A Point-by-Point Sermon on Reprobation and Damnation
This is for unconverted people who know they are "dead in sin" and cannot believe. You may spend time under God's condemnation. The Bible calls all sinners to "repent and believe the gospel" because the Day of Salvation is now. I pray that this disputation brings an unconverted sinner to godly sorrow unto authentic repentance by God's Spirit and Word. Grace and peace!
- God
chooses to damn sinners according to His good pleasure, and whatsoever
seems right in His sight.
- God
hides the Gospel from sinners, and reveals the Gospel to sinners;
according to His good pleasure.
- The good
counsel to reprobates is to live in light of right and wrong.
- The
moral counsel to reprobates is to live in light of civil righteousness.
- The
rational counsel to reprobates is to live rationally in light of the civil
law’s of men.
- The
standard of holiness for the reprobate is to thank God for damnation;
because, if God is God, He is all-wise.
- The
psychology of a damned mind should not be suicide but a self-pursuit of
personal happiness devoid of submission to Satan. Happiness is only found in Christ alone
but reprobates should pursue a civil happiness. There is a happiness born of this world,
and a happiness born of God in Christ.
A worldly happiness is a sin before God, but a holy happiness in
Christ is right. However, common
grace is for all sinners, and He blesses the reprobate in food, water and
shelter all the time. Any
“blessing” from Satan is a curse, and should be abhorred by all persons
whether elect or reprobate. No one
should go to a satanic man to get things in this life. It will led to supreme judgment.
- Though
by nature, we are self-destructive according to sin; people should not
pursue self-destructive thinking, behavior or words in light of the image
of God that all human beings posses.
- Reprobates
should not join formal religion of any sort or atheism or agnosticism;
because, devotion to false religion or philosophy, with passion, angers
God. Reprobates should recognize
the true existence of the God of the Bible in their daily lives in mental
adherence and bare acknowledgement of their good Creator.
- Reprobates
have no reason or moral right to break the laws of man in terms of the
civil government in crime.
- Reprobates
should not follow Satan because they are damned. However, reprobates are under his tyranny,
but should seek to always do the right thing.
- The
reprobates are not subject to the law of God by nature, but they are still
able in their unregenerate state to resist criminal affairs. In this sense, man is to live rightly
before God and man.
- Civil
righteousness is the uncommendable commendable before God.
- Civil
righteousness is not the sinless and perfect righteousness of the unified
work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- The
unified righteousness of Christ is alone acceptable before God the Father,
but the civil righteousness of man does not avail before God.
- Should
reprobates engage in offenses if it means they can get something good out
of it? No, they should not engage
in offenses. This doctrine of
Balaam is alien to God and Christ, and most offensive to Him.
- Reprobates
by nature hate and despise Christ and His people; however, the reprobate
through civil righteousness should be at peace with his neighbor. There is an unregenerate love that
families have with each other, because we are human beings with
feeling. Such love and peace in an
unregenerate state is possible but not in an availing perfection.
- Some
reprobates believe that by nature man is in a mission of compromise,
corruption, familiarity and flattery; and it is easy to destroy men by
sin, and gain men by sin. Such
activity should never be endorsed or done.
- Reprobates
should not be involved in cults that further crime.
- Reprobates
should not be involved in the occult.
- Reprobates
should not believe in the inherent deification of the human soul.
- Reprobates
should not give their souls to Satan for “good” or bad. The good from Satan is bad, and the bad
from Satan is worse.
- The
Bible speaks of the prayer of the wicked; however, this is not the same
prayer of Christians. It should be used
by reprobates to ask for good things to the Trinity of the Bible.
- Here
is a good warning to reprobates and Christians: they should not ever ask
for destructive things or wrathful things from God. He may grant it to you, because by sin
all men are under wrath. You could
tell Him that you deserve wrath as a reprobate, but by His bare
providential hand (though you have no shield against sin through the Son) let
you fulfill your personal life. It
is meant in this sense: it is meant for the public good of man and
furtherance of human society and government. He has let reprobate men and women
fulfill their lives, because of general benevolence and common grace.
- Reprobates
do not have the gift of repentance, because they are not born again from
above. However, reprobates can
respond to God like Balaam, “I have sinned.” This acknowledgement of sin is not a
statement of contrition or authentic repentance, because even reprobates
can realize their own sin without the redemptive grace of God by holy
conviction. If you realize your sin and cannot repent, express your
unregenerate sorrow before God. It
is not acceptable in His sight in light of His perfect goodness, but it is
also right in light of man’s civil righteousness. If this kind of sorrow is not done,
would man be so foolish as to argue for a lawless legal criminality that
even violates man’s civil righteousness?
The unregenerate man has no grace of renewed obedience; however,
the natural man can still make changes in his life in his own self-interest.
- By
nature, man is lawless in terms of a tainting of the will in sin; however,
he has no authentic or divine goodness in him, and he is unrighteous. However, that gives no one the right to
sin more or commit wrongdoing. If
someone argues that just because someone sins, he or she should sin more;
it is a violation of God’s law, and it may be a violation of man’s civil
laws.
