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Lesson 2: Man's Need of Salvation (Rom 1:18-3:20)
Topic 1: Wrath of God Revealed (Continued)

## Objects of God's Wrath (Rom 1:18)

Objective 2 - At the end of this topic, you will be able to state a principle found in Romans 1:18 about the results of rejecting God's truth.

In Romans 1:18, Paul talks about the revelation of the wrath of God. A person's response to God determines whether or not he will experience this wrath. Just as the righteousness of God is revealed to those who respond with faith to God's truth, so is the wrath of God revealed to the person who responds without faith (unbelief) to God's truth.

##### Question 5

To respond in faith to God's revelation is to accept it. To respond in unbelief is to reject it. Which of the following are included in Paul's Romans 1:18 description of this rejection? (Select all that apply.)

|  | Ungodliness
|  | Unrighteousness
|  | Suppressing the truth
|  | Hypocrisy

##### Question 6

Enter your answer for the question in the "Course Life Notebook Questions" page found in the "Personal Life Notebook" section.

Look at Romans 1:18 and in your Life Notebook write a basic principle showing the results of rejecting God's truth. Give an example that you have seen of this principle.

The Living Bible paraphrase of Romans 1:18 says:

> "But God shows His anger from heaven against all sinful, evil men who push away the truth from them."

The Good News Translation says:

> "God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the sin and evil of people whose evil ways prevent the truth from being known."

The meaning of Romans 1:18 is that men were suppressing or holding back the truth by refusing to live by it. You will read more about that later in the lesson. In fact, the rest of this part of Romans is the development of the statement in Romans 1:18. It shows us how everyone is guilty of "holding the truth in unrighteousness" or how we have all sinned and have become the objects of God's wrath.