Romans 1:24

Romans 1:24 Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

'God gave them up' - 'gave them over' (NASV); 'letting them follow' (Beck); 'let them go ahead into' (Tay)

'These people had already wilfully deserted God who merely left them to their own self-determination and self-destruction, part of the price of man's moral freedom..the words sound to us like clods on the coffin as God leaves men to work their own wicked will.'

'The lost, enjoy forever the horrible freedom they have demanded, and are therefore self-enslaved.'

'in the lusts of their hearts' -sin is. heart problem. These people turned from God because they 'wanted to do what they wanted to do.'

'Uncleanness' -'impurity, immorality'. The sensual sins that were often included in idolatrous practices. Doctrinal compromise leads to moral compromise.

'Dishonored' -'so they degrade their own bodies with one another' (Wms). Christianity gives one. new sense of dignity and self-respect. (1 Corinthians 6:13; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:4) Sin is it's own punishment. Instead of being ashamed of the Gospel, the World needs to be ashamed of its own conduct. Trying living apart from God and you will end up embarrassing yourself. 'Heathenism left its stamp on the bodies of men and women'.