Oct. 13, 2024

“God Gave Them Over”
Romans 1:24-32
Central Idea: God uses sin to judge our sin.
The results of God’s wrath (24-32)
1. God abandons people to ___________ actions (24-25)
• “Therefore” - looks ______ to verses 19-23
• “God gave them over”
• Let people take the ________ dictated by own depraved nature.
• But it is not just God letting go - also an ________ element to it.
• “lusts of their hearts”
• Causing us to do things that are _____________
• We move from idolatry to __________________
• “lie” = people are their own ______
• Paul worships God as the ___________
2. God abandons people to __________________ (26-27)
• “unnatural” = against the Creator’s ______________
• God’s purpose for sex: nurture marriage __________/__________
• “Same sex” is not the same as God ____________ sex.
The root of all of our problems is _______________ God.
Just as idolatry is _______________, so is homosexuality.
• “the due penalty of their error”
There are __________________ on a number of levels
3. God abandons people to a depraved ________.
• The point is that all of us have _________.
• If we can’t find ourselves anywhere in this list, we’re _________.
• It's not all-inclusive — It’s __________________.
• It gets even _________ (32)
• “they hand out prizes to those who do the worst things best!”
Application:
1. We must ___________ what God says about homosexuality.
• The church must not be _________ by the culture.
• It is not the _________ sin. (Rejection of God is.)
• It is certainly not the _________ sin.
• It is not an __________________ sin.
• But homosexuality, whether male or female, is ______.
2. The issue of homosexuality requires __________________.
• We’re dealing with the lives of people who are _________ in the
image & likeness of God, for whom God ______ & Jesus ______.
3. By letting us go our own way, God is allowing us to see the
______________ of life without Him.
• There is a _________________ purpose that stands behind the
judgment of God.
4. Guard yourself against the idolatry of _______________ God with
something/someone else.
• God _______ idolatry.
• God is the only Being who is worthy of ____________ and
ultimate _______________.