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Romans 1:22-25

22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

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God Replaced — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Romans 1:22-25
Sermon Series: Romans (14th sermon)
June 14, 2020

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   According to Paul’s logic in this section, what is the relationship between ingratitude and idolatry? How does this help us wage war against the idols in our lives?
2.   What does it mean to say that we are worshipping and religious creatures by nature? How does this guide us in relating to unbelievers?
3.   How can we help our children identify idols in their hearts? What impact does our own idolatry have on them?
4.   What are the layers of contrast that Paul lays out in v. 23? How does his language serve to show the folly and wickedness of idolatry?
5.   Why is idolatry inherently satanic? How does this help us to understand Satan’s tactics when he tempts us?
6.   Why does Paul break out in praise at the end of v. 25?

References: 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 1:20; Jeremiah 13:25; 10:14; 16:19; 2:11;
1 Thessalonians 1:9; John 8:44; 1 Corinthians 10:20; Genesis 1:28; Psalm 106:20.

Romans 1:19-21

19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.