The End of Eternal Death

Romans 1:26-32; 10/6/2024; BCBC/IOUC; Rev. Paul Wang

Introduction

When we understand the gospel, we must not be biased and think that the gospel is the power of God, which can only save all those who believe, but can do nothing to those who do not believe.  In fact, after Paul said that the gospel is the power of God, he then said in 1:18:  “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. (Romans 1:18)”  It turns out that God has prepared eternal death for unbelievers. Let’s look at the first point:

Indulge in shameful passions

When people are trapped in the worldly vortex, they will definitely not have the heart to love God.  When a person does not love God, he will be bound by “the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.”  First, indulge in shameful passions.  Lust is a wild run that goes against the law of God, like a wild horse that runs wild and is unruly.  Shameful lust refers to thoughts, words and deeds that live in darkness, dare not see the light, and are contrary to God’s creation and will.  There is also an attitude issue here, which is indulgence.  If you recognize your mistakes, confess and correct them, or at least stop adding mistakes on top of each other, you will not be indulgent.  Once a person reaches the point of indulgence, he will lose the motivation and ability to repent.  Song Binbin, who died recently at the age of 77, was renamed Song Yaowu by Mao Zedong.  He had unshirkable responsibility for the death of Bian Zhongyun, the vice principal of the Girls’ High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University. He has never dared to go to Principal Bian’s house to apologize or greet Principal Bian’s husband, Wang Jingyao.

Second, activate God’s wrath of giving them up.  When people continue to refuse to admit their mistakes, or even refuse to repent, to the point of indulgence, God’s wrath of giving them up will be activated.  Because we are obsessed with sin, we fear God’s discipline.  But, do you know, those whom God disciplines are the children He loves?  “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives. (Hebrews 12:6)”  He disciplines those who are sons, and gives them up if they are not sons or illegitimate sons.  Giving up means not caring.  God no longer cares whether you are right or wrong.  In the past, you might have told a lie and felt uneasy in your heart.  You might have heard the Holy Spirit’s rebuke and felt guilty.  However, when there are too many sins and time goes by, you no longer feel the need to confess and repent.

Finally, receive the due penalty for their error.  God cannot be mocked, do you believe that?  Since ancient times, all antichristian superiors have oppressed God’s people, exercised domineering power, and are arrogant.  However, the Bible asks us to pay attention to their endings, and none of them will not receive the retribution they deserve for their actions.  The Egyptian Pharaoh was so stubborn that the bones of the Egyptian army still lay under the Red Sea.  Because of the disobedience and idolatry of the elects, God caused the northern and southern kingdoms to be destroyed, and the people were scattered all over the world.  Jesus Christ became flesh, was born in Bethlehem, grew up in Galilee, preached in every city and village, and was crucified on the cross of Calvary ​​in Jerusalem.  Looking at the experience of the Israelites over the past thousands of years, can God be mocked? Let’s look at the second point:

 Do those unreasonable things

The man who belongs to God goes from honesty in spirit to behavior; the man who belongs to the world goes from lust to behavior.  Since it is based on lust, it lacks rationality and is almost irrational.  First, rebel against God’s creation.  The so-called reasonable means that it is consistent with the principles of God’s creation of heaven and earth!  Homosexuality as mentioned in the scriptures is something unreasonable.  Because the marriage relationship designed by God is between a man and a woman, for a lifetime.  Today’s world has gone very far away from God’s original intention of creation.  Men and men, women and women, fall short of the glory of God by practicing abominable things.  Today, homosexuality has become commonplace all over the world, and the six-colored flag has been flying in the hearts of people both inside and outside.  AIDS and other viruses are already prevalent in the world, and they are getting worse and worse.  What is even more sad is that people have regarded all kinds of shame as their own rights to pursue and persist.

