WORKS - God's Puzzle Solved

THE WISE AND THE UNWISE21their Savior. He preached this to the known world.Paul spends the rest of Romans 1 telling the differencebetween the wise and the unwise. He begins byexplaining how important faith is, “For therein is therighteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as itis written, The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17).God’s righteousness does not come by human workslike The Letter of The Law demands, but by God’sHoly Spirit. Only God can do the work to make yourighteous. Some Christians choose to keep The Law,not by force, but by free choice for a good life andto prepare themselves for Christ when He brings TheNew Covenant.Then, Paul issues a warning to the wise (Greek) andThe Barbarians (the unwise or foolish). He told you“the world” comes to God by showing faith in theirbelief. From faith to faith. Those who are faithful toGod must learn to trust God by being faithful. If not,you commit sin (Romans 14:23).Misapplying God’s truth by using man’s human imaginationor reason is a sin against God, “For the wrathof God [His anger] is revealed from heaven against allungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold thetruth in unrighteousness” (Romans 1:18). Taking thetruth of God’s righteousness and using it improperlymakes God extremely angry. You either trust yourFather, implicitly, by faith and live by every Word ofGod or you sin like Satan (using God’s word’s unrighteously)and end up going into the wilderness. Satanquoted Psalm 91 “word for word, exactly,” but misused