The Unjust Shall Live by Sight

Introduction
Transition
Illumination
Sight Should Be Enough, Romans 1:19
The knowledge of God is manifest IN them, literally
The knowledge of God is shown to them, Romans 1:20, Psalm 19:1-4
The greatness of the created world
The oneness of the created world
The wisdom of the created world
Wisdom is a deep level of knowledge applied with skill to practical life.
This means that although the visible creation was sufficient to reveal the invisible God, they nevertheless abandoned God and deified creatures instead, “suppressing the truth of God in unrighteousness.”
Sight Isn’t Enough, Romans 1:21-27
Sight Doesn’t Work in the Dark, Romans 1:12-31
The ways of ungodliness are many, but the way of truth is only one. Error is something various and multiform and compound, but the truth is one.
Sight Still Sees the Light, Romans 1:32, 18
They are self-condemned but persistent
They are subject to wrath but insistent
UNGODLINESS AND WICKEDNESS. GENNADIUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE: Generally speaking there are two main types of sin—discord with God and discord with one’s neighbor. Paul mentions them both, putting discord with God first because it is the greater sin, and calling it “ungodliness.” He then mentions the second kind of discord, the one with one’s neighbor, calling it “wickedness.” He even states that our entire race has rightly come under judgment, saying that they have suppressed the truth in wickedness. Nor can they claim to be ignorant, for knowing the truth, they perverted it.…
Conclusion
WITHOUT EXCUSE. AUGUSTINE: How does Paul mean that they are without excuse, except by reference to a kind of excuse that usually prompts human pride to voice such protestations as: “If only I had known, I would not have done it.” … This kind of excuse is taken away from them when a precept is given or when the knowledge of how to avoid sin is made clear to them.