The Reprobate Mind: Choosing God or Destruction

Nov 9, 2025    Pastor Josh Smith

Every single day, you face a choice that determines everything. Not a choice between good intentions and bad ones, but between two masters: God or satan. There is no middle ground. You're either walking in the newness of life with God, or you're following the world, sin, and evil.

Romans 1:28-32 gives us a sobering reality check. When people refuse to retain God in their knowledge, when they reject Him as Creator and King, God eventually gives them over to a reprobate mind. This isn't about making mistakes or struggling with sin. It's about a heart that has fully rejected God, choosing pride over submission, self over Savior.

The signs are everywhere: confusion instead of peace, emotion instead of true love, celebration of evil instead of righteousness. Our culture doesn't just tolerate sin anymore, it throws parties for it. But God's truth doesn't change based on popular opinion or cultural trends.

Here's what matters: your thoughts, your words, your beliefs, your behavior. Are they honoring God or rejecting Him? You can't fool God with religious activities while harboring evil in your heart. He sees past the performance to the intent.

The good news? Today you can choose differently. You can be honest, authentic, and lay your reprobate thinking at the foot of the cross. You can stop justifying sin and start submitting to the King of all the earth.

Where are you today? Which master are you serving? Now is the time to choose life.