04/04/2026 – American Minute: “One Third of the Bible Is Prophecies – Jesus fulfilled 100s of them!” (link to article below)
I will share Romans 1: 18 – 23 here , but I encourage y’all to read and reflect on the first two chapters at a minimum:
“For God’s Wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth, since what can be known about God has shown it to them. From the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen. being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse. For thought they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.”
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Now, let’s look at commentary on some of these verses from “The Apologetics Study Bible”: “God’s wrath is not an uncontrollable, destructive emotion directed against those God dislikes. Wrath describes His just, holy response to sin and rebellion. From a human perspective, shaped in a world permeated by sin and injustice, wrath and love are seen as polar opposites. In God, however, there is no conflict between His great love and His terrible wrath. Most human beings know that something is wrong with the world, and there is a deep longing for what is right. The multiplicity of religions and sects give a variety of explanations of why the world isn’t as it should be. They also prescribe a variety of logically incompatible solutions to right the wrongs. Both God’s love and His wrath are the guarantors that what is wrong will be put right. To deny or minimize God’s wrath is to obscure what He revealed in the death of His son who bore God’s wrath in our place.” Romans 1:18 commentary
And let’s not dodge away from the obvious question in 1:20:
“Is everyone really without excuse? What about remote tribal people who never hear the gospel? This seems unduly harsh, doesn’t it? Paul was clear that no one can claim ignorance of God’s existence and power. Why? God has clearly revealed many of His attributes in the natural world, enough for people to respond in some manner. Certainly people cannot know all there is to know about God from nature. However, they can know enough for God to hold them accountable for responding to this knowledge. Paul affirmed that God will render just judgment to each person according to the light that person received – whether natural revelation, the Jewish law, or the gospel of Christ. No Scripture hints of a second chance to trust in Christ after death; equally the New Testament is clear that salvation resides solely in Christ (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). If God is willing to go to such great lengths to reveal Himself and rescue us from sin, then surely we can be confident of His just, loving attitude toward the unevangelized.” Romans 1:20 commentary.
Soli Deo Gloria!