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The Bible frequently addresses the nature of the affections and desires of the wicked, portraying them as unnatural and perverted. This theme is woven throughout Scripture, highlighting the moral and spiritual corruption that characterizes those who turn away from God.

Depravity of the Heart

The heart of the wicked is described as fundamentally corrupt and deceitful. Jeremiah 17:9 states, "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" This verse underscores the inherent deceit and moral distortion present in the hearts of those who reject God's ways. The affections of the wicked are not aligned with God's righteous standards but are instead driven by selfish desires and sinful inclinations.

Unnatural Desires

Romans 1:26-27 provides a vivid depiction of how the affections of the wicked become unnatural: "For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error." This passage illustrates how turning away from God leads to a distortion of natural affections, resulting in behaviors that are contrary to God's design.

Perverted Justice and Morality

The wicked are often portrayed as perverting justice and morality, driven by their corrupt affections. Isaiah 5:20 warns, "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter." This inversion of moral values is a hallmark of the wicked, whose affections are so twisted that they cannot discern right from wrong.

Love of Self and the World

The affections of the wicked are often centered on self-love and worldly desires. 2 Timothy 3:2-4 describes the characteristics of people in the last days: "People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God." This passage highlights how the wicked prioritize their own desires and pleasures over the love of God and others.

Rejection of Truth

The wicked are also characterized by their rejection of truth, which further perverts their affections. 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 explains, "And with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie, in order that judgment will come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness." The refusal to embrace truth leads to a delusion that distorts their affections and aligns them with falsehood.

Consequences of Perverted Affections

The Bible warns of the dire consequences that befall those whose affections are unnatural and perverted. Proverbs 11:19 states, "Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death." The pursuit of wicked desires ultimately leads to spiritual death and separation from God. The affections of the wicked, being contrary to God's will, result in judgment and destruction.

In summary, the Bible presents a clear picture of the affections of the wicked as being unnatural and perverted. These affections are marked by a rejection of God's truth, a distortion of natural desires, and a perversion of justice and morality. The Scriptures consistently warn of the spiritual and moral decay that accompanies such affections, emphasizing the need for repentance and a return to God's righteous ways.

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Romans 1:31
Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
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2 Timothy 3:3
Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
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2 Peter 2:10
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
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The Tongue.
... never persecuted"you leave that to the wicked Church of ... leading souls to hell?"chill
the affections of his ... mother, an unnatural son, an unnatural act, are ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/robertson/sermons preached at brighton/i the tongue.htm

Against Foolish Talking and Jesting.
... as an intolerably vain and wicked practice ... good instruction, or to excite good
affections; "good," as ... whom we should tenderly love; 'tis unnatural sport, which ...
/.../against foolish talking and jesting.htm

the Nature of this Oversight
... But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do ... minds, and work Christ into their
affections; to meet ... O outrageous, shameful and unnatural deed!' God hath ...
//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the reformed pastor/section 1 the nature.htm

The Same Necessary and Eternal Different Relations
... by absurd passions, and corrupt or partial affections, to act ... At least, there is
hardly any wicked man, but ... is the greatest and most unnatural corruption of ...
/.../i proposition i the same.htm

Chapter iii
... whereas the one just mentioned had its seat in the affections. ... on his wife and then
by a wicked charge upon ... Christ, such rule is not harsh or unnatural; nor is ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter iii.htm

The Sixth Commandment
... unto them, Drink ye wine;' so the wicked set pots ... It is the most unnatural and barbarous
kind of murder ... is crowned with liberty, and all the affections are as ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 6 the sixth commandment.htm

The Epistle of St. James
... fill the heart with the softest, tenderest affections towards persons ... lore, to bring
out the unnatural habit of ... Because you ask with the wicked intention of ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/the epistle of st james.htm

A Defence of the Doctrine of Justification, by Faith in Jesus ...
... For God to justify a wicked man,[1] &c ... to it, and suffereth not anything unnatural
to mix ... ones, his sensual imagination, his brutish passions and affections.'. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a defence of the doctrine.htm

Memoir of John Bunyan
... he became a soldier, that 'when the unnatural civil war ... deceitfulness and treachery
of my own wicked heart. ... ran out in his heart and affections after salvation ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/memoir of john bunyan.htm

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman,
... depths of hypocrisy, used in gaining the affections of a ... hell, that men should be
so desperately wicked as to ... his father, methinks that was an unnatural thing. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the life and death of.htm