Cause and effect is a relationship between two things when one thing make something else happen. Cause is the doing or acting out while effect is the result of doing or acting out.
We will look at Jeremiah 6: 1 - 30. In this chapter the Jews are the reprobate. We want to look at what they did and what happened to them.
Reprobate is someone who behaves in way that is not respectable and morally correct. God is always full of wrath and He is weary about holding His anger on the reprobate Jer. 6:11. Jeremiah 6:11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
Characters of reprobate i.e. what they do ( The cause)
Anyone can be reprobate minded both the redeemed and non redeemed. The Jews are God's people mind you. In Jer. 6:13, it say even prophets, priests and the children and adults acted in reprobate ways.
1. They covet.They are greedy for gain and deceitful.
2. They don't blush for their act. They are not ashamed or embarrassed of what they do.
3. They sometimes gives fat and good offering Jer. 6:20
4. They rebel and slander
5. They are corrupt.
The effects of being reprobate minded i.e. what are the result one get for being a reprobate.
1. They will be among the fallen and be brought down for punishment Jer. 6:15 NIV
2. They always experience disasters Jer. 6:19 NIV
3. They stumble and perish Jer. 6:21 NIV
4. God allow evil to fall upon them Jer. 6:22 - 24 NIV
5. They mourn, anguish and fear terrors.
6. They are rejected by God.
Finally, there is a way out for reprobate minded people. In Jer. 6: 16 NIV; This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ’We will not walk in it.’
The ancient path is Jesus Christ. John 14: 6 KJV. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
The reprobate are meant to stand and look at crossroads of salvation also ask for the way to help them so that they can find rest for their souls.
Prayer points
1. I am reprobate minded please have mercy on me. I come to you Jesus and help me to walk with you in other for me to find rest for my soul.
2. Lord I reject every act or characters of being a reprobate person.
3. Lord let me walk with you in other to make heaven.
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