Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss idolatry, identity, and immorality as they dive into Romans 1:18-32.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- What story is being told in this passage?
- What is natural revelation (V. 19-20)?
- Does natural revelation give sufficient knowledge of God for salvation?
- Once we know Christ, do we begin to see God more in creation?
- Why all this talk of the “wrath of God?”
- Is idolatry still a problem?
- What does the phrase “God gave them up” indicate (V. 24, 26, 28)?
- What’s the core issue in this passage? What’s the defining transgression?
- And what kind of behavior does this lead to?
- What are marks of the “debased mind” of V. 28?
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Romans 1:18-32, Colossians 1:15, Hebrews 1, 2 Timothy 3:16, Psalm 19:1, Genesis 1, 1 Corinthians 15, Isaiah 44:12-20
- Knowing Faith Episode #117 – The Righteous Shall Live By Faith
- “Institutes” by John Calvin
- “Confessions” by Saint Augustine
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Helpful Definitions:
- Natural Revelation: God makes himself known through creation.
- Special Revelation: God makes himself known through Christ and through Scripture.
- Wrathful: God hates all unrighteousness.
- Apokalyptetai (ἀποκαλύπτεται): Revealed.
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