What do fools exchange the glory of God for according to Romans 1:23?
Romans 1:23 says fools exchange the glory of the uncorruptible God for images made like corruptible man, birds, four-footed beasts, and creeping things. They turn from the perfect, untouchable God to worship created creatures, even reptiles, which is idolatry rather than true worship.
Les explains that Romans 1:23 describes those who, having become fools by saying no to God, change the glory of the uncorruptible God into images made like corruptible man, birds, four-footed beasts, and creeping things. He notes the order is reversed from creation: in creation the creeping things, four-footed beasts, birds, and finally man appeared, but in idol-making they begin with man, then birds, then four-footed beasts, and then even reptiles, the lowest creatures. Les illustrates this with Israel in Egypt, where frogs, flies, and the Nile became gods, and the plagues showed those gods were nothing. He also says the modern New Age movement returns to Oriental idol worship.