1.1 THE ORIGIN OF EVIL Romans 1:28
2.1 The root problem:
2.2 God judges by letting man sink in his sin
2.3 As God turns man loose to do mans will, man thinks with a depraved mind
DEPRAVED ἀδόκιμος (adokimos) its meaning
The word play
They did not approve δοκιμάζω (dokimazō) .
God gave them up to a disapproved ἀδόκιμος (adokimos) mind
2.4 The depraved mind produces all kinds of evil
1.2 REPRESENTATIVE ACTS OF THINKING APART FROM GOD Romans 1:29-31
2.1 The general words
3.1 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
3.2 WICKEDNESS
2.2 Specific examples of unrighteousness and wickedness
3.1 COVETOUSNESS
3.2 MALICIOUSNESS
3.3 FULL OF ENVY
3.4 MURDER
3.5 STRIFE
3.6 DECEIT
3.7 EVILMINDEDNESS
3.8 WHISPERERS
3.9 BACKBITERS
3.10 HATERS OF GOD
3.11 VIOLENT
3.12 PROUD
3.13 BOASTERS
3.14 INVENTORS OF EVIL THINGS
3.15 DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS
3.16 UNDISCERNING
3.17 UNTRUSTWORTHY
3.18 UNLOVING
3.19 UNFORGIVING
3.20 UNMERCIFUL
1.3 THE CONCLUDING INDICTMENT
2.1 Mankind are in a position to understand Gods truth
2.2 Sinners deserve death
2.3 To approve those who practice sin is also evil
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evilmindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. (NKJV)
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