Secondly, it is full of all unrighteousness.  Unrighteous things originate from the evil Satan.  From the very beginning, he has tempted greed for God’s glory, robbed God of His authority, and had malicious intentions in order to instigate the relationship between God and man and seduce the first ancestors to sin.  The root cause is that Satan is jealous of God’s glory  and sets another bright-eyed standard.  The first bad result after man sinned was that Cain killed Abel.  From then on, murder entered the world, making it full of strife, deceit, and hatred, and it was out of control.  The upcoming war between Israel and Iran may trigger World War III.  Since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 last year,  Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Yemen, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and China have formed a new antiChrist axis to fight against God.

Finally, it shows low character.  If you deviate from God’s creation and do many unrighteous things, how can you not kill yourself?  The so-called self-inflicted evil will not lead to life!  Slanderers, in the original text, are rumor-mongering people, those who tell lies when they open their mouths and lies when they shut up.  Those who talk behind someone’s back are not those who say good things, but those who aim to slander and slander others and who make it a habit to spread gossip.  Those who resent God are like the Israelites who came out of Egypt.   They complained that God prevented them from eating the fish, shrimps, fruits and vegetables of Egypt.  Little did they know that God let them eat manna in the wilderness for forty years to teach them the importance of living a simple life and focusing on God.  However, they paid no attention to Moses who was still on the mountain asking for the tablets of the Ten Commandments, and even shamefully made a golden calf.  Moses came down the mountain and saw them reveling around the idols! Let’s look at the third point:

Things that harm others and are not beneficial to oneself

Indulging in lust and acting unreasonably will lead to the path of fools.  A wicked person behaves knowingly that he is benefiting himself at the expense of others, but he still gets some benefit.  However, what a fool does is harmful to others and not self-interested.  First, Portrayed by pride.  Pride is the chromosome of post-Adam humans, and everything they say or do is full of arrogance.  He always thinks that he has some skills, so he can talk nonsense and make arbitrary judgments.  It wasn’t until he got into trouble that he realized he wasn’t that great after all.  There was originally a brotherly relationship, but because he wanted to please the boss of the Antichrist, he fabricated evil things to frame the brother and wrote critical articles to add insult to injury.  Continuing this nature, this kind of people think they can speak nonsense at gatherings of God’s people, feel free to criticize God’s servants.  Then, God uses righteous methods to discipline.  Please note that this is still a time when the Lord can be sought.  Because God disciplines those he loves.  Of course, the prerequisite is repentance.

Secondly, ignorance as essence.  The greatest ignorance of people is that they do not repent and carry their ignorance to the end.  The Israelites crucified Jesus because of their ignorance.  As a result, they do not repent, and the result is that God’s wrath is always upon them.  If you have ever framed a brother, you have also colluded with the Three-Self, United Front Work Department, National Security and other anti-Christ departments, lurked, and destroyed overseas churches.  It’s nothing special, just repent!  No sin is greater than the power of Jesus Christ to forgive sins, nor is it greater than the abundant grace of God.  It is a pity that when the fear deep in people’s hearts becomes so great that they want to grasp ignorance and carry it out to the end.  Then, the nature formed by ignorance will accompany him to meet Satan.

Finally, be satisfied with doing evil.  What does it mean to be satisfied with doing evil?  This refers to a person’s motivation and purpose when doing evil.  Doing evil on your own may be due to temporary weakness or helplessness.  However, if you not only do evil yourself, but also like others to do evil with you, you are in league with Satan.  Unfortunately, since Adam sinned, this kind of seducing character has become the norm in the world.  Because people who do evil often feel lonely inside.  They must always recruit some people to support them.  Even if they go to hell in the future, there will be someone to accompany them.  This mentality comes from Satan, who has the loneliest mentality in the world and always competes with God for human hearts.  Its greatest satisfaction is that the door to hell is wide and many people go there.

Conclusion

Well, thank the Lord! The Bible says:  “And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. (1 John 2:17)”  God’s creation established reasonable standards in the world.  Knowing God is the beginning of wisdom, which enables us to stay away from foolishness and fear God!

Let us pray……

 

Romans 1:26-32

26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. 

30 They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

32 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they do not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.