Lesson 1C
Key verse: 1:18
“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against
all the godlessness and wickedness of men who
suppress the truth by their wickedness.”
1. Read
1:18-20. Against what is God’s wrath revealed? (Compare 1:17) How do people
deliberately suppress the truth? Why do people have no “excuse?”
2. Read
1:21. What happens to the mind and heart of one who deliberately does not honor
nor thank God? (Compare Luke 20:9,10; Daniel 4:28-32)
3. Read
verses 22-23. What foolish exchange do people without God make? What does it
mean that “God gave them over?” (24,26,28) How is this an expression of his
love as well as of his wrath?
4. Read
1:24-25. What other foolish exchange do people without God make? How do godless
people invert creation order?
5. Read
26-27. What happens to human relations
between man and woman when people suppress the truth?
6. Read
28-32. What happens to human relations in a godless society? List all evils people commit in a godless
world.