Walking in What Has Been Made Known

Romans 1:18-20

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of human beings who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.  For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

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God has made it plain – he has made known what may be known about him.  Even just wrapping my mind around that is difficult.  Apparently, there are things about God that cannot be known.  Why?  Well – he’s God, I guess, and I suppose there are aspects to his nature that are too difficult for us to understand.  And yet, it is amazing to me what qualities have God have been made known: his invisible qualities, such as eternal power and divine nature.  Paul says they have been clearly seen – and that gives people no excuse to live apart from God.

Yet, just as his righteousness is being revealed, so is his wrath, because there are those of us who, by our wickedness and godlessness, repel the righteousness of God.  It seems that he is specifically speaking about those who know the truth of God, yet stand against it.

The scary thing about that is, too often, I am that man.  Rarely on purpose, but out of the rote repetition of my life, the bad habits I have instilled, distract from the beautiful truth of God.  There is a thing of repentance that needs to be walked out.  To turn away from godlessness and wickedness, and wallow in the grace of God, allowing his spirit to conform me to his ways.

:My goal::Our goal:
to walk in the truth, not in godlessness, repentant and in awe of his invisible qualities.