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Topic: God Gave Them Over, Because Their Deeds Were Evil.

Key Verse:
 "Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity..." - Romans 1:24

1. Why Does God Give Man Over?

This is the most dreadful line in the Bible - "God gave them over."

In Romans 1, Paul says God does not give up on man easily. He is very patient. But when man continuously does 3 things, God finally says - Okay, have it your way.

A) When man knows God but does not give thanks (1:21)
"For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him."
God gave everything, but man said - This is my hard work.

B) When man leaves the Creator and worships the creation (1:25)
"They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator."
Even today man worships mobile, money, job, people more than God.

C) When man does not want to keep God in his mind (1:28)
"Since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind."
This is the last step - man says - I don't want God.

And then God gives them over.

2. What Does "Gave Them Over" Mean?

Paul says 3 times - God gave them over.

A) Gave them over to impurity (1:24) - For the body
First the mind becomes dirty, then the body. When God is removed from the mind, the body becomes a market of sin.

B) Gave them over to shameful lusts (1:26) - For relationships
When God is gone, holy relationships break. Respect between husband-wife and parents-children is lost.

C) Gave them over to a depraved mind (1:28) - For thinking
This is the greatest punishment. Now there is no sense of good and bad. Man stops calling sin as sin.

For your house: A house does not break because of breaking, it breaks because God is gone. The day prayer stops, God's hand starts leaving.

3. 3 Things For Your House

1. Bring back thanksgiving today (1:21) - Tonight at dinner, let every person in the family thank God for 3 things. God never leaves a house that gives thanks.

2. Look not to creation, but to the Creator (1:25) - Today remove not an idol, but a habit from your house - that takes more time than God. Mobile, TV, anger - remove it.

3. Keep God in your mind (1:28) - Read the Bible for 5 minutes as soon as you wake up. This small act will keep you in God's hands.

Today's Prayer:
"Father, never leave us. Keep our mind, our body and our house in Your hands. Save us from a depraved mind."

Today's Declaration:
 "My house gives thanks to God! My house worships the Creator! My house keeps God in its mind! God has not left my house, His grace is upon my house!"

Today's Task:
Today read Romans 1:18-32 slowly once with your family. And let every person confess one evil deed before God and leave it.

Shalom,
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