Scripture to Read: Romans 1:21–23
It’s truly amazing how arrogant and prideful the entire human race can be, especially when we choose to ignore God and His Word. As a human race, we can come up with all sorts of “gods” that we choose to worship. The problem with our false gods is that we control them. We contrive in our minds what our false gods expect from us, and we think that our false gods are to serve us and make us comfortable in our sin and they are not to punish us for our sin. God tells us today in Romans 1:21–23, that the entire human race, at some point, has had a knowledge of God as the Creator, but then most people choose not to honor Him as God or give Him thanks for everything He has created for us to enjoy (James 1:17, Psalms 136:5–9, Isaiah 42:5–7, Isaiah 44:24, Jeremiah 10:12). Instead, the human race has chosen to become worthless in their thinking. The human race focuses on godless reasoning, pointless arguments and foolish theories. Because sinful mankind has chosen to be foolish in their thinking, their foolish hearts have been darkened (2 Corinthians 3:14). As God’s Word says today, those without Christ as Lord will claim to be wise yet not knowing that they have become fools (Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 16:25). Without Christ, the entire human race has chosen to exchange the glory, majesty, and excellence of our eternal King for a worthless image or idol and they remain dead in their sin.
Challenge & Application
· Why is it that the entire human race wants to come up with their own god and not surrender to the One True God through Christ?
· How can you help others struggling to know God through Christ and be a witness to them?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!