Covenant Baptist Church
Sermon Guide for October 5th, 2019
Romans 1:18-23
Undeniable
Romans 1:18-23 NASB1995
Wrath does not point to what God does but how God feels about something that is wrong or bad.
Ungodliness describes a complete lack of respect or reverence towards God. It is a mindset.
Unrighteousness describes an intentional, bold violation of what is right or good or moral. It is a behavior.
It is the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men that God feels a boiling hatred toward
God has declared unfailing, perfect love for humanity – not hatred.
Romans 5:8 NASB1995
Creation compels all of mankind to know the Creator!
The cycle of ungodliness and unrighteousness begins with a conscious choice a person makes in spite of clear, compelling evidence of a Good & Beautiful God.
-…in their Speculations…– to think or to reason within one’s self; to deliberate – to take what information you have and come to a conclusion.
-…they became futile… - to render foolish, morally wicked or idolatrous.
We still live in the tension between the undeniable reality of a Good & Beautiful God and the undeniable desire to live self-sufficient lives apart from Him.
Meeting and responding to God in your place of honest and undeniable reality :
> Give Him unhurried time – Give this some real-time that doesn’t have a hard deadline at the end of it.
> Give Him undivided attention – This is no time to multitask. Be still of mind and body and be alone. The quieter the better. The more solitude the better.
> Give Him unconditional obedience – Go into this time with the full intention to give God an unconditional, unqualified yes to whatever His ask of you is. Going into the undeniable truth of who God is and what God desires requires unconditional obedience. I want you to know it is safe – always and forever safe – to say yes to God. The only thing about encountering and stepping into the undeniable truth is to say no.