Introduction

Brother Wayne McKamie appeared as a guest
speaker on Let the Bible Speak, a 30 minute
TV program in Springfield, Mo., in the fall of
1989. Brother McKamie chose The World of
Romans One as his topic for the program. He
has given me permission to transcribe the
sermon from the TV tape and print this powerful
and timely lesson in tract form. Special thanks
to Wayne for sharing his time and talent. His
love for God, his love of truth, and his love for
the souls of others shows through in this
sermon as it does in all his labor for the cause
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wayne is also to be
commended for his clarity and courage in
speaking out against sin in this present evil
world.

I am grateful for the opportunity to make this
tract available.     - Irvin Barnes

The World of Romans One

      The Roman letter was written from Corinth
on the third missionary journey of the apostle
Paul in the winter of 54 or 55. Paul was in the
home of Gaius, and Tertius was by his side as
he wrote by the direction of the Holy Spirit.
      Paul began this great letter by saying,
"Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ." I think it is
interesting that Paul, a rich, powerful, influential
Jew, was proud to be a servant, a bond slave of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
      Notice also that Paul was called to be an
apostle, "separated unto the gospel of God."
Paul was not separated to a monkery, a
nunnery, a mountain top or a commune, but to
the gospel of Christ. Paul was separated to the
gospel, the good news, not new news, but the
good news of the death, the burial, and the
resurrection of Christ
      Paul says some things that we need to
hear in our day. In fact Romans one is a case
history of the human race.

In it you will find a diagnosis, a prognosis, and a
remedy prescribed. This case history is not lovely.
      In Romans 5:21, "sin hath reigned unto death."
In Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God." One tiling you may be
sure of, Romans One gives the whole truth about
the human condition. Romans One, is dark and
foreboding. It's thunder and it's lightning! The wrath
of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold
the truth in unrighteousness. In verse 24, the
scripture says, "God gave them up." In verse 26,
again, "God gave them up." In verse 28, the
scripture says, "God gave them over." The problem
was sin. It is amazing how we like to trace our
problems to anything, ANYTHING! Other than the
real problem of SIN!
      I was in Baylor University when John F.
Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. I remember
the ensuing discussion and the commentators as
they talked about how a man could be gunned down
in cold blood by another human. They said, "Maybe
it was due to the frontier spirit that prevails in Texas.
Perhaps it was the fault of the motion picture
industry." They never really got around to
discussing the real reason.
      Just as today we tend to ascribe it to every
reason under the sun except the real problem which
is sin.
      The Bible is a very honest book. The Bible tells
it like it is! The scripture says, "There is none
righteous, no not one." All perversion is traced to
the human heart. Until the heart is cleansed by the
blood of Jesus Christ, nothing good is going to
come and nothing good is going to happen.
      Wherefore God also gave them up to
uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts,
to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and
worshipped and served the creature more than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this
cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for
even their women did change the natural use into
that which is against nature: