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Are We Muddying the Springs of Our Heart?  Proverbs 25:26

9/16/2012

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Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. Proverbs 25:26

A spring or well holds such promise. When we come to one or hear of one there is the hope of clear fresh water. We can drink and be refreshed. Yet to come to one and find it trampled to where it is dirty and filled with mud and pollutants is such a disheartening thing. This is true in the realm of water - but how much more so when applied to the lives of godly men.

This trampled spring or polluted well is actually a godly, righteous man who surrenders and gives way before the wicked. Giving way has the idea of wavering, wobbling and shaking before one falls. The fall is imminent and that is what all the movement indicates is coming. The Hebrew also indicates it can be a foot slipping or a fire flaming out.

This picture in the Hebrew is applied to a righteous man who faces the true test of his righteousness. THE test is when he stands before the wicked. He chooses to face such a test by walking in righteousness, and that might cost him dearly. The test may be as little as the disagreement of others - and it may be as large as facing martyrdom for his stand. Regardless the situation, this righteous man chooses instead to give way - to wobble and totter in his views. He changes his mind - or acts contrary to it. His pollution and trampling come as a result of not standing firm in his convictions. He does not hold to the Word in such situations - but gives way before the world instead.

There are so many men and women in history who have given way before the wicked. They have chosen the way of peace - at least peace on this earth. There will be no peace for them in the end when they stand before God. But they do not want to rock the boat. The conclusion of such matters is that a life that could have been so refreshing to others is trampled and polluted. Now all it does it disappoint those who needed a refreshing drink. What they could have offered is ruined - because they chose to waver in their faith before the wicked.

There is another way that we give way before the wicked. It is not as public as the outright denial of Christ contained in a renunciation. Yet this kind of "giving way" happens in a secret tribunal - the one that comes up in our hearts when wickedness comes and asks for our obedience. There are secret forays into sin - and secret moments when we give way before the wicked. Such things are not public displays - but they nevertheless muddy he waters of our heart. It might be a little while lie we chose to indulge in - or a look that begins innocently, but ends in an adulterous heart. It might be a way we've cheated or cut corners at work to not give our best for God's glory and