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Those who are given over to a reprobate

mind are at the point of no return, beyond

hope, disapproved, condemned, depraved.

It's over for those who are given over to a

reprobate mind. Ephesians 4:17 through 19

mentions past feeling, alienated from God

and a darkened heart. In 2 Thessalonians 2,

verses 10 and 11, they received not the

truth, so God sent them strong delusion.

Why? So that they would believe a lie and

be damned. Matthew 12, verses 43 through

45, declares the last state of man, especially

when he rebels against God. In John 12,

verse 40, God blinded the eyes of individuals

and hardened their hearts. Why? Because

they abandoned God. Proverbs chapter 29,

verse 1, says, “He, that being often reproved

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