We are at verse 24 of Romans 1 and looking at how GOD sees His fallen Creation of His Human form. The very form of His design and blueprint which is of His own image and likeness. Or put another way, those of immorality caught up in all kinds of perversions of unrighteousness, called and known as sin, those who live of the fruit of a tree of false goodness and false truth, all this of distortion of thought and opinions of fostered religion. By the philosophies of self-righteous men who place more confidence on the flesh than on GOD. A Spirit of Truth and Grace reintroduced by the Son of old, the LORD God clothed in humanity's flesh on a mission to bring correction, a re-birth, a re-genesis, a redemption in the flesh of human form. He came as the world of humanity to redeem the world and in the process to judge the fallen angel of deception, called the devil and Satan, the accuser of humanity. Who was kicked out of heaven on His watch.
Romans 1:24-25 "Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." (KJV)
Romans 1:24-25 "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, who is blessed forever! Amen." (ESV)
Romans 1:24-25 "It seemed like GOD abandoned humanity to be swept along by the lusts of their own hearts to abuse and defile themselves. Their most personal possession, their own bodies, became worthless public property. Truth suppressed (v18) became twisted truth (like we have to day). Instead of embracing their Maker as their authentic identity, they preferred the deception of a distorted image of their own making, religiously giving it their affection and worship. The true GOD is blessed, GOD of the Ages. Hey! He is not defined by our devotion or indifference! ( And all this became because they traded the true GOD for a fake god, and worshiped this god, the god they made instead of the GOD who made them.) (The Mirror)
Romans 1:26-27 "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust (G3715) one toward another; men with men working (G2716 from G2596 and G2038) that which is unseemly (G808 and G809 with G4976), and receiving in themselves that recompence (G489) of their error which was meet." (KJV)
Romans 1:26-27 "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 (G3715) with passion for one another, men committing shameless (G2716 from G2596 and G2038) acts (G808 and G809 with G4976) with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty (G489) for their error." (ESV)
Romans 1:26-27 "By being confused about their Maker they became confused about themselves; which led to all manner of obsessions. Men and women alike became inflamed with perverted fantasies. This brought about an intense [1; G3715] striving and [2; G2716 from G2596 and G2038] laboring in the pursuit of the illusion of a [3; G808 and G809] distorted image - which are clear symptoms of an [4; G489] inferior estimate of oneself. (The word, [1; G3715 from 3713] orexei describes a reaching out after something. The word [2; G2716 from G2596 and G2038] katergazomai, is from kata, meaning downward; also to emphasize intensity; and ergatsomai, to toil. Then he uses the word [3; G808 and G809 with G4976] aschemosune which is from aschemon , deformed from a, negative or without and schema, from or pattern. The word [4; G489 from G473 and G3408] antimisthia is from anti, against or opposite and misthois, the wage of a hireling; translated here, as an inferior estimation; or a wage that leaves one disappointed. This word is used again in 2Corinthians 6:13.) (The Mirror)
I, the LORD willing, will close next time.
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