SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/24/2019 11:24 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 “Depraved in Mind”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Eph. 4:17-19
Message of the verses: “17 This I say
therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as
the Gentiles also walk, in
the futility of their mind, 18 being darkened in their understanding,
excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them,
because of the hardness of their heart; 19 and they, having become callous,
have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of
impurity with greediness” (NASB).
“17
So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just
as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 being darkened in
their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance
that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; 19 and they, having become
callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind
of impurity with greediness” (NASB95).
We have been looking at futile, self-centered thinking,
ignorance of truth and spiritual and moral callousness, and all of these
practices will inevitably lead to “sensuality, for the practice of every kind
of impurity with greediness.”
John MacArthur writes “Aselgeia (sensuality) refers to total licentiousness, the absence
of all moral restraint, especially in the area of sexual sins. One commentator says the term relates to ‘a disposition of the soul
incapable of bearing the pain of discipline.’ The idea is that of unbridled self-indulgence
and undisciplined obscenity.”
Peter writes about these types of people in 2 Peter
2:10-12 “10 And especially
those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise
authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic
majesties, 11 whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a
reviling judgment against them before the Lord. 12 But these, like unreasoning
animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling
where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also
be destroyed.” “10 God is especially
incensed against these "teachers" who live by lust, addicted to a
filthy existence. They despise interference from true authority, preferring to
indulge in self-rule. Insolent egotists, they don’t hesitate to speak evil
against the most splendid of creatures. 11 Even angels, their superiors in
every way, wouldn’t think of throwing their weight around like that, trying to
slander others before God. 12 These people are nothing but brute beasts, born
in the wild, predators on the prowl. In the very act of bringing down others
with their ignorant blasphemies, they themselves will be brought down, losers
in the end” (Message).
People
are mainly effected by their conscience and have a sense of what is right and
what is wrong and thus they may and perhaps will continue to fight over doing
wrong will, if they don’t come to realize that they are in need of salvation
will lose the battle and eventually their consciences will be seared so badly that
it will not matter the wrong that they are doing. Having rejected all divine guidelines and
protection, these people become depraved in mind and then give themselves over
to sensuality. People like this care
nothing about what others think about them, not to mention about what God
thinks about them, but they only care about what satisfies the cravings of
their own warped mind.
We
will stop after this last quote from John MacArthur: “Ungodliness and it attendant immorality
destroys the mind as well as the conscience and the spirit. Rejection of God
and of His truth and righteousness finally results in what Paul refers to in
Romans as a ‘depraved mind’ (1:28)—a mind that is no mind, that cannot reason, that
cannot think clearly, that cannot recognize or understand God’s truth, and that
loses contact with spiritual reality. In
its extreme, the depraved mind loses contact with all reality. That is the mindlessness of the self-indulgent,
profligate celebrity who loses his career, his sanity, and often his life
because of wanton sensuality. When indecency becomes a way of
life, every aspect of life is corrupted, distorted, and eventually destroyed.” I have to say that this is a very sad
situation indeed, and it is going on in the news media today as most of them
are in bed with Satan.
04-24-2019-11:50 AM
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