"God-Rejected Minds"

GodThoughtsWired!           Friday, May 21, 2010

Evangelizing the Church in the Age of Delusion

"GOD-REJECTED MINDS"

STUDIES FROM ROMANS 1

 "God gave them over to a depraved mind..."
"Romans 1:28 (bold mine)

Moral perversion results in mental perversion. This study from Romans 1 gives us a picture of the heathen world some two-thousand years ago, as well as a marvelous portrayal of the headlines in today's newspapers.

The Greek word here, adokimion translated "depraved mind," is synonomous with the term "reprobate." It literally means "rejected after testing." Whenever men reject God they are in danger of God rejecting them (see also Matthew 10:32-39). The retributive response of God is the righteous infliction of...JUSTICE (the reader, pastor or lay, who cries out "But what about grace!"...is watching too much "Christian" television).

When we give ourselves over to sin we ultimately become slaves of that very sin.  "Promising them freedom (i.e. alcohol, drugs, sexual perversion) while they themselves are slaves of corruption (teachers who reject the "our part" of Christianity) for "by what a man is overcome by this he is enslaved." 2 Peter 2:19

As I've written about several times before, one of life's greatest lessons is:

SIN TAKES AWAY OUR UNDERSTANDING.
-see Hosea 4:11,14; Romans 1:31

Sin makes even the otherwise wisest among us...STUPID. This is why Solomon rightly declared,"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid" (Proverbs 12:1). Speaking from painful experience, this is the great danger of giving into your lust.

Moral corruption has mental consequences.*

*And by the way, this is a universal principle that applies to everyone everywhere. Like gravity, it doesn't matter whether or not you believe in it...it will ALWAYS apply to YOU! In fact, a refusal to acknowledge this powerful biblical truth is a grand example of the very process at work!