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*“God is Exchanged”*
Romans 1:18-32
 
*Introduction*
 
Q&A 6
 
Q&A 10
 
*Need*
 
This is Paul’s basic understanding as he approaches
 
            God created people good – in his own image
                        So that they might:
                                    Know God
                                    Love God
                                    Live with God
           
            But … in the same breath … the creator God is angry about man’s sin
 
Paul is going to deliver the bad news first before the good news
 
Bad news: v. 18 – “The wrath of God is being revealed”
 
            Wrath of God
 
The wrath of God should never be confused with human anger for it not something that is uncontrolled.
God is able to control his anger – even in the midst of being angry.
God’s wrath is justified: it is a holy response to the unholy, a pure rejection of the impure.
In fact, for God not to express wrath at much of what goes on in our world would be wrong.
Not only is His wrath justifiable by his very nature—failure to respond in wrath would be doing a disservice to his very character.
Going to talk about until 3:20
 
Paul writing to mixed group: Jews and Gentiles
 
            Specifically targeting Gentiles
 
                        That’s us
 
                                    This is great finger-pointing passage – let’s not do it
 
                                                We need to see ourselves here in every word
 
                                                            Even if we are not guilty of the specific sins we are under God’s wrath b~/c of our first parents, Adam and Eve  -- H.C. Q&A 7 – “we are born sinners—corrupt from conception on.”
Cut to the chase – homosexuality – we will not be pointing fingers and saying, “You bad, bad, bad people!”
Want us to do – take that homosexual that you know – might even be related – put him right next to you – put your arm around them and say, “We’re in this thing together.
I am no better than you.
My sins deserve the wrath of God just as much as yours do.”
So in our text tonight…
 
*Satisfaction*
 
1 God’s revelation and Man’s exchange (18-23)
 
            Paul begins right where we would expect him to: God can be known
                        General revelation: general knowledge of God
                        Not special revelation: specific knowledge of God
 
            But even this general knowledge was sufficient – so that there would be no excuse
 
                       
            But they exchanged the glory of the immortal (eternal) God
 
            Exchanged
 
                        Christmas – get a sweater – don’t like – so I take it back and get a different one
 
                        Same here: exchange = “to change one thing for another”
 
                                    But not dealing with a simple sweater
 
                        Illustration: Somebody demonstrates for you
                                    A machine that makes money – real money
                                    In the course of the demo – they stamp out some $100 bills
                                    Then make you this offer:
                                                The machine (going to take some maintenance)
                                                The money – can go and buy anything right now
 
                        Which do you choose: the wise man chooses the machine – the money produced is endless
 
                        This is exactly what happens:
                                    Man exchanges a relationship with the Creator~/Maker~/Sustainer of the Universe for a relationship with the mortal creation.
We do this all the time: anytime we place a greater value on that which we can hold in our hands – that which we can see and touch – we are exchanging a relationship with the Creator God for a relationship with what we can create.
Car, boat, money, or prestige, recognition
                        Anything that can be tangibly seen here on earth
                                    You fill in the blank for yourself
 
As a result of the exchange…
 
2 God gives them over (24-25)
 
            Not immediate
 
Even in the days of Noah, “when the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen.
6:5),
The Apostle Peter writes in 1 Peter 3:20: “the patience of God waited.”
But God here doesn’t actively hand them over
 
Instead, he abandons
 
            “God gave them over” other translations – “God gave them up”
 
He abandons sinners to natural consequences
 
            Galatians 6:7
 
"Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked.
A man reaps what he sows."
What this means: there’s a natural order to consequences
 
           
But even so, Paul says that “the Creator is forever praised.
So let it be!”
 
                        God cannot be blamed
 
                                    Might be some who would say, “God cannot do this!”  “Is not God a God of love?
Where is the mercy?
Where is the grace?”
The grace and mercy is right there in God’s wrath
 
                        God’s wrath is corrective in nature
                                    That it might lead to repentance
                                                And lead to healing
 
As it says in Isaiah 19:22:
Isaiah 19:22 (NIV) \\ \\
22 The Lord will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them.
They will turn to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.
 
3 What God gives them over to (26-32)
 
            Not going to go into the details
 
                        I believe they are self-explanatory
 
                                    But pay special attention to vv. 29-31 – a catalog of common sins
                                                This is why we cannot point fingers – esp. at those who struggle with the sin of homosexuality – b~/c even the sins that are common to man bring out the very same wrath of God
 
                        Natural progression – a downward spiral
 
                                    Hits rock bottom
                                                Not only do these things – but give approval to those who do them
 
*Visualization*
 
Fred Phelps -- Westboro Baptist Church
 
            Don’t let the name fool you – every brand of Baptist denomination has disowned
 
                        He takes this passage in quite a different direction
                                    Yes, this is the guy who pickets the funerals of servicemen
                        Uses it to promote hatred towards those who are homosexual
                                    If you ever listen to one of his sermons – available on the internet
                                                You will hear hatred laced with profanity – all from a “pulpit”
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