Fallen humanity then dishonors not only God who created them but also dishonors their own bodies.

The lie about God leads to a lie about ourselves.

And if Paul were alive today and looked at the world of which we live

he'd just nod and say I told you so and this is all because fallen creatures have

served the creature rather than the Creator.

In general, it seems we have forgotten the seriousness of sin and sadly it's even true

sometimes within the church while the world parades sin in our streets and all

over social media some pulpets have stopped calling for

repentance, a turning from sin. The Apostle Paul on the other hand, he knew the

seriousness of sin and didn't compromise his message. I'm Nathan W Bingham and

you're listening to renewing your mind a daily outreach of Ligonier Ministries.

Sin is serious and of course we know of those serious sins like murder or homosexuality,

but sin is so serious that we must also be concerned with sins we might consider less like envy or gossip.

He is W Robert Godfrey as he continues his walkthrough of Romans from his brand new teaching

series, Not Ashamed. through of Romans from his brand new teaching series not ashamed.

Well we've been looking at this introduction to Paul's letter to the Romans

and part of what we've tried to see as we've looked at

it is how tightly constructed it is. Paul is not wasting words. Paul has a clear

vision of where he's going and what he wants to accomplish by this letter.

And as he's completed the introduction, he's made the point that the gospel reveals God's will for his people, for the salvation of his people.

And that's kind of the culmination then of the introduction, the revelation of the gospel. Good news doesn't come

automatically. Good news is not perceived by the natural man. Good news comes

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