Romans Chapter 1 - True Power

Scott Allen leads today's lesson from Romans 1:13-27. Only the gospel ("good news") of Jesus Christ has true power to set people of all nations free from sin. To accept the good news is to also acknowledge the bad news: in our human sinfulness, we all begin excluded from God's holy presence. To reconcile with God, we must admit He exists and that we are accountable to Him. Unwilling to submit to God, man's only alternative is to travel a dark road of willful ignorance that leads away from truth into layers of falsehood. Idolatry, the promotion of false ideas and worship, and depraved sexual sin mark the trail of a desperate search for meaning and fulfillment. These are symptoms of rebellion against God which can only be resolved by turning back to the true and living God and the only Savior, Jesus, by faith.