Romans 1:21
21 Because [dioti] that, when they
knew [ginosko] God [theos], they glorified [doxazo]
him not [ou] as [hos] God [theos], neither [e] were thankful [eucharisteo];
but [alla] became vain [mataioo] in [en] their [autos] imaginations [dialogismos],
and [kai] their [autos] foolish [asunetos] heart [kardia] was darkened [skotizo]. KJV-Interlinear
21 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. ESV
God is truth. God is real. Learning God and truth means adding substance
to ourselves. Ignoring God and truth
means making ourselves empty and meaningless.
If there is something real that is in front of you,
and you refuse to acknowledge it, then you are the fool. The Bible is real. God is real.
And Gods mandate for us to learn and grow, are real.
And the rejection of stubborn refusal makes people
today, no different than people who have lived throughout the ages.
To not honor God means to disregard Him and His words,
especially His mandates.
No honor means no respect. No honor means no recognition.
And when something that is real is rejected, then
that means something unreal has to gain the attention that the real thing did
not receive.
And the result is emptiness, vain, futile, ‘mataioo.’
And when there is nothing of substance as far as
thinking goes, within the soul, then a vacuum opens up and foolishness rushes
in to fill up the empty space.
Foolishness means that you lack the ability to
understand. If you have no resources
then you have nothing to work with, and that makes you impotent in life.
And this all refers to the heart, or the thinking
functions of the soul. Truth is
light. Truth is orientation.
And when there is no light, then there is only
darkness. And this darkness is an
absolute darkness, wherein you cannot see anything. No orientation, no path, no course, no map,
no plan, nothing.
So, it is extremely important to recognize God, and
then recognize His mandates, and then recognize His plan for your life and then
move forward in your life. Otherwise you
have nothing.
