A REPROBATE MIND
The dictionary defines a reprobate as a
depraved, unprincipled or wicked person. Another definition is a person
rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
In describing the shameful acts of
homosexuals and lesbians in engaging in unnatural use of their private parts,
the Holy Bible states in Romans 1:28, "And
so, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or approve of Him or consider
Him worth the knowing, God gave them over to a reprobate (base and condemned)
mind to do things not proper or decent but loathsome,"
It is really sad therefore to see people
living lives that offend God as homosexuals, lesbians, bi-sexuals and
transgender and claiming God created them that way.
All over the internet, we hear stories of
child pornography, we hear of immoral photos and video recordings of unmarried
people sleeping with themselves, sleeping with animals, and sleeping with the
same gender.
We hear of people recording rape acts of
women, children, and despicable acts at orgies at parties and even in the bush
between two married people with people they are not married to.
Some in the name of Islamic fundamentalism
pledge allegiance to terrorist organizations, take guns and ammunition and go
on a shooting spree of innocent people who have done nothing wrong to them!
A case in point is the shooting to death on
June 12, 2016 of 49 people and injury to 53 others at a gay night club in
Orlando, Florida recently.
A friend who knows me as a Christian asked
me what I thought of the incident and I told him my only pain is that the
killer succeeded in doing the bidding of satan by dispatching the 49 lost souls
to HELL forever where they have suddenly realized that homosexuality and
lesbianism is a grave sin against God and though they would repent due to the
torture and pain in HELL, it is now too late for them.
A reprobate is defined as a wicked person.
God's Word in the Holy Bible states in Psalm 7:11 (KJV), "God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every
day."
We are also told in Psalm 9:17 (AMP), "The wicked shall be turned back
[headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits
of the wicked), even all the nations that forget or are forgetful of God."
Dear friend, please make no mistake about
it, the Word of God is true forever - Isaiah 40:8. There is nothing that can
stop God's Word from coming to pass.
Our Lord Jesus Christ makes this point
clear that heaven and earth shall pass away but His Word, the Word of God,
shall not pass away - Matthew 24:35. In law, the word "shall" means
MUST or compulsory, so that should tell us the import of Christ's statement.
That being said, dear friend, if you
reading this are living a life that clearly depicts wickedness, it means you are a reprobate and are in dire need of salvation.
If God assesses your actions as despicable
and gives you over to a reprobate mind, then there is simply no hope for you.
Jesus Christ, Who is God, came to earth to
die for the sins of mankind to deliver mankind from the works of the devil unto
God. His salvation is available for all who freely choose to be saved as Jesus
deems fit.
Dear friend, please make yourself available
today to benefit from this free gift of salvation, for the only cost paid was
with the precious, royal blood of our Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross of
Calvary.
Tomorrow may be too late, just as the
homosexuals in the sad and unfortunate Orlando Florida night club shooting
incident have now realized in HELL. You are still alive as you read this but
you never could tell what would happen next after reading this.
Repent sincerely today, confess your sins
to Jesus Christ, ask Him to take over your life and deliver you from being a reprobate and promise Him that from now on, you will sincerely follow Him
and obey His commands in the Holy Bible and will never go back to a life of
bondage in sin again.
May the good Lord bless you as you heed His
Word today, act on it and share with others in the Holy and Powerful Name of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen.
Gabriel Ama.