Is God's wrath just? Yes. Is it fair? Yes. Is it equitable? Yes. Because man is inexcusable.

Man is inexcusable. If a man goes to hell, he goes there because he has openly, personally,

chosen to reject the revelation of God.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur. I'm Phil Johnson your host.

It doesn't take much to be reminded that we live in a desperately sinful world.

Yet even though sin is all around us, some sins still stand out above the rest,

like the death camps of Nazi Germany and the 9-11 terrorist attacks,

so just two examples, but is there one atrocity that is the worst of all time?

And more important, do you know who's guilty of committing it? Man is forgiveness possible.

You'll want to listen closely as John MacArthur continues his study from Romans 1 titled

Wicked World, Angry God. And with that, here's John with today's lesson.

Romans 1 is our text, and I would invite you to take your Bible and look along with us as we examine

this most essential portion of Paul's epistle to the Romans from verses 19 through 23.

Romans 1, 19 through 23.

We've already discussed verse 18, which talks about the wrath of God being revealed,

and then the reasons for the wrath of God are given in verses 19 to 23,

because that which may be known of God has manifest in them, for God has shown it unto them,

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,

being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead so that

they are without excuse. Because when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God,

neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened,

professing themselves to be wise, they became fools and changed the glory of the incorruptible God

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