在羅馬書中, 保羅寫到神讓他們存敗壞的心. 上帝把誰交給了一個邪惡的人? 當神讓你懷著邪惡的心時會發生什麼? What are the consequences of a reprobate mind? 什麼是敗壞的心? What does the Bible say about a reprobate mind? What are the characteristics of a reprobate mind?
Paul was not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ because it is the power of God unto salvation
在羅馬書的第一章中, Paul wrote to the saints in Rome about being a bondslave of Jesus Christ, and that he was permanently separated to the gospel. Paul wasn’t ashamed of the gospel, because Paul knew that the gospel is God’s power, which leads to salvation to everyone, 誰相信. But the wrath of God is revealed from heaven, upon every one, who has a lack of reverence and upon every unrighteousness of man, who is holding down the truth in unrighteousness and have rejected God.
Although the creation testifies of God, they’ve rejected God and have become vain in their imaginations. Their foolish heart has darkened. They claim to be wise, but they’ve become fools instead. 因為事實, that they’ve rejected God, God delivered them over in the passionate cravings of their hearts to bestial profligacy, which had for its purpose the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves; who were of such a character, that they’ve exchanged the truth of God for a lie.
They worshipped and rendered religious service to the creation; 人們, rather than to the Creator. Therefore they’ve placed man above God.
That’s why God gave them up to vile affections:
- Women, who exchanged their natural use with men (a woman having sex with a man) for that which is against nature; a woman having sex with another woman (lesbians, gays)
- Men, having put aside the natural use of the females (man having sex with a woman), burned themselves out in their lustful appetite toward one another, men with men carrying to its ultimate conclusion that which is shameful (同性戀, gays)
Because of these vile affections, they’ll receive in themselves, that retribution which was a necessity in the nature of the case, because of their deviation from the norm. This retribution is eternal death. 因為聖言說:
Or do you not know that unrighteous individuals will not inherit God’s kingdom? Stop being deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor those who are of a voluptuous nature, given to the gratification of sensual, immoral appetites ( a boy kept for homosexual relations with a man, a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness, a male prostitute (塞耶)), neither men who are guilty of sexual intercourse with members of their own sex (one who lies with a male as with a female, a sodomite, 對同性戀者), 也不是小偷, nor those who are always greedy to have more than they possess, 也不醉, 也不是複興者, 也沒有勒索者, shall inherit God’s kingdom (1 哥林多前書 6 9-10)
You will recognize a reprobate mind by your actions
When people do these things, it shows that they do not acknowledge God and His Truth in life. They can say, that they believe in God and that they love God and Jesus, 但是他們的行為證明了其他. 審判日, Jesus shall judge everyone according to their works (修訂版 20:12-13).
Therefore your deeds and works in this life determine if you really believe in God and the Word; Jesus Christ and if you love Him or not. Your actions determine to whom you belong: 上帝或魔鬼.
You can say and confess whatever you want, but if your actions don’t line up with your words, your words mean nothing and have no value.
If God created a man and woman to become one flesh, and that it is God’s will, that a man has natural use with a woman, but people decide otherwise, then they don’t live according to God’s will, but according to their own lusts and desires.
When a woman is having a sexual relationship with another woman, and a man is having a sexual relationship with another man, then they belong to the world (不敬虔的, those who don’t know God); the kingdom of darkness and not to God’s people and His Kingdom.
What are the signs of a reprobate mind?
A reprobate mind doesn’t acknowledge God and His will, but approve those things, 那違背了他的意願.
Because they did not like to retain God in their knowledge and their life, by doing these things, God gave them up to a reprobate mind. A reprobate mind is a mind that will not meet the test, for that which a mind is meant. A mind of which God cannot approve and which must be rejected by Him. A reprobate mind is false, 偽造, spurious, unapproved i.e. 被拒絕; 暗示, ungodly and worthless*.
With this reprobate mind, they practice those things, which are not becoming or fitting:
- being filled with all unrighteousness
- 淫亂
- 邪惡, pernicious evil
- 貪婪, avarice
- 惡意,
- 充滿嫉妒
- 謀殺
- 辯論, wrangling
- 欺騙, guile
- 惡性; 耳語, malicious craftiness; secret slanderers
- backbiters
- 仇恨上帝
- 儘管有好處, insolent
- 驕傲, 高傲
- 噓聲, swaggerers
- 邪惡事物的發明者
- 對父母不聽話
- without understanding, stupid
- 盟約斷路器, 毫無忠誠
- 沒有自然的感情
- 無情
- 毫無尊敬
頑固的頭腦對罪惡感到高興，並為那些人帶來快樂, 誰實踐罪
Although they knew the judgment and the 神的旨意, that these, who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do they habitually do the same things, but they also take pleasure in those, who practice them.
換句話說, they not only delight in sin and habitually sin, but they also approve those things, 違背神的旨意 (罪), and even encourage others to do them, and delight themselves in it. 是的, they have pleasure in them, that do them.
All these things come forth out of a reprobate mind. A mind, that is equal to the mind of 老人; 舊造, 誰在肉之後走. Because if you compare these works and behavior, with the works of 老人 and the fruit of flesh, then there is no difference.
老人, who walks after the flesh is not saved, because the spirit of 老人 is still dead. Only when the spirit is raised from the dead by the Holy Spirit then the old man has become 一個新人.
When the new man 趕走老人 和 穿上新人, 追隨聖靈, then the person shall inherit the Kingdom of God.
Due to the fact that the deeds and works of a person derive from the mind, the works and deeds of a person testify if a person has a reprobate mind. When a person produces the things, which are mentioned above and when a person exchanges the natural sexual use for the unnatural sexual use; men having sex with men and women having sex with women, then that person has a reprobate mind. When a person has a reprobate mind, (s)he has rejected God, 耶穌, 和聖靈.
Call to repentance
唯一的事情, that can save this person from death is faith in Jesus Christ, a conviction of sins revealed by the Holy Spirit, 悔改, which means to change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, and put away the works of the old man, that come forth out of a reprobate mind. 是 重生, 穿上新人 順從聖靈. It’s not too late! As long as Jesus hasn’t returned, there’s still a time of grace, which means that there is still time to 悔改, turn to Christ, 並保存.
‘成為地球之鹽’
Sources: DSV, 和王欽定本, NBG, 行間希臘語新約, 千瓦, 塞耶, Vine’s, Strong’s
