Session 1
Session 1
EXPLORE THE TEXT
We can point others toward God through what he has revealed in His creation.
18 For God’s wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness
and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness
suppress the truth,
19 since what can be known about God is evident among them,
because God has shown it to them.
20 For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and
divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation
of the world, being understood through what he has made. As
a result, people are without excuse.
No excuses.
The meaning and purpose of God’s wrath:
God’s wrath does not suggest that God lost His temper because
Gentiles did something that made Him mad.
Rather, God’s wrath is His appropriate response to sin.
Paul explained that God’s wrath was directed toward those
who suppress the truth.
Paul was talking about people who closed their eyes
and covered their ears so they could not see the obvious signs of
God’s actual presence in their world.
By muffling the truth about Him, they could deceive themselves
into believing that He did not exist at all. (PSG, p. 14)
Under No excuses
write the words General and Special.
Theologians use the words “general revelation” for seeing God through His creation.
“Special revelation” comes through Jesus,
who we primarily come to know through the Scriptures.
Paul emphasized that those who had not received
special revelation were still accountable to God because
of His general revelation.