Women don't need to apply! Christians will need to elbow themselves closer to Jesus because of the 144,000 virgin Jewish boys who will always be around Jesus... I say boys or young men because throughout the history of the world you will never find 144,000 virgin Jewish MEN! and we all know that Jesus loves the little children of the world... theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven!
2007-10-13 12:29:46 · answer #2 · answered by Opus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is a bit vague.
What it means is what it says.
The proof of God is out there, and God gives these people over to futile and base things for rejecting the evidence He provides to mankind that He is.
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2007-10-13 12:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by Hogie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians reading this today can praise God and rejoice in the fact that God's wrath does not rest on them anymore.
2007-10-13 12:07:38 · answer #4 · answered by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, careful not to fall into sin. But also, this is the explanation for why the world is the way it is
2007-10-13 12:05:45 · answer #5 · answered by christian_me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that God lets people that don't want to let "him" be God of their life exercise their free will to their heart's content.
2007-10-13 12:09:37 · answer #6 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. I agree with they guy who said it's too long.
I didn't even bother reading the whole thing.
Cheers.
2007-10-13 12:08:05 · answer #7 · answered by RiotCrisis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wish i could tell u right now it would take me 2 weeks to figure that out sorry
2007-10-13 12:04:14 · answer #8 · answered by Catman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people that should read this, won't. It's too long.
2007-10-13 12:04:42 · answer #9 · answered by carmel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-10-13 12:02:19 · answer #10 · answered by pwwatson8888 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