We are all with-out an excuse. God expects us to live Holy, blameless lives in him, with the help of the Holy Spirit. We are without excuse because God has made this plainly clear through his word. What is your excuse? Are you ready to ditch your excuse?

Welcome everyone to Redemption Church in Plano Tx. My name is Chris Fluitt and I am glad to share the Word of God with you. 

Without 

We are in the 4th week of our series – Without. 

In week 1 we told you – Without Jesus Nothing.  We can do nothing without Jesus. In week 2 we told you - Without Faith Impossible.  It is impossible to please God without faith. In week 3 we told you – Without Knowledge Perish. There is a Godly knowledge we can’t do without. In week 4 we told you – Without Love Meaningless. Without love we are just noise. In week 5 we told you – Without Jesus Name.. no miracles, power, or salvation. 

Today we are turning in our Bibles to the 1st Chapter of Romans.  

The Apostle Paul starts his epistle to the Romans very directly. This section of scripture is not candy coated. Paul is not concerned about the potential hurt feelings of those who would read His words.  

Paul is concerned with reaching someone with the truth of God, before it is too late. 

Romans 1:16- 20(NIV) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,[e] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” 

18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.  

Today I want to bring you the sobering message that we are without excuse. 

WITHOUT EXCUSE 

We all know what an excuse is. An excuse is the attempt to lesson the blame for an offense. 

We hear excuses all the time.  Politicians always give excuses.  Your co-workers and bosses give excuses.   

Your kids… no one had to teach them how to craft an excuse. 

We hear excuses as they come out of our mouth! We make up excuses all the time.  

How we are raised… What other people did or did not do… We don’t have the time or the ability… 

Someone else did a thing…  

Excuses have been with us for a long time. 

When Adam & Eve were approached by God after having eaten of the tree of Knowledge, they both offered excuses. 

Genesis 3:11-12(NIV) 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 12The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 

Notice that Adam does not answer God. Adam does not own His wrong doing. Instead Adam makes Eve His excuse. 

Genesis 3:13(NIV) 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 

Then Eve does the same thing Adam did. Instead of owning her wrong, she makes the serpent her excuse. 

As long as there has been sin & wrong doing there has been the attempt to self-justify ourselves through excuses. But just as excuses did not work in Genesis 3, the apostle Paul reminds us that excuses will not work in Romans 1. 

Romans 1:20(NIV) 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. 

Who is without excuse?  All people are without excuse. 

Since the creation of the world the verse says… All people ...