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… evil, greed, and depravity. They're full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They're gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent ways of doing evil. They disobey their parents. They're senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things, but also approve of those who practice them. You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on them. For whatever point you judge the other, you're condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you'll escape God's judgment? Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance. But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you're storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed, God will give to each person according to what he has done. To those who by persistence in doing good, seek glory, honor, and mortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking, who will reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and distress for everyone who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. But glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, …
… they are whispers, backbiters haters of God, violent, proud, boasters inventors of evil things disobedient to parents that's bad enough, but the bottom line is they will have no authority over them, no one the most loving authority that they could have over their life assumes it's their parents they don't want that undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful, who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same, but also post, tweet. right? Film, approve of those who practice them. That takes the air out of this room. That the ancient Bible ain't so ancient anymore, is it? It describes our culture. And truth is the only weapon that you have against Satan's deception. Because Satan will say, transgenderism's fine. Think about it for a moment. Play it out. It's fine. Really, who says? Who says it's fine? On what authority do they say it's fine? Somebody has to answer this. Not in this room. Somebody who's responsible for approving such actions. …
… The last paragraph, verses 28 through 32. 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 they were filled with all manner of unrighteousness evil covetousness malice they are full of envy murder strife deceit maliciousness they are gossips slanderers haters of god insolent haughty boastful inventors of evil disobedient to parents foolish faithless heartless ruthless. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them, but give approval to those who practice them. This whole section from chapter 1 verse 18 until chapter 3 verse 20 is about the universality of sin. No person, no people, no place is exempt from the problem of sin. That's the argument that Paul is making with an unrelenting intensity. And chapter 1 in particular, verses 18 through 32, have been focused on the Gentile world. This church in Rome had both Jews and Gentiles. and what he's going to do is shift in chapter 2. Look at verse 1 of chapter 2. …