READ: Romans 1:18-25
“The heart [unsaved spirit] is DECEITFUL above all things, and DESPERATELY WICKED: who can know it?” – Jeremiah 17:9
When a person is not born-again he has what I call an unsaved spirit. There are many different ways the Bible describes an unbeliever. The Bible calls a non-Christian an unbeliever, a sinner and unregenerate. It is important for you to be aware of the condition of the human spirit.
The heart of the unsaved person is darkened and degenerate.
The Word of God makes it abundantly clear that anyone who is not a believer has an unregenerate spirit and is capable of many evil things.
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God. Jeremiah 2:21
The fact that an unsaved man is in a terrible spiritual condition is made abundantly clear in Romans chapter one. The Bible says that God’s wrath is being released against the wickedness of men.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men… Romans 1:18
The human race has forsaken the living God and therefore God has given them up to become dead and darkened in their spirits.
Because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; become vain in their imaginations, AND THEIR FOOLISH HEART WAS DARKENED. Romans 1:21