FAITH: Comes by Hearing the Word of God
Romans 1:22–23: Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
FAITH: Comes by Studying the Word of God
The root word for “fools” is the same root from which we derive our word moron. This is an ugly term which refers not so much to one’s intellect as to his moral condition. Notice the progressive degeneration that the perversion of idolatry brings. First they worshiped an image of a man, second birds, then quadrupeds, and ultimately reptiles—crawling things. You cannot go any lower than this. Man suppresses the truth about the greatness of God, and then he perverts it by worshiping insulting images. In essence, having gotten rid of the true knowledge of God, he worships images with which he is comfortable. The ungodly man worships himself. 1
FAITH: Comes by Obeying the Word of God
Since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising. Acts 17:29
Jesus, thank You for being the one and only true God, who is the Creator and Sustainer of all things. There is none like You. You deserve all my worship, all my love, and all my devotion. May my heart never look to vain substitutes to find the fulfillment that only You can provided. May Your Holy Spirit examine my own heart. Keep me from envy and jealously. Keep my eyes upon You. May I only drink at Your well.
FAITH: Comes by Experiencing the Transforming Work of God
Our worship always reveals our wisdom.
FAITH: Comes by Praying with the Word of God
See a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool. Proverbs 26:12
Dear Father, may there be more of You, and less of me…in Jesus name. Amen.
1. Hughes, R. K. (1991). Romans: righteousness from heaven (pp. 35–36). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
