Posts Tagged ‘Romans’

The thought came to me today that perhaps the primary way that Jesus’ cross saves us from the power of indwelling sin is that the cross releases from our fruitless attempts to establish our own righteousness.

Romans 1:21 says that God’s wrath is being revealed against men for their failure to give thanks!

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened

As I thought about this verse, I began to wonder: If God’s wrath comes when we fail to give thanks, then is it possible that there is a tremendous blessing that comes when we do give thanks?

In the first chapter of Romans, Paul mentions a huge sinful failure that we too often overlook: the failure to give thanks to God. Romans 1:21

For although they knew God, they did not honour him as God or give thanks to him…

Why is the failure to give thanks a sin? OK, we might accept it as a rather menial sin of omission, but in the context of Romans 1, Paul mentions this as part of his explanation for the wrath of God that is being revealed against all the godlessness and unrighteousness of men. So what is the big deal about failing to give thanks?