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Romans 1:28 (New International Version)
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Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the
knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what
ought not to be done.
And Matthew Henry's commentary:
"In the horrid depravity of the heathen, the truth of our Lord's
words was shown: Light was come into the world, but men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil; for he that
doeth evil hateth the light. The truth was not to their taste. And
we all know how soon a man will contrive, against the strongest
evidence, to reason himself out of the belief of what he dislikes. But
a man cannot be brought to greater slavery than to be given up to his
own lusts." (my ephasis added)
"As the Gentiles did not like to keep God in their
knowledge, they committed crimes wholly against reason and their own
welfare. The nature of man, whether pagan or Christian, is still the
same; and the charges of the apostle apply more or less to the state
and character of men at all times, till they are brought to full
submission to the faith of Christ, and renewed by Divine power. There
never yet was a man, who had not reason to lament his strong
corruptions, and his secret dislike to the will of God."
"Therefore
this chapter is a call to self-examination, the end of which should be,
a deep conviction of sin, and of the necessity of deliverance from a
state of condemnation." |
