{"id":1152,"date":"2009-08-24T19:29:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T01:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.org\/blog\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2009-08-24T19:29:56","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T01:29:56","slug":"romans-127-wicked-sinfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/romans-127-wicked-sinfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 1:27 – Wicked Sinfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romans 1:27<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Truth to Learn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

God says homosexuality is shameful, indecent, and obscene.<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The word, \u201clikewise<\/span>\u201d is a translation of the Greek word, omoios<\/span><\/em>, which means, \u201cof equal degree or manner and denoting perfect agreement.\u201d It could have been translated as \u201cin the same manner.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the previous verse we learned that, \u201cnatural use<\/span>\u201d is from the Greek, psukiken kresin<\/span><\/em>, which is a reference to normal sexual intercourse.<\/span><\/p>\n

The word translated \u201clust<\/span>\u201d is not the word that is normally used for strong physical desire, epithumia<\/span><\/em>. Instead Paul uses the word orexis<\/span><\/em>, which also means a strong desire or lust but it carries with it the notion of \u201creaching out after an object with the purpose of drawing it to oneself and appropriating it.\u201d<\/em> This is a lust with a selfish possessiveness mixed in.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cMen<\/span>\u201d is not translated from the generic word for a human person, anthropos<\/span><\/em>. Rather, it is the word ars\u0113n<\/span><\/em>, which specifically means \u201cmales\u201d as distinguished from females. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The word \u201cshameful<\/span>\u201d is from the Greek word asch\u0113m\u014dsun\u0113<\/span><\/em>, a form of asch\u0113m\u014dn<\/span><\/em>, meaning unbecoming or indecent. Hence, asch\u0113mosun\u0113<\/span><\/em> means \u201cshamefulness, indecency, or obscenity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Notice the way Paul has carefully described the wickedness in this verse, being descriptive enough to make it absolutely clear what he is talking about without getting graphic to the point of crudity.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has just leveled a clear condemnation against women who have rejected God and his truth by describing their sexually perverse use of their bodies as objects of sexuality for pleasure\u2019s sake (especially homosexuality). He now describes in even more detail the sexual wickedness of men when the restraints of decency and morality have been cast off.<\/span><\/p>\n

He starts out with \u201cLikewise also.<\/span>\u201d These are conjunctive words which by themselves each imply a joining of the previous text with this verse. The presence of these conjunctive words together indicates a very strong connection between the two verses. In other words, the actions of the women and the actions of the men are equally joined together in their wickedness and filthiness in God\u2019s eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n

What he says about the men, however, is even more descriptive of homosexuality than what he said about the women. Paul says that these men have put aside the natural use of women for sexual intercourse and have turned to other men to satisfy their overpowering selfish sexual passion. <\/span><\/p>\n

Application<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is absolutely no doubt what Paul (therefore, God) thinks of homosexuality. He says it is shameful, indecent, obscene, and disgraceful! Yet, in our Western society, the gay rights activists are trying to convince us that there is nothing wrong with it, that it\u2019s simply a personal preference.<\/span><\/p>\n

God says it is wicked sinfulness!<\/span><\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Romans 1:27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. Truth to Learn God says homosexuality is shameful, indecent, and obscene. Behind the Words The word, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[461,463,464,465],"class_list":["post-1152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-homosexuality","tag-men","tag-shameful","tag-wicked"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd5geA-iA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}