verse 17 says for therein is the righteousness of God revealed from
faith to faith as it is written the just shall live by faith so the Bible says
for it so here in verses 1 through 17 he highlights the Christian that burns for
the gospel I mean that's important we're gonna be talking about a lot about the
gospel in the book of book of Romans right now in verses 18 to 32 he
highlights the reprobates okay but look at the contrast here please because in
Romans chapter 1 verses 1 through 17 he highlights the Christian who should burn
for the gospel and then in verses 18 to 32 he highlights the reprobates who
burn in their own lusts one toward another what a contrast right look at
verse 18 for the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness
because that would that which may be known of God is manifest in them for God
had showed it unto them for the invisible things of him from the
creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things that are
made even his eternal power and Godhead so that they are without excuse because
that when they knew God they glorified him not as God neither were thankful but
became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened so here
in verses 19 to 21 we see the progression or rather we should would
say the decline right of someone who has rejected Christ they've rejected the
gospel and the Bible says that they've been given over to a reprobate mind now
this is a doctrine that really is rejected even amongst Christians right
they don't want to come to this this conclusion this biblical conclusion that
it can get to a point where it's too late for a person okay it does a person
can get to a point where it's too late they've rejected the gospel so much that
they could no longer be saved and that's Bible okay and the Bible calls
that a reprobate we said what do you get that that that that definition from from
Jeremiah chapter number six where the Bible says reprobate silver shall men
call them for the Lord hath rejected them it uses the parallel definition in
Jeremiah chapter six to define what a reprobate is reprobate silver for the
Lord hath rejected them reprobate and silver are used interchangeably in that
chapter right there but go to Ephesians chapter number four and hold your place
there in Romans 1 mmm Ephesians chapter number four I want you to notice first
of all that the Bible says in Romans chapter 1 you're in Ephesians chapter 4
but I'm gonna reach you from verse 21 of Romans 1 that they knew God yet they
glorified him not as God neither were thankful but became bane in their
imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened so the Bible says that they
knew God okay now there's a false doctrine out there that says that
Christians can become reprobates okay and and it's something that's that's
widely adapted something that's propagated by Bill Gothard and and and
SM Davis that kind of crowd that really believes that a Christian could be and
they'll say well someone can get into immorality for even to the point where
they just become a reprobate but that's just first of all that's a false
teaching but that's a foolish way of thinking because reprobate means
rejected okay and a Christian can't be rejected in fact if a Christian goes out
and commits the most heinous of immorality not talking about sodomy but
the most heinous of immorality you know the Bible says that God will destroy
them they won't get to the point God it'll get to a point where God will
simply destroy them and they'll never have the desire to be with another man
to be with another woman of the same gender it's just impossible Ephesians
chapter 4 verse 17 says this I say therefore in testifying the Lord that
ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their minds see
the parallel terminology here that it uses with Romans 1 having the
understanding darkened being alienated from the life of God through the
ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their heart so in Romans
chapter 1 it talks about how their foolish heart was darkened and Ephesians
chapter 4 it says that because of their blindness of their heart they're using
the changeable there verse 19 who being past feeling keep that in mind being
past feeling the Bible would say that they're seared their conscience is
seared with the hot iron if you sear something that means you know if you
ever burn yourself someone your skin's so bad that it just kills the nerves and
you can't feel it anymore I mean it's just like numb well the Bible says that
these reprobates because they're there their conscience has been burned right
with the hot iron that they're seared they're past feeling they can't feel
these things that's why when you hear in the news about these reprobates and
pedophiles and these faggots who go out and do these heinous crime and you're
thinking yourself how can this person even come to the to do such a wicked act
it's because they're past feeling you know we think about a pedophile and a
person who would take advantage of a small innocent helpless child and we
would think how can they bring themselves to hurt and molest and rape a
child it's because they're past feeling that's why they don't feel those things
it doesn't bother them well the Bible says who being in past feeling have
given themselves over until lasciviousness now of course we know
they're given over to these things because God gave them over to a
reprobate mind to work all uncleanness with greediness you see the Bible teaches
us that these people who are reprobates they're greedy of committing lasciviousness
well what's something that's greedy something that they can't have enough of
it right well the Bible teaches us we'll see in Romans chapter 1 that they're
full of unrighteousness and 2nd Timothy chapter 3 it says they're laden what
sins lady is just another word for loaded right and in second Peter says
that they have eyes full of adultery so we see that this is a category of people
that cannot cease from sin these are people who are laden they're loaded with
sin they they work all uncleanness with greediness this is not your typical
sinner okay and that's what people could they they get confused about is that
wasn't you know I mean are we all haters of God is no not everyone is a hater of
God