QuadCity Podcast

There are advantages to being in the company of the believers, even if you aren’t a believer. Living the word, even without believing the word, will bless your life. We all benefit from living in a nation that was founded on the word of God. Even those who don’t believe it. Paul also declares that God’s faithfulness is not predicated upon our faithfulness. He will be faithful to his promises, both good and bad, no matter what.

We often judge others by their actions, while judging ourselves by our intentions.  Paul declares that everyone will be judged, not by what they have heard, or even what they have believed.  We will all be judged by what we do.  Not that our actions save us…but our actions testify to whether we are saved.  We will all be held to account for what we do with what we know. (Note the pronoun “you” he is talking to Jews).

What do you do when you don’t want to obey God? You create your own. In this text, Paul describes people who choose to create their own Gods, so that they can live their lives however they want. And in doing so they exchange the immortal Glory, for Mortal glory and the truth for a lie. And the result of idol creation is always sexual immorality.