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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