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1 | Who is revealing God's wrath? | Rom 1:18 | wick08 | 225574 | ||
I feel as if I didn't portray my question very well. What I'm trying to get at is there is a difference between God's wrath being revealed (meaning sin gave the punishment to the Romans) and God revealing his wrath (meaning God gave the punishment to the Romans). However, translations say both. I feel like this important because it helps to understand God's character better. If God revealed His wrath, I think it shows that He punishes man when they are habitually caught in sin. If the verse is read as God's wrath is revealed, then this could mean that when one is caught in habitual sin, it naturally disconnects them from God, and God is only revealing His wrath, not punishing man. Sin is punishing man on its own, without God. So I think I can sum up the question by asking, is sin the cause of the Romans depravity, or is sin God's cause for depraving the Romans? | ||||||
2 | Who is revealing God's wrath? | Rom 1:18 | Beja | 225583 | ||
wick08, It seems to me, that in Romans 1, that the depravity being spoken of in Romans 1:26 is clearly God's punishment for their idolatry. Now from a more complete biblical study we know that there was already an existing depravity that spurred this sin, but here we seem to see God allowing a further depravity as punishment. It is important to note this is not God putting a greater sin into their hearts, but rather this is God letting up on his actively restraining the sin already there. So the punishment is God ceasing to restrain, so that they heap up greater judgment upon themselves. However, I suspect that the revelation of God's wrath referred to in this chapter could possibly extend beyond chapter one. In Christ, Beja |
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