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Exchanging The Natural Use (Romans 1:21-28)
Paul Johnson, June 13, 2021Part of the Romans series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
After showing how mankind has exchanged the glory of God for false gods, the apostle Paul points out that mankind also has exchanged the natural use of our bodies for unnatural uses. God intended marriage, the one-flesh relationship between a man and his wife, to be honorable. Instead, we dishonor our own bodies when we give ourselves over to degrading passions. The only remedy? The gracious gospel of Christ!
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Romans 1:21–28
21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 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.
26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
(ESV)
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