full of envy and jealousy, murder, strife, deceit and treachery, ill will and cruel ways. And here is were I began getting a little highlighter crazy within this chapter, because I could see so much of this taking place in our current culture.Īnd so, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a base and condemned mind to do things not proper or decent but loathsome, until they were filled with every kind of unrighteousness, iniquity, grasping and covetous greed, and malice. ![]() Yet, there were those who “claiming to be wise, they became fools ” (Romans 1:22, AMP). Paul goes on to share how God has revealed Himself to mankind through His handiwork, or creation, and we have no excuse not to show the honor and glory due Him. ![]() He briefly greets the church and then jumps right into discussing the divinity of Christ, the grace–and life–we’ve received through His death and resurrection, and the commission we’ve received to encourage obedience to the faith and make disciples ( Romans 1:4-5, 16). Paul’s letter to the church at Rome is pretty straightforward. I’ve read the Bible cover to cover a few times, so I wasn’t really sure where to resume reading, but finally decided on book of Romans. I finished up the devotional I was reading over the last month, or so, and began reading straight from my Bible again.
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