Natural Enmity


“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” -Romans 8:7 [KJV]

There is a natural enmity in the heart of every person born into this world. We naturally hate God for who He is. This enmity comes out in several ways.

1. Hatred of God’s people. Cain slew Abel because he hated him, he was jealous of God’s acceptance of his (Abel’s) sacrifice.

2. Hatred of the Truth. The truth is offensive to the natural man. He will receive anything but the truth; II THESSALONIANS 2:10.

3. Envy of God’s favor. GENESIS 27:41; “And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him…”

4. Hatred of Jesus Christ. MATTHEW 21:38; “But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill Him, and let us seize on His inheritance.”

JOHN 15:18; “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you.”
JOHN 15:24; “If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father.”

However, here is where God’s amazing grace shines; all who believe had this same enmity until the Lord saved them and gave them (us) a new heart to love Him with. “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me…”


-Gospel report by preacher John Chapman
Bethel Baptist church of Spring Lake, North Carolina USA

Audio Gospel Sermon, “The Gospel Net and The End of The World”


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