Voltaire once said, God made man in his own image and man returned to favor, and that's true.

When men get religious apart from the true God, they have violated God's standard at its

very beginning point. It is the most blasphemous thing they can do.

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

Maybe you've heard the story of two blind men who were trying to describe an elephant.

One of the men took hold of an ear and declared that the elephant was flat while the other blind

man thought it was long and thin because he had grabbed the elephant's tail. You get the picture.

You know, some would say that people with different religions really aren't so different,

and in fact they all worship the same God, the true God, just from their own unique perspectives.

But is that accurate? Consider that important question in light of what Scripture says about God's

wrath. Follow along now with John MacArthur as he continues his study, Wicked World, Angry God.

Here Paul really begins the main body of his letter. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven

against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness,

because that which may be known of God is 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 as eternal power in God had

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 into an image made like corruptible man and birds and forefooted beasts and creeping things.

Now we've titled this section reasons for the wrath of God. God's wrath revealed in verse 18

and the rationale for it in verses 19 through 23. We've been giving you four points or four

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