Despising God
Romans 2:4 • 4Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? (NKJV; emphasis mine)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)In typical Apostle Paul fashion, the “slave of Jesus Christ” (Rom. 1.1) laid it on the line to the Romans. In the first chapter of his letter to Rome, Paul declares that the righteous will live by faith (1:17), that God’s anger will burn against everything wicked (1:18-25) and every sinful person is without excuse because God’s character can be clearly discerned through His creation (1:20). Paul takes us through the timeline of sin starting with the willful ignoring of God and turning instead to man’s idea of wisdom (1:21) which [...]
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