{"id":52,"date":"2023-03-06T12:36:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T18:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/?p=52"},"modified":"2023-03-07T00:16:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T06:16:48","slug":"romans-124-28-the-consequences-of-rejecting-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/romans-124-28-the-consequences-of-rejecting-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 1:24-28 The Consequences of Rejecting God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Romans 1:24-28 The Consequences of Rejecting God<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Today, March 6th, 2023, let us together, in the grace of God, rejoice and reflect on the Word of God in Romans 1:24-28.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>24 Because of this, God gave them up to impurity in the lusts of their hearts, their bodies to be dishonored among themselves, <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>25 who changed the truth of God into the lie, and worshiped and served the created thing more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>26 Because of this, God gave them up to dishonorable passions, for even their females changed the natural use to that contrary to nature. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>27 And likewise, the males also forsaking the natural use of the female burned in their lust toward one another, males with males working out shamefulness, and receiving back within themselves the reward which was fitting for their error. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>28 And even as they did not think fit to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do the things not right, <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">[Literal Translation of the Holy Bible]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Suggested Questions:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">1. What is the difference between desire and lust?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">2. Why is living according to lust considered self-degrading?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">3. What is the truth of God, and where does deception come from?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">4. What type of sin is mentioned in verses 26 and 27, and when is sex referred to as shameful?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">5. In the phrases &#8220;God gave them up to impurity in the lusts of their hearts&#8221; and &#8220;God gave them up to a reprobate mind,&#8221; what does the verb &#8220;gave up&#8221; mean?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">6. Has the deserving punishment for sinners occurred, and what is the punishment like?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">7. What is a reprobate mind?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">8. What does it mean when it says, &#8220;They did not think it fit to have God in their knowledge&#8221;?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Suggested Applications:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">1. Have you ever been given up by God to shameful lusts and a depraved mind?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">2. If you truly believe in God and have wrong thoughts in your mind, what should you do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">3. Do you currently have any dishonorable passions for anything? If not, thank God and ask Him to continue to keep your heart pure. If yes, immediately turn to God, repent, confess, and ask for His forgiveness, as well as His removal of it from you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">4. Do you always have God in your knowledge?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">5. What should your attitude be towards people who have a homosexual orientation?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romans 1:24-28 The Consequences of Rejecting God Today, March 6th, 2023, let us together, in the grace of God, rejoice and reflect on the Word of God in Romans 1:24-28. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/romans-124-28-the-consequences-of-rejecting-god\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-scriptures"],"views":3925,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}