BIBLICAL BASIS: Understanding the Depravity of Humanity

PRINTED TEXT: Romans 1:18-32

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Genesis 19:1-25; Judges 19:22-25; I Corinthians 6:9-11; I Timothy 1:8-11

DEVOTIONAL READING: Romans 1:1-17

KEY VERSE: For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23).

CENTRAL TRUTH: Mankind's sin results in an ever-deepening cycle of depravity and despair.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify the characteristics of a sinful person.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. The Wrath of God (Romans 1:18-23)

II. The Wrong of Man (Romans 1:24-28)

III. The Wickedness of Sin (Romans 1:29-32)