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📖 WHO ARE REPROBATES? Many people throw around the word "reprobate" without understanding what the Bible actually says. Let's examine the Scriptures and define the term from God's Word. 📖 What does "reprobate" mean? The word reprobate means rejected, disapproved, or failing the test. It describes someone who has rejected God's truth and whose mind has become corrupt. A reprobate is not someone who simply struggles with sin. Every believer battles the flesh. A reprobate is someone who continually rejects God's truth and embraces evil. 📖 Romans 1:28 «"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient."» Notice the order: ➡️ They rejected God. ➡️ They refused His truth. ➡️ God gave them over to a reprobate mind. God did not force them to reject Him—they first rejected Him. 📖 2 Timothy 3:1-8 Paul describes people in the last days who are: ❌ Lovers of their own selves. ❌ Covetous. ❌ Proud. ❌ Blasphemers. ❌ Without natural affection. ❌ False accusers. ❌ Despisers of those that are good. Then Paul says: «"...men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith."» These are people who oppose the truth rather than receive it. 📖 Titus 1:16 «"They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him... and unto every good work reprobate."» Not everyone who claims to know God actually belongs to Him. Some profess faith with their lips while denying Him by their doctrine and conduct. 📖 2 Corinthians 13:5 Paul tells believers: «"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith... except ye be reprobates."» Paul is encouraging self-examination—not teaching believers have reprobate minds like Romans 1. The Corinthians were to examine whether Christ was truly working in them. 🚫 What a reprobate is NOT ❌ A believer who sins. ❌ Someone who has doubts. ❌ A Christian struggling with the flesh. Every member of the Body of Christ still has a sinful flesh nature, but believers also have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them. ⚠️ Characteristics of reprobates 🔹 Reject God's truth. 🔹 Love sin instead of righteousness. 🔹 Resist sound doctrine. 🔹 Oppose the truth. 🔹 Profess religion while denying God's power. 🔹 Have corrupt minds. 🔹 Refuse correction. ✝️ The Grace of God God is longsuffering and desires people to come to the knowledge of the truth. Today, during this Dispensation of Grace, salvation is available to everyone who believes the gospel. The gospel that saves today: 📖 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Christ died for our sins... He was buried... He rose again the third day. The moment a person trusts Christ's finished work alone for salvation, they are saved by God's grace through faith—not by works. 📖 Conclusion A reprobate is someone who persistently rejects God's truth until their mind becomes corrupt and they oppose the truth. Believers should not casually label everyone they disagree with as reprobates. Instead, we should preach the gospel faithfully, rightly divide the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15), and leave the final judgment to God. Stand for the truth, preach Christ crucified, and let God's Word expose error.