God Revealed It to Them

This passage deals with the situation in which, although there is clear evidence by which God the Creator can be known, people suppress the truth themselves and choose darkness. Because humans were made in God's image, they can naturally know God, but they lose a thankful heart, love darkness rather than light, and come to live in sin.

The way the first man, Adam, disobeyed God's command and sinned, then would not admit his wrong and only made excuses, overlaps with the way believers are today. Rather than facing their disobedience and the consequences of their sin, people blame their circumstances or others and avoid responsibility. God sees this human pride and foolish heart, and gives them up to fall into the way of idolatry, worshiping and serving the creature rather than the Creator.

The sermon points out how dark and dangerous are the hearts of people who reject God and exchange the truth for a lie, and warns that they are caught up in idols and illusions of their own making and heading down the way of death. Believers are led to reflect deeply on how, in such a dark age, they should carry the light of truth, proclaim the gospel, and lead themselves and their neighbors on the right way.