Saturday, July 19, 2014

Signs of a Reprobate Mind

The entire chapter of Romans 1 explains in full detail what the signs of a person who God has turned over to a reprobate mind will display. Number one on the list is sexual immorality. When you see a person changing from their original state whether changing their gender to the opposite gender or maintaining their gender and having sexual relations with someone of the same sex (homosexuality/lesbianism), then those are strong indications that God is done with them and they have no chance for redemption. In order for a person to get to this stage, they must CONTINUALLY push God out of their thoughts and do not have a willing mind to change and correct their behavior. There are instances when a person gets tangled up in Satan's web of deceit but the guilt and shame of their actions causes them to scream and cry out to God in total repentance and desire of wanting to be back in right fellowship with him. I would say that an individual like that has a good chance of being saved and receiving God's Holy Spirit because they want to repent. But it's just good not to get involved in those types of things in the first place because the devil sends other demons to attack the individual and keep them bound for a long time. In other words once a person has bought into that lie of just experimenting with flesh partners or whatever the case may be, they have crossed the line and it is only up to God to redeem them and he is the only one who knows the condition of a person's heart. We cannot assume that everybody who cries in church or even prays to God has found repentance because Esau sought repentance and could not find it even though he sought it with tears (Hebrews 12:17). In the book of Genesis 25:34 Esau sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a bowl of beans but later cried and wanted it back after their father, Isaac, explained to him that he had already given Jacob the birthright and blessed him. There are just some things that even God will not forgive when a person has taken his grace and opportunities for granted. The birthright was an inheritance that the oldest child would receive from the father at the proper time and season just like salvation and heaven is the inheritance for those who live righteously with God the Father down here on earth. For people to take that lightly and just say "Oh I can do whatever I want to do and still make it in because of grace and mercy", then they are only fooling themselves and are walking a fine line of being turned over to a point where they won't be able to repent anymore. Reprobate people are so obvious and some of the signs (other than sexual immorality; homosexuality) are their constant rejection of wanting to hear the truth and desiring to hear and believe lies and things that inflates their ego and fattens their pride. Reprobates are proud, boastful, and often act like they themselves are a god and want to be worshipped and they worship other things beside the one true God. So the question is "What do you do about a person who you believe is reprobate?" Well, if God himself has given up on them, then what can humans do!! The best thing to do is stay out of their presence especially if you are a saved, sanctified, Holy Ghost filled person who loves the Lord and believe in the name of Jesus. They will either flee from you or deliberately try to make your life a miserable hell because they hate God. Reprobates are under God's curse and a believer in God will be wasting their time trying to pray for them. It would be like doing what the scripture says in Matthew 6:7, Do not give that which is holy unto dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine unless they trample them under feet and turn and rend you to pieces. Many people argue the fact that saints should never stop praying for people but there are times when the Holy Spirit will tell you not to pray for a certain individual because they have been cut off from God's grace. I've had this experience about a certain person and when God told me to let go, I wept like a baby because I really wanted them to change and be saved. That is a burden that I no longer carry and I just accept the fact that my time spent in that area is up and I have moved forward. But anyway, 2 Peter chapter 2 speaks of people who are cut off and they are in the church working to deceive others and pull them out of the will and grace of God by their pernicious ways and foolish talk. 2 Peter 2:14 says they have eyes that are full of adultery and they never stop sinning. In other words they look for ways and opportunities to commit sin taking the grace of God as a license to keep practicing sin. If they don't repent, they are headed for destruction but the question is are they already reprobate and cannot repent? The bible says we should not tempt the Lord our God and for a person to continue and  continue and continue to sin in whatever ways no matter if it's sexual or not (sin is sin), and they never come to God with sincerity of heart and repent and seek to live holy for him, then YES they are reprobate.