- This
new Christianity of lawless gracelessness is contrary to the law of faith,
the law of grace, the law of God, the law of civil government, and the law
of common sense, reason and redemption.
- The
irrational rationality of man-made religion should be avoided by the
reprobate, because of greater judgment.
The spiritual rationality of authentic Reformed faith should be
avoided by those who are damned finally and fully, because it would lead
to the corruption of the church, and much manifold idolatry. Those who are finally damned in the
church should remain outside of the church. If they participate in the church life,
it will lead to a high judgment of God.
God does not want His church filled with reprobates. The world would fail the church, and the
church in return has failed the world.
If the church is filled with reprobates, it cannot change the
world. God has given the church
over to unregenerate people: it is a judgment of God. It is a lesson for us: can men convert
men? No. God is telling us only the Holy Spirit
can convert men; because, all the preaching in the world would never save
a soul. The reprobate must not involve
himself in false religion; because, it sparks the fury of God. The reprobate must not involve himself
in true religion; because, he is an enemy of God. The church must not be filled with
reprobates. Augustine’s view of the
church as a mixed body is true; but if someone is a knowable reprobate,
they should be excommunicated from the holy church
of Christ. To save the reprobate and the church
pain they should remain outside the church.
- Reprobates
should engage in the lesser graver sins of the world. Fornication is a sin against your own
body, but, you should pursue a lawful marriage instead. Many unregenerate people engage in
fornication; it does not mean you have to.
Just because there is an opportunity to sin does not mean you
should do it. You would do better
if you had a high respect for your body in light of a pleasant view of
saving your virginity for marriage.
It will lead to a greater fulfillment of satisfaction and maybe
less troubles in the marriage bed.
- By the
divine knowledge of God, there is coming a day when men and women will
know about their eternal destinies in a divine sense: reprobate or elect.
- Reprobates,
though damned, have just as much dignity as those of the elect.
- The
final decider of eternal destinies is God alone; He decides who goes to
heaven and who goes to hell.
- All
people should thank God; whether in reprobation or election; because, he
is all-wise and He never commits sin or wrongdoing. Even Balaam consulted God regarding his
sinful pursuits; he had a certain, unregenerate awareness of the divine
trustworthiness of God. He knew God
was God, but he chose to reject it and pursue false religion. He was an outright reprobate, but he
spoke with God in a cursed relationship.
No mere man is all-wise except the intrinsic God-man: how much more
then to trust the God of the Bible?
- Reprobates
will never inherit the kingdom
of Christ in His heaven.
- Reprobates
will be sent to eternal hell.
- Hell
is a place of eternal torment for residents of damnation.
- Heaven
is a place of eternal delight and happiness in a glorified state of
perfection under the Kingship of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Reprobates
should not be elders, deacons or in any kind of ministry or church
function.
- Marriage
is not only a Christian ceremony, but it is also lawful for a
non-Christian ceremony in the pursuit of marriage.
- Reprobates
should not engage in homosexuality; because, the Bible says that sin in
God’s sight is worthy of death. It
does not mean someone should kill someone else. It means the gravity of homosexual sin
is unacceptable before God.
- It is
good for the reprobates to engage in heterosexual marriage for the
furtherance of human society. I
think it is acceptable before God in a civil righteousness sense to pursue
marriage between a man and a woman.
There are reprobates who are not like the devil Balaam or Judas;
therefore, they should not commit themselves to the devilish way of a
devil. If there child is of the
elect, they should not seek to corrupt them; however, they should seek to
further them in church affairs, and by the training of the church. It is possible to have an unregenerate
parent and have an elect child. The
unregenerate, reprobate parent should remain outside the church in light
of her respectful appreciation of her bare knowledge of the Bible’s God;
and should seek the spiritual betterment of their child in the church of
the Lord Jesus.
- A
reprobate that knows that he like Balaam or Judas should not have children
or engage in the church life; but, they should engage in non-spiritual
affairs, and submit to God’s personal, providential plan, not in the
support of the prosperity of the Gospel movement, but for the good of
society and the public good.
- Those
who hate Christ in His deity love the Sermon on the Mount. It’s possible for people to be
encouraged in civil righteousness in light of Christ’s teaching; however,
though they may be encouraged, they do not possess Him. For reprobates, it is okay to learn
about Christ; however, my warning is, they will receive a greater judgment
in reading of the divine knowledge and wisdom. That does not mean they should reject
wise counsel practical, civil righteousness before the human governments.
- Human
reprobates do not possess Christ spiritually.
- Human
reprobates do not possess redemptive grace.
- Human
reprobates are all under the providential hand of God.
- A lack
of knowledge of God’s divine spiritual truth by reprobates is judgment;
and in another way, a pursuit of divine knowledge by reprobates is also
divine judgment. The greater
judgment is in light of God’s holy mind.
