Pagans Need The Gospel Too!

Paul is answering 2 questions here from 1:18-3:20

Why must the righteous live by faith?

Why is a recieved righteousness the only way to be in right standing with God?

Lets Read it together

What does verse 18 say?

What is the For There For? What is it referring to grammatically?

Just as the righteousness of God is being revealed in Verse 17.

The Wrath of God is being revealed in verse 18.

Is Being Revealed means now, not later, not past but is now in real time being revealed against 1. Ungodliness 2. unrighteousness of Men

Why is God angry

Ungodliness- The vertical relationship with God is broken.

Unrighteousness of Men- the Horizontal relationship is broken. Disregard of human rights to love, truth, justice.

Mark 12:29-31

Lets Read it together

Read 19-23

If someone living in an undiscovered tribe in the Amazon Dies, do they go to heaven? Someone who has never recieved the Gospel from a missionary or other person.

General Vs Special Revelation

General Revelation is Sufficient for Damnation but not Salvation.

This is a counter-cultural teaching

How can we know from creation that God exists?

Human body, vastness of the universe, vast tiny universe of cells and atoms, beauty of creation

We are made to worship.

Everyone worships something.

“all men are without excuse”

What is something that is worshipped in our culture?

Buddha, Mohammed, Television, Self, Significant others, Children

The punishment is giving in to demands.

Epithumia- Over Desire

Sin- Desiring Bad things

Epithumia- Over Desiring Things that are not absolutely bad.

Example- Sex vs Lust- Needs vs jealousy

We fight this by praise.

We fight this by being aware of where God is in your life.

Who is on the throne?

We fight this by service.