dictionary.reference.com defines the noun "reprobate" as:
1. a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.Clearly not a nice word to use for referring to another person. While I can certainly see churchgoers expressing the attitude shown in this cartoon, I can't imagine Jesus using it. While initially it's easy to think he never called anyone names, he actually did:
2. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
There's the time when in answer to a question, he obliquely referred to a Canaanite woman as a dog (Matthew 15:21-28). And the times that he called the Pharisees names.
From what I recall, the Pharisees were the religious people of His day. What might Jesus be calling the religious people of today if he came down to earth?
From what I recall, the Pharisees were the religious people of His day. What might Jesus be calling the religious people of today if he came down to earth?
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