The Universal Sinfulness of All Mankind Romans 1:18-3:20

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The Universal Sinfulness of All MankindRomans
118-320
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Outline of the Overall Section

• The heathen or practical atheist 118-32

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Outline of the Overall Section

• The heathen or practical atheist 118-32
• The moralist 21-16

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Outline of the Overall Section

• The heathen or practical atheist 118-32
• The moralist 21-16
• The religious man (the religious Jew) 217-38

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Outline of the Overall Section

• The heathen or practical atheist 118-32
• The moralist 21-16
• The religious man (the religious Jew) 217-38
• All have sinned 39-20

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Definitions

• The heathen the irreligious, uncivilized, or
  unenlightened (willfully so)

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Definitions

• The heathen the irreligious, uncivilized, or
  unenlightened (willfully so)
• The moralist possesses a moral code of some
  kind, would never do the things heathen do
  because he has much higher standards prides
  himself on this

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Definitions

• The heathen the irreligious, uncivilized, or
  unenlightened (willfully so)
• The moralist possesses a moral code of some
  kind, would never do the things heathen do
  because he has much higher standards prides
  himself on this
• The religious trusts in a religious system to
  save him believes in the system, with all of its
  rites and traditions, and is convinced that
  following the religion closely will keep him from
  judgment

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The Heathen Or Practical Atheist Romans 118-32
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• UNGODLINESS
• living life without God (commandments 1-4 of
  the Ten Commandmentsthe first tablet)
• UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
• living life wrongly, because we try to live
  life without God (commandments 5-10 of the Ten
  Commandmentsthe second tablet)
• SUPPRESS THE TRUTH
• hold it down, forcefully hold their course
  against it

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Question How large is the Milky Way Galaxy?

• Answer The disk of the Milky Way Galaxy is about
  100,000 light years in diameter (one light year
  is the distance that it takes light to travel in
  one year at 186,000 miles per second), and about
  1000 light years thick. It contains about 200
  billion stars.
• http//imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answer
  s/980317b.html

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Question How many galaxies are there in the
universe?

• Answer With the Hubble Space telescope it is
  surmised that there may be 125 billion galaxies
  in the universe.
• http//hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/TopazMurray.sh
  tml

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Dean H. Kenyon Former Chemical Evolutionist and
Professor Emeritus of Biology at San Francisco
State University
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Q Why were they without excuse?A Because of
three things they did

• they didn't glorify God as God
• they weren't thankful
• became futile in their thoughts and darkened in
  their hearts

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Psalms 141 The fool has said in his heart,
There is no God. They are corrupt, they have
done abominable works, there is none who does
good.
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Comments on vs. 24-27Confusion about God
produces confusion about man which breeds
confusion about sexuality which produces sexual
confusion and chaos. Stuart Briscoe
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Outline of the Overall Section

• The heathen or practical atheist 118-32
• The moralist 21-16
• The religious man (the religious Jew) 217-38
• All have sinned 39-20

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The Sinfulness of All Mankind The
MoralistRomans 21-16
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The Moralist Who He/She Is

• The moralist possesses a moral code of some
  kind, would never do the things heathen do
  because he has much higher standards and he
  prides himself on this

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Gods judgment is according to truth (v. 2)
according to an objective standard decided by God
Himself, and stemming from His own nature
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Gods judgment is based upon mans deeds (vs.
6-10) according to what a person actually does
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Gods judgment is without partiality (v. 11-15)
Jew or Gentile
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Gods judgment is consistent with the human
conscience (v. 15) according to they live up to
the light they possess
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Gods judgment is according to the secrets of
men (v. 16)
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God judges according to

• Truth
• Deeds
• Impartiality
• Secrets

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The Sinfulness of All Mankind The
ReligionistRomans 217-320
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Description of the Religious Jew (217-20)

• Rests in the law
• Makes his boast in God
• Knows Gods will
• Approves excellent things (having learned them
  from the law)
• Is confident in his role as a spiritual guide to
  the blind, a light to those in darkness

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Indictment of the Religionist (221-24)
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But is this (too many hypocrites) a valid
excuse? Even if it were true that all Christians
are hypocrites, that would not invalidate the
truth of Christianity. Christians are not perfect
people, but they have been forgiven by the One
who is perfect. Christianity stands or falls on
the perfection of Jesus Christ, not on the
perfection of His followers. (www.billholdridge.c
om/FAQ.html)
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QUOTE Dont stay away from church because there
are so many hypocrites. Theres always room for
one more. Arthur R. Adams (B. 1861)
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Hypocrisy Among Believers?

• The misunderstanding goes like this
• 1. I am a Christian.2. I know how a Christian
  should live.3. I dont always live that way.4.
  Therefore, I am a hypocrite.
• A hypocrite can be best defined as a play actor
  who wears a mask. Someone who intentionally
  pretends to be someone or something that they
  arent. THAT is a hypocrite.
• (Pastor Bill Walden of Cornerstone Ministries,
  Napa)

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The Value of Religious Practices (225-29)

• They have to be true.
• They have to be a response to grace, and not
  viewed as the cause of grace.
• They have to be authentic, coming out of the life
  of a genuine believer (i.e., one who keeps the
  law).

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The Advantage of the Jew (31-4)
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False Charges Against Pauls Preaching (35-8)
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All Have Sinned (39-18)
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The Purpose of the Law (319-20)

• To shut or mouths
• To make everyone guilty through the knowledge of
  sin