Grace and Peace Episode Season 2 Episode 4
Presbyterian Church of Easton
February 13, 2022
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 1:7)
Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
God reveals himself through creation. All people can see for themselves what God has done. We see God in the sunrise every morning and the sunset every evening. We see God is the abundant food we enjoy each day. We see God in the faces of people we love. God’s power and love are constantly on display all around us. This is called general revelation and is available to everyone. Through general revelation God let’s everyone know what is expected of them. Everyone has ample evidence that God exists. Everyone has a sense of right and wrong. And everyone knows that they should always do what is right and not do what is wrong.
But the sad fact of the world is that none of us do what is right all the time. None of us follows God perfectly. None of us do all that we are supposed to do. None of us says no to all temptations to sin. We don’t follow God perfectly. And therefore we are rightly subject to God's wrath.
The fear of God’s wrath is missing in our culture today. Churches are not proclaiming God’s wrath to its members. Parents are not talking about God’s wrath to children. God’s wrath is not the subject of popular movies and books. And if people don’t know about God’s wrath then they will be unprepared when it comes. The time will come when we stand before the Lord to account for everything we have done and everything we have not done. And if we have spent a lifetime not worrying about it then we will not know what to do when this time comes. But if we learn about God’s wrath and acknowledge that we are sinners then we have someone who will save us, our Lord Jesus Christ. Let’s pray.
Lord God, help us to uncover your truth that all people are subject to your wrath. Help us to help others see the precarious place where their soul currently rests. And help us to proclaim that a savior does exist, your son Jesus Christ. We pray in his name. Amen,
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