Reprobate
a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
Reprobate" is the Biblical equivalent of
"sociopath". A reprobate is marked by a number of characteristics which are
ingrained in his nature and may or may not be obvious at first, but they bear
being aware of and looking out for. Not all reprobates will have every trait,
but they will manifest enough to send up a red flag. Reprobates are
usually:
Conniving, Selfish, Disdainful, Impatient, Angry,
Underhanded, Sly, Shrewd, Deceitful, Cruel, Untrustworthy, Spiteful, Disloyal,
Treacherous, Confrontational, Greedy, Willful, Self-Indulgent, Prideful,
Arrogant, Un-remorseful, Scornful, Sneaky, Manipulative,
Belligerent, Calculating, Scheming, Devious, Cunning, Callous, Brutal,
Cold-blooded, Sadistic and Vicious.
These truths are
painful, but they are reality nonetheless. Having any dealings with a
reprobate is extremely dangerous. We often delude ourselves into thinking
that if we treat all people with kindness and love, they will respond in
kind. In most cases this is true, but not when dealing with a
reprobate.
Reprobates do not respond to
love and kindness, except to interpret it as vulnerability or weakness on your
part and use it against you to dominate you.
In our pride, we must not think
ourselves able to control or deal with that which the Lord himself will
not. If the perfect love of our Father cannot soften the reprobate’s
heart, wasting our love on him is meaningless. If the Holy Spirit cannot turn
the reprobate’s heart to God, nothing we are capable of doing will have any
effect. If the Blood of Jesus cannot save a reprobate, we surely
cannot.
This is because we are not
dealing with a human spirit anymore, but with demons. For we
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness
in high places….Ephesians 6:12KJV. A reprobate is a demonic
person, who has given Satan complete control over his will. His mind, his heart,
and his soul belong to the devil, and the devil is not going to let him
go.
A discussion of the
reprobate mind would not be complete without a few words about Spiritual Warfare
and deliverance. There is much written about Spiritual Warfare and deliverance
by experienced deliverance ministers. I have not been called to teach about
deliverance, and I would never recommend a lay person becoming involved with it
as that would truly be playing with fire. Only if you have studied this subject
intensely, know your Scriptures inside out, have a deliverance team to help you,
and have participated in deliverance's in the past, and if the demonic person
wants a deliverance and will acknowledge Jesus and accept the Holy Spirit
afterwards- then maybe, you might attempt to cast out the demons. This is not an
undertaking for amateurs, and it is out of the question for most of
us.
The destruction and
calamities that are going to befall the reprobate as a result of her choices,
both in this life and the next, will be disastrous, overwhelming, and
sudden. This is one reason why we need to get out of the way fast- to protect
ourselves and our children before the consequences of her evil overtake our
reprobate relative. My feeling is that I really don’t want to be caught in
whatever disaster is about to happen and it’s much better for me to be out of
the picture at that point:
But since you rejected me
when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand, since you
ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh at
your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you- when calamity overtakes
you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress
and trouble overwhelm you. Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they
will look for me but will not find me. Since they hated knowledge and did not
choose to fear the Lord, since they would not accept my advice and spurned my
rebuke, they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of
their schemes….Proverbs 1:24-31NIV
You cannot save a
reprobate. The only thing you can do is save
yourself. And Jesus answered and said unto him, “Get thee behind
me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve”…Luke 4:8KJV.
We need to literally put the demonic behind
us and move on. If you have such a person in your family, our prayers
are with you as you come to terms with your sorrow at losing a relative to
Satan. May you rebuild your life with God’s loving grace, forever leaving behind
the evil one, and find love, peace and acceptance with your sisters and brothers
in Christ.
In Ephesians 6, we are taught to put
on the full armor of God when battling demonic forces. We must stand up for the
truth. We must be strong in our faith, spirit-filled, and devoted to God’s
word. We must lead righteous lives and pray about everything. This Scripture is
an important basis for Spiritual Warfare and is how we will ultimately win the
battle against Satan’s schemes:
Finally, be
strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that
you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not
against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil
in the heavenly realms. Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when
the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have
done everything , to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled
around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your
feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition
to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the
flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions
with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always
keep on praying for all the saints….Ephesians 6;10-18
Romans 1;28
And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper.
Romans 1;28
And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper.
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