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Announcements
Congregational Meeting
Finance, vision and missions
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Church in the Lawn
July 31st 9:00am
Weather permitting
Communion Reminder
Introduction
Christians think a lot about end times - I do
Looking around, many think we’re at the end
Imagine someday opening a history book - you might read this:
Once a great and powerful nation
Massively wealthy, pinnacle of entertainment, immigrants wanted citizenship
But the country was great too long
Younger generations were spoiled
Didn’t care about their nation
Didn’t want to work
Everyone turned to sin
Aborting babies was commonplace
Homosexuality was rampant
There were special celebrations and holidays for them
They scientifically prevented children from going through puberty
They mechanically mutilated their reproductive organs to change genders
And the government said that was the right thing to do
You may hear this and think: Oh gosh, this has to be the end times
Look at how horrible we are!
This is unprecedented!
Except, I’m not talking about the United States… I’m talking about Rome
Rome was a superpower… but things changed
No one wanted to fight in the military - so they used barbarians
Had no loyalty - final invaders had fought in Roman armies
They didn’t want to work, they just used slaves
But with no military to conquer, slaves became hard to get
The rich abandoned Rome and setup private territories
Abortions and homosexuality were so common, the population shrunk rapidly
Caesar changed laws and rewarded married couples to turn it around
They castrated boys so they would never go through puberty
Emperor Nero castrated a boy named Sporus
Dressed him in women's clothing, married him, and called him “Empress”
Of course, this was after he married a gay man named Pythagoras
You see, Rome was progressive before progressive was cool!
Why mention this? 3 reasons...
As bad as we are, humans have always been bad
The book of Romans applies just as much today as it did to the early church
Maybe we could learn a thing or two
Instead of just giving up because we’re fatalists
YouVersion: What’s Your Problem
We’re in Romans 1:18-2:2
Looking at Romans Road, answering four questions:
Answering 4 questions:
Why do we need salvation?
How did God provide salvation?
How can we receive salvation?
What are the results of salvation?
Today we’re looking hard at why we need salvation
The simple answer:
We’re all sinners, and sin leads to death!
Let’s jump in and see why that is:
Romans 1:18–20 (ESV)
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.
So they are without excuse.
Three things we have to know about the wrath of God:
God’s wrath is:
1. ...mankind’s greatest burden
2. …always righteous
3. …deserved by all people
Actually, the wrath of God is a good thing!
It’s hard to see that - we compare it to human wrath
Different from human wrath
Human wrath is based on selfishness and revenge
We’re not good enough too know what perfectly what good is
For God, it’s different - He knows what we don’t
At 7 - I’ll take my kids to Disneyland whenever they want
At 10 - I’ll never regret being mean to my brother and sister
At 14 - I found the only person I’ll ever love
At 15 - Now that we broke up I’ll die alone
At 18 - My parents don’t know anything
At 25 - Man I was an idiot...
I was confident I knew what I was talking about
But I was a child/teenager
As an adult, I see things in a more accurate way
Maturity, experience, knowledge...
As a child/teen I was incapable of admitting I was wrong
Because I didn’t know
Think about that - the gap between adult and child
Significant, right?
Now think about the gap between you and God
Which one do you think is a bigger gap?
You know it’s you and God, but do you accept it
When a parent says, “You’ll understand when you’re older...”
Should the child listen?
Yes!
Does the child listen?
No!
Because it’s hard to accept we don’t know and someone else does
Mankind struggles with that same thing - with God
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