Whew! This next truth on our journey through Romans is breath-taking. We must first stop and see that "ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God".
(Romans 1:18-32)
Mmm .... But then we realize that a terrible thing has happened! "They (the people) traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise!"
Paul's letter goes on to say that they (we?) wouldn't worship the real God or even give Him thanks but thought up foolish ideas of what He was like. So our minds became "dark and confused". We began to worship idols and focused on other things besides God.
As a result God "abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done". And the list is awful - full of every kind of wickedness including murder and doing "vile and degrading things with each other's bodies".
Wow! This is a lot to take in. How gracious of our God to give us this warning right off the bat.
Lord, help us to stop trading in the truth about You and worship and praise the real You.