Grossness, in a biblical context, refers to a state of moral and spiritual insensitivity, often characterized by indulgence in sinful behaviors and a lack of awareness or concern for spiritual truths. This concept is frequently associated with a hardened heart and a mind that is dulled to the things of God.

Biblical References:

1. Ephesians 4:17-19 : "So I tell you this, and testify to it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more."

In this passage, the Apostle Paul warns believers against living like the Gentiles, who are described as having futile thinking and darkened understanding. Their grossness is evident in their alienation from God and their indulgence in sensuality and impurity.

2. Isaiah 6:9-10 : "And He replied, 'Go and tell this people: Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving. Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.'"

Here, the prophet Isaiah is instructed to deliver a message to a people whose hearts have become calloused, a metaphor for grossness. Their spiritual insensitivity prevents them from understanding and turning to God for healing.

3. Romans 1:21-24 : "For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another."

The Apostle Paul describes a progression into grossness, where individuals, despite knowing God, choose not to honor Him. Their hearts become darkened, leading to idolatry and impurity.

Theological Implications:

Grossness is often linked to a rejection of God's truth and a preference for worldly pleasures. It signifies a spiritual blindness and a moral decay that results from turning away from God. This condition is not merely an external behavior but an internal state of the heart and mind.

Moral and Spiritual Consequences:

The Bible warns that grossness leads to further alienation from God and an increased susceptibility to sin. It is a condition that can result in God's judgment, as seen in Romans 1, where God "gave them over" to their desires. This handing over is a form of divine judgment, allowing individuals to experience the consequences of their choices.

Call to Repentance:

Despite the severity of grossness, the Bible consistently offers a call to repentance. The hardening of the heart can be reversed through genuine repentance and turning back to God. The New Testament emphasizes the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in renewing the mind and heart, enabling believers to overcome grossness and live in righteousness.

Practical Application:

Believers are encouraged to guard against grossness by remaining sensitive to the Holy Spirit, engaging in regular self-examination, and immersing themselves in Scripture. Fellowship with other believers and participation in the sacraments are also means of grace that help prevent spiritual insensitivity.(n.) The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness.7230. rob -- multitude, abundance, greatness
... 1), extent (1), great (13), great number (1), great numbers (1), great quantities
(1), great quantity (1), greatly (1), greatness (12), grossness (1), harsh (1 ...
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4806. meri -- a fatling, fatlings
... From mara' in the sense of grossness, through the idea of domineering (compare mare');
stall-fed; often (as noun) a beeve -- fat (fed) beast (cattle, -ling). ...
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6580. pash -- extremity
... extremity Probably from an unused root meaning to disintegrate; stupidity (as a
result of grossness or of degeneracy) -- extremity. 6579, 6580. pash. 6581 ...
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What a Grossness of Ignorance, Both of Man and his Savior...
... Address 108: What a grossness of ignorance, both of man and his savior?
What a grossness of ignorance, both of man and his savior ...
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"The Grossness, Impurity, Sickness, Pain, and Corruption of Our ...
... [Way-1-66] "The grossness, impurity, sickness, pain, and corruption of
our bodies? "The grossness, impurity, sickness, pain, and ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-1-66 the grossness impurity sickness.htm

Whether by Reason of this Subtlety a Glorified Body is Able to be ...
... Some say that in the present state this obstacle is its grossness by virtue of which
it is able to occupy a place; and that this grossness is removed by the ...
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Survival of the Fittest
... The protest, in fact, is a rebuke to religion for the grossness of its conceptions,
for its tardy abandonment of the letter, for the permanence it has given to ...
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Conflict.
... the world. We must put away our own grossness,[335] as athletes rid themselves
by severe training of all superfluous flesh. Then ...
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The Altar of Incense
... sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.' The cuneiform inscriptions
give that thought with characteristic vividness and grossness when they ...
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2 Cor. Iii. 7, 8
... By that in which they thought they had the advantage, namely, that Moses'
face shone, he proves their grossness and groveling nature. ...
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Summary.
... men. 1. The preparatory training for the conflict consists in putting away
(1) our own grossness; (2) the sin that besets us. 2. The ...
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The Omnipotent Summons.
... O grave, where is thy victory?" Then, with the organs of their resurrection-bodies
ennobled, etherealised, purified from all the grossness of earth, they shall ...
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Fourth Tractate. Our Tutelary Spirit.
... Those who in their pleasures have not even lived by sensation, but have gone their
way in a torpid grossness become mere growing things, for this lethargy is ...
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Grossness (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Grossness (1 Occurrence). Hosea 9:7 The days
of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. ...
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Gross (12 Occurrences)

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Ground (538 Occurrences)

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