Sex, Culture & Jesus Pt. 1

Pastor Jeff Vines begins the final message in his series on sexuality, identity, and Jesus by turning directly to Romans 1:18-31, arguing that Scripture must be treated as a fixed, authoritative anchor rather than shaped by shifting cultural opinion. He unpacks the Greek concept of God's "wrath" (orgay) as the built-in connection between sin and misery, and explains how God's invisible qualities, eternal power, and divine nature are evident in creation, leaving humanity without excuse for suppressing the truth.

Vines then traces the first stages of cultural and personal decline described in Romans 1: futile thinking that results from refusing to worship God, the exchange of God's glory for idols such as money, power, and sex, and finally being "given over" to sexual impurity as God withdraws restraint in hope of prompting repentance. He illustrates these patterns with contemporary examples like devotion to screens, sports teams, and personal dreams, setting up the next part of the message on further consequences of rejecting God's design.

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