into the love of God! After Paul listed the godless activities of the sinful world (Rom. 3:10–17), he explained why men and women live that way: “There is no fear of God before their eyes” (v. 18). David started Psalm 36 with that statement and Paul quoted it. There is no fear of judgment that makes people run and hide, as Adam and Eve did after they sinned (Gen. 3:10). There is no fear of the unknown such as the people of Israel experienced at Mount Sinai (Exod. 19). In our world of scientific wonders,
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