Idolatry In Dr. Roy Wallace's Romans
In his studies on Romans, Dr. Roy Wallace gives four results of man’s revolution, that is to say; idolatry (Rom 1:23-25), homosexuality (Rom 1:26-27), reprobate mind (Rom 1:28) and evil life style. These are explained in detail below:
Idolatry; according to Thelemann “idolatry is, instead of, or besides, that one true God, who has manifested himself in his word, to contrive or have any other object in which men place their trust”. Romans describes idolaters as those that worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator. Non-believers are found of worshipping objects such as the sun, moon, stars, animals, birds among others; however, there are also idolatry practices among believers. For example, one of the common idol practices among …show more content…
He (God) overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. This should go as a warning to all those that indulge in this sinful behavior that they are headed for eternal death as the case was with Sodom and Gomorrah.
Reprobate mind; Dr. Roy Wallace defines this as morally abandoned and depraved which is the result for all those that expel God from their thinking. Paul exhorts believers to examine themselves whether they are still in the faith or have become reprobates who are against the truth found in Jesus Christ, evil and dishonest in their doing (2 Cor 13:5-8). In 2 Tit 3:8, Jannes and Jambres are given as examples of reprobates who withstood Moses (God’s messenger) – so do all those who resist the truth, they are men of corrupt minds and reprobate concerning the faith.
The last result of man’s revolution given by Dr. Roy Wallace is the evil life style. Romans breaks this down into fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, and
Idolatry; according to Thelemann “idolatry is, instead of, or besides, that one true God, who has manifested himself in his word, to contrive or have any other object in which men place their trust”. Romans describes idolaters as those that worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator. Non-believers are found of worshipping objects such as the sun, moon, stars, animals, birds among others; however, there are also idolatry practices among believers. For example, one of the common idol practices among …show more content…
He (God) overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. This should go as a warning to all those that indulge in this sinful behavior that they are headed for eternal death as the case was with Sodom and Gomorrah.
Reprobate mind; Dr. Roy Wallace defines this as morally abandoned and depraved which is the result for all those that expel God from their thinking. Paul exhorts believers to examine themselves whether they are still in the faith or have become reprobates who are against the truth found in Jesus Christ, evil and dishonest in their doing (2 Cor 13:5-8). In 2 Tit 3:8, Jannes and Jambres are given as examples of reprobates who withstood Moses (God’s messenger) – so do all those who resist the truth, they are men of corrupt minds and reprobate concerning the faith.
The last result of man’s revolution given by Dr. Roy Wallace is the evil life style. Romans breaks this down into fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, and