Romans 1:25a Who changed the truth of God into a lie,

Yes, who indeed changed the truth of God into a lie?

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Romans 1:28 (AMP) And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or consider Him worth knowing [as their Creator], God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do things which are improper and repulsive,

1 Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

If we have the mind of Christ, is it possible that those who have believed the lies of Satan have the mind of Satan in the same manner? Have they lost their minds? Now I am wondering if God, knowing the end from the beginning, might not have seen that some could only come to their right minds after they suffered that which is improper and repulsive first.

I had to see that my life was unpleasing to my soul before I repented and turned to God. I didn’t go as far as some of these acts talked about in Romans 1 but maybe some do have to go further than I did to turn it around. I praise God that it didn’t get that bad but what of those who suffer the indignations of humanity without understanding there is a way out?

Perhaps this is why Paul jumps right into his entreaty on judgement.

Romans 2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

Romans 1:3-6 (ESV) concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,

Don’t panic, I am not going to do Romans line upon line and precept upon precept. That would take 432 days. Our on-line study group is a couple of days ahead of my devotionals on Romans but I would be remiss if I were to skip ahead and catch up with the class and not address these really important opening verses.

Here in these three lines of text is contained the essence of discipleship. Right there in verse 5 is the key to everything Christian, obedience of faith. Without taking the faith which God has entrusted to us and placing that faith in Christ for obedience of His will in our lives, we flounder as a fish out of water.

Romans 1:17d The just shall live by faith.

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.