2 Kings 24: 8-20, 2 Kings 25, Romans 1: 18-32, Psalm 108: 1-5
Romans 1: 24-25 (ESV)
“Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to
impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 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.”
In verses 24 and 25, Paul writes about what happens to
people when they reject Father-God’s truth. Father-God respects human free will
and passes judgement, by letting people explore and experience the consequences
of their choices. Since we are made in Father-God’s image, “imago Dei”, when
people reject him by dishonoring their bodies. Father-God gave us bodies so we
can have an in-dwelling of the Holy Spirit and when we dishonor the body, the Holy
Spirit cannot dwell within us giving us guidance. When people reject
Father-God, they will begin to service other gods or anything that takes the
place of Father-God in our lives. If we observe the people around us who do not
believe in Jesus Christ, we can see that they choose to stop honoring their bodies
and eventually suffer the consequences of their choices. When the people around
us reject Christ, we see that they will worship other gods and end up being
rich in whatever they worship but still unhappy. Watching the people in our
lives who do not love Christ can sometimes be like watching a train wreck in
slow motion; they will crash eventually. These verses teach us that as believers
in Christ, we need to guard against prioritizing Father-God over everything in our
life. That we must honor our bodies so the Holy Spirit can dwell within us and
give us guidance. And we must always look at our hearts because the rejection
of Father-God comes when we give into the desires of heart and act on them. I’ve
experienced placing something else besides Father-God as a priority in my life
and then faced the consequences of that choice, which was misery and unhappiness.
It took me many years, but I’ve come to realize that I have the blessing of Father-God
when he is the priority in my life.
If you enjoyed reading my thoughts on these Bible verses and
you’d like to experience the blessings that faith in Jesus can bring you,
please pray this prayer out loud:
Heavenly Father, I admit that I’ve sinned. I repent. I
believe in my heart you raised Jesus from the dead. I confess with my mouth
Jesus is my Lord and Savior. Right now, I‘ve received forgiveness by the blood
of Jesus. I am saved in Jesus’ name, Amen.
If you prayed that prayer, welcome to the family of God! Do yourself a favor and find and join a Holy Spirit filled, full Gospel, Bible-based church where you can hear the words of Father-God preached and experience his blessings in your life.
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