SERMON NOTES (Nov 15, 2015): Thanks, But No Thanks - Rom 1:18-32

I.                    Refusing Thanksgiving Leads to Physical Dishonor (Rom 1:24)

Understand Thanksgiving (Physical Action):

        - Obedience (Rev. 3:10)

        - Worship/Walk in Spirit (Gal 5:16)

        - Godliness/Holiness (2 Pet 2:9)

See James 1:14-16:

Temptation-> Desire-> Sin-> Death=> Dishonor

                        THE LIE OF EVOLUTION: origins

II.                    Refusing Thanksgiving Leads to Emotional Degradation (Rom 1:26)

Understand Thanksgiving (Emotional Response):

                                - Jesus’ Desire in Me (Rom. 7:17-21)

                                - Motivation to Please God (James 4:1-3)

        Emotional Degradation -> Family Dysfunction-> Societal Destruction

THE ATTACK ON THE FAMILY: infrastructure

  

III.                  Refusing Thanksgiving Leads to Mental Depravity (Rom 1:28)

Understand Thanksgiving (Mental Capacity):

        - Reasonable Worship (Rom. 12:1-2)

        - Peaceful Thinking (Phil 4:8-9)

        - Illuminated Cognition (Ps 119:105)