Romans 1:28 - 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
Message: Humanity's Debased Mind; the finality of a person no longer having anything to do with God.
Time: Written sometime in AD 57-58, probably from Corinth, at the end of Paul's third missionary journey.
What the Lord is Saying:
How could it get worse? What more needs to be said about the falling away of man? Why does this chapter need to go on? In verse 24, God gave these people over to impurity, to do acts of impurity, based upon their lusts or desires. Outwardly, they were clearly seen to be away from God. As a reminder, 5 of the 10 commandments or outward expressions of sin and disobedience with God. It is the tenth commandment that is of the mind.
And in verse 26, God gave them over to degrading passions. So, the passion of man was maybe still to include God in their life, but the passions they have were not of God's choice.
An interesting note about verse 28 in comparison to verses 24-27 is the fact that in verse 28 people did not even acknowledge God any more. One issue we are seeing with homosexuality is how the church is embracing it. People are living a dual life of God and seeking the pleasures of man. And yet here in verse 28, there is now a people not even seeing fit to acknowledge God any longer. The atheist is the clearest example. God isn't even part of the equation any more. He is far removed from the lives of people.
From the Marvin Vincent Greek Word Studies, I thought it was compelling that the Greek rendering in verse 28 of "they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer" is "they did not think God worth the knowing." I see the progression more clearer now in that God giving them over now to thinking they would now have that God is no longer even in the equation of their thought.
The other idea of God gave them over is God allows them to continue their rejection of Him.
Promise: When people over time train themselves to be separate from God, God gives them over to this and allows them to go their separate ways.
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