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*MAN -- INNOCENT OR GUILTY?*
*Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 3 of 36*
*Romans 1:18-32*
*Rick Warren*
This section of Romans is best understood as a courtroom:
THE CASE: Is man innocent or guilty before God?
THE CHARGE: Man has deliberately rejected God
THE PROSECUTOR: The Apostle Paul
THE ACCUSED: All of humanity
THE DEFENSE: "without excuse" (vs.
21b)
THE EVIDENCE: Verses 19-32
THE VERDICT: The death penalty! (vs.
32)
I.
THE WRATH OF GOD -- Romans 1:18
What is it?
Why does God get angry at sin?
Two objects of God's wrath:
"godlessness":
"wickedness":
Man is charged with 3 counts of godlessness (vs.19-23)
and 3 count of wickedness (vs.
24-32)
II.
MAN IS GUILTY OF GODLESSNESS -- Romans 1:19-23
Paul submits 3 evidences that show that we try to live our lives as though God doesn't exist:
God has revealed Himself to us:
(verse 19)
(verse 20)
(verse 20b)
How has man responded to God's revelation?
~* vs.
18b
~* vs.21
2 ways
The results (vs.
21b-22)
~* vs. 22-23
III.
MAN IS GUILTY OF WICKEDNESS -- Romans 1:24-32
Three times Paul says
/"God gave them over..."/ (vs.
24, 26, 28)
Meaning:
/"wrath of God":/
God "gave them over" to 3 kinds of wickedness
~* Immoral passions (vs.
24-25)
What is "The Lie"?
~* Indecent perversions (vs.26-27)
/ "received in themselves the due penalty of their perversion"/
~* Irrational practices (vs.28-32)
/ "... a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done."/
vs. 32 "applaud"
Paul paints a bleak picture of man's condition.
But there is hope!
Romans 5:8-9
IV.
HOW TO BE A CHRISTIAN IN AN UNGODLY WORLD:
~* Not
~* Not
~* The secret:
\\ *MAN -- INNOCENT OR GUILTY?*
*Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 3 of 36*
*Romans 1:18-32*
*Rick Warren*
Romans 1.
Last week we stopped off at verse 17 so we'll be picking up in verse 18.
I think at this point in our study it's helpful to review again the overall organization of the book of Romans that we're looking at.
There are five major divisions in this book.
Each of these divisions can be summed up in one word.
There obviously is an introduction to the book and a conclusion.
Between those two book ends there are five major themes in the book of Romans:
The first section is on sin.
It answers the question, "Why do I need to be saved?
What do I need to be a Christian?"
The second section is on salvation.
It is on "How can I be saved?"
The third section is on sanctification.
"What happens after I'm saved?
How do I grow as a Christian after I've become a believer?"
The fourth section is on the sovereignty of God. "Why does God save us?"
It talks about the relationship between Christians and Israel and how God chooses us.
The last section is on service or "How can we serve God?"
Tonight we're going to start by looking at section one which is on sin.
It reminds me of that old joke -- I've got some good news and some bad news....
Paul says first the bad news.
Sin.
Paul, in this section, describes very clearly why each of us needs salvation.
He's very specific about man's desperate need.
It makes me think of looking at diamonds in a jewelry store.
They lay them on a piece of black velvet in order to contrast the diamond.
That's what Paul has in mind when he starts on this section.
He gets to the good news in a couple of chapters when he starts on salvation.
But he starts here by laying a backdrop of blackness of we really need help.
He talks about sin.
We really appreciate salvation a lot more when we understand where we're got to come from.
Imagine a court room scene.
That's how Paul wrote this first section.
The case of this courtroom scene is man's guilt or innocence before God.
The charge is that man has deliberately rejected God.
The prosecutor is Paul, the accused is all of humanity, the defense is that we are without excuse (v.
21), the evidence is what we're going to look at tonight.
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