- The
answer to knowledge by reprobates (though no answer is satisfying) is to
do the best you can in your own private lives without any formal religion.
- No
reprobate should be a practicing atheist; that is, they should acknowledge
the existence of God. Everyone has
an awareness of God, but the natural man suppresses it in ungodliness and
unrighteousness.
- It is
spiritually bad to be aware of God and not savingly believe; but no one
can believe except by His supernatural intervention alone.
- It is
spiritually bad to be an atheist in non-participation in formal, true
religion; however, it is also better for the reprobate to remain outside
the church of Christ.
- No
reprobate should be a “practicing” Christian by appearance; because it is
dishonoring to Christ and God.
- No
reprobate should be in the church
of Christ, because it leads to
the corruption of the sheep.
- No
leaders of the church should allow hidden or open reprobates in the church
of Christ.
- No
“good” reprobate should take the example of lawless Christians who sin and
sin so that grace-abounds in judgment.
- Every
reprobate is under the judgment of God and will be pay for their sins.
- No
reprobate has ever had his or her sins placed on Christ: He never suffered
in their place.
- Every
reprobate will have to suffer in hell for his or her sins.
- The
fear of damnation is a great fear of dread.
- Christians
also may experience the fear of dread concerning God.
- Christians
have a different lasting-fear then reprobates: it is a fear of godly
respect.
- No
reprobate has the regenerate characteristic of a divine fear that is
native only to Christian people.
- God
could at any moment destroy the reprobates or even Christians if He chose
to at His own timing and pleasure.
- Reprobates
should not criminally abuse democracy in light of open and manifest
freedom.
- Reprobates
should not abuse children.
- Reprobates
should engage in a family pursuit of life without the devilish ways of
Cain, Balaam, and the rebellion of Korah.
- Reprobates
should not corrupt church leaders, church-goers or ministry.
- Reprobates
should not engage in family violence, drug abuse or any injustices of the
criminality of foolish man.
- Reprobates
are in a miserable condition in light of God’s holiness.
- Reprobates
are sinners before a righteous God.
- Reprobates
engage in unlawful lawfulness in terms of the standard and ways of God.
- Every reprobate
pursues a life of outright rebellion.
- God
will visit malice reprobates in the night if they pursue a life that
yields His immediate presence because of peculiar rebellion.
- If you
have a bad habit, it is not the same as a Christian who struggles with
sin; but, it would benefit you if you sought personal improvement. However, this kind of “personal improvement”
is not in conformity to the Bible’s teaching on sanctification, but it is
an element of civil righteousness that is for the public good.
- Monergistic
regeneration only happens to the elect.
- Justification
is what happens to elect sinners who respond in faith.
- Definite
sanctification is done in a past tense for the elect only
- Progressive
sanctification is only what elect Christians do.
- Glorification
is only what elect Christians possess in heaven.
- If
there was a child in need, would the “Christians” argue that you shouldn’t
engage in civil righteousness? If
they would argue that, it would be their sin. However, there is a complexity: the
civil righteousness is good in a gray area before God. All civil
righteousness is good in light of man, and it has an element of
unregenerate acceptance before God.
However, it is also not acceptable before God; because only
Christ’s perfect righteousness is redemptively accepted before the Father
of holiness.
- Satan
and demons are reprobates and not spiritually approved before God.
- Satan
and demons will enter eternal hell by the determination of God.
- To be
in the hand of God is the most terrible place to be and the safest place
to be.
- Reprobates
should never make a covenant with Satan
- Reprobates
should avoid all mediums and fortune tellers: Saul, a reprobate king of Israel,
went to a medium. Before he did
that, God condemned him. You don’t
want to anger the wrath of God by attending occultic practices.
- Reprobates
should not keep to harm Christian people.
- Reprobates
should not be terrorists, rapists, murders, kidnappers, tormenters or
torturers.
- Reprobates
should pursue their work and labor as a way of honor, nobleness and
respect in light of God-ordained endeavors.
- Reprobates
should not take advantage of abusive power in any profession or harm to
“innocent” people.
- Reprobates
should work for the excellence of all they do: God will bless their labors
in a common grace sense. Reprobate
should be good stewards of their money.
- Reprobates
should not be involved gangs or law corruption. Reprobates who have committed criminal
offenses must yield to the punishment of the law.
- Reprobates
should take advantage of giving to charities: however, every reprobate
should know that civil righteousness is not the perfect righteousness of
Christ. It does not avail in God’s
sight as entrance into heaven.
- The
best that civil righteousness will get someone, if left unchanged, is
eternal hell.
- Reprobates
will despair of their condition.
Those who like the message of Christ as a reprobate will get a
silent judgment like Herod.
- Sins
of passion will yield a horror of God’s judgment. Every sin will be judged by the God-man
on the Last Day. Think much on the
all-knowingness of the God-man to restrain your sin. Pray to God as a reprobate that He would
retrain your sin by His providential hand.
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