Sue J Love
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Romans 1:28-32 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. 31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
“32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.”
They Know Right from Wrong
The context here is about those who know about God, who know right from wrong, but they choose to do wrong instead of to do what they know is right. They choose their sins over God and even over healthy relationships with other people, more specifically their spouses (if they are married). And many of them will make all sorts of excuses for why they do what they do. But God says that they are without excuse. For it isn’t that they don’t know right from wrong, but that they choose to do the wrong and not the right.
But God will not force Himself on humans who choose the flesh over God and their sins over righteousness. He will let them go to do whatever their wicked hearts desire. He will allow them to self-destruct, if that is the path that they choose. And then one sin leads to another which leads to another, and the pattern keeps moving forward. And one of the many ways in which they approve of others who practice the same sins is by devoting themselves to viewing the sinful acts of others via TV, the internet, and/or videos.
Their Hearts are Hard
And no amount of reasoning with them seems to make any difference. For they refuse to come to their senses. Their hearts are hard. Even though the sins they are committing are causing damage to their lives, they choose their sins. They choose what pleases their flesh. They choose what destroys them rather than what can heal them. So they continue to choose bad over good, even though they know the difference, and they know that the evil they commit will destroy them. But they are stubborn and selfish people.
They Choose Prison over Freedom
So they dwell in their own prison which they created for themselves. And they walk through this world alone. For their stubborn pride will not let them yield control over their lives to anyone else. For they are “My Do It” people. But the “My Do It” approach never works. It always fails. Even if they claim to believe in Jesus Christ and to pray to God in heaven, they still will not let God have control over their lives. They will not “let go and let God” for they are stubborn and selfish and self-indulgent people who want what they want.
And some of the sins being committed by those who are stubborn in heart and mind, and who choose their sins over God, and over healthy marriages and family connections, are idolatry, adultery, homosexuality, depravity, greed, envy, murder, hate, deceitfulness, malice, gossip, slander, God-hating, arrogance, pride, disobedience, faithlessness, lacking in mercy, and being heartless and senseless, continuing to choose their sins over God. And then they give approval to the sins of others, as well. They know it’s wrong.
The Only Solution
But the only way out of addictive sin which has control over many people’s lives is via surrender to God in dying with Christ to sin and now living to God and to His righteousness in holy living in the power of God, by genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. For when Jesus gave His life up for us on that cross it was to deliver us out of our slavery (addiction) to sin so that we will now serve Him with our lives in walks of obedience to our Lord and to His commands, as a matter of life practice. That is the gospel message.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
He’ll Let You Go
An Original Work / September 3, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Better Is
Based in part off Proverbs 27
An Original Work / October 5, 2018
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Better is Love’s chastisement from a friend,
Than to have your sins coddled to no end.
Wisdom is seeing danger – flees from sin,
Trusting in your Redeemer, pure within.
Jesus is your salvation – freed from sin –
Giving you life eternal, without end.
Trusting in His provisions, peace within,
Simply by giving your life all to Him.
Living your life for Jesus ev’ry day,
Tell of His mighty power, lives to save.
Listening to Him speaking to your heart,
Tell of His grace which gave you a new start.
“28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. 31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
“32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.”
They Know Right from Wrong
The context here is about those who know about God, who know right from wrong, but they choose to do wrong instead of to do what they know is right. They choose their sins over God and even over healthy relationships with other people, more specifically their spouses (if they are married). And many of them will make all sorts of excuses for why they do what they do. But God says that they are without excuse. For it isn’t that they don’t know right from wrong, but that they choose to do the wrong and not the right.
But God will not force Himself on humans who choose the flesh over God and their sins over righteousness. He will let them go to do whatever their wicked hearts desire. He will allow them to self-destruct, if that is the path that they choose. And then one sin leads to another which leads to another, and the pattern keeps moving forward. And one of the many ways in which they approve of others who practice the same sins is by devoting themselves to viewing the sinful acts of others via TV, the internet, and/or videos.
Their Hearts are Hard
And no amount of reasoning with them seems to make any difference. For they refuse to come to their senses. Their hearts are hard. Even though the sins they are committing are causing damage to their lives, they choose their sins. They choose what pleases their flesh. They choose what destroys them rather than what can heal them. So they continue to choose bad over good, even though they know the difference, and they know that the evil they commit will destroy them. But they are stubborn and selfish people.
They Choose Prison over Freedom
So they dwell in their own prison which they created for themselves. And they walk through this world alone. For their stubborn pride will not let them yield control over their lives to anyone else. For they are “My Do It” people. But the “My Do It” approach never works. It always fails. Even if they claim to believe in Jesus Christ and to pray to God in heaven, they still will not let God have control over their lives. They will not “let go and let God” for they are stubborn and selfish and self-indulgent people who want what they want.
And some of the sins being committed by those who are stubborn in heart and mind, and who choose their sins over God, and over healthy marriages and family connections, are idolatry, adultery, homosexuality, depravity, greed, envy, murder, hate, deceitfulness, malice, gossip, slander, God-hating, arrogance, pride, disobedience, faithlessness, lacking in mercy, and being heartless and senseless, continuing to choose their sins over God. And then they give approval to the sins of others, as well. They know it’s wrong.
The Only Solution
But the only way out of addictive sin which has control over many people’s lives is via surrender to God in dying with Christ to sin and now living to God and to His righteousness in holy living in the power of God, by genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. For when Jesus gave His life up for us on that cross it was to deliver us out of our slavery (addiction) to sin so that we will now serve Him with our lives in walks of obedience to our Lord and to His commands, as a matter of life practice. That is the gospel message.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
He’ll Let You Go
An Original Work / September 3, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Better Is
Based in part off Proverbs 27
An Original Work / October 5, 2018
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Better is Love’s chastisement from a friend,
Than to have your sins coddled to no end.
Wisdom is seeing danger – flees from sin,
Trusting in your Redeemer, pure within.
Jesus is your salvation – freed from sin –
Giving you life eternal, without end.
Trusting in His provisions, peace within,
Simply by giving your life all to Him.
Living your life for Jesus ev’ry day,
Tell of His mighty power, lives to save.
Listening to Him speaking to your heart,
Tell of His grace which gave you a new start.
