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 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 gratifies 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.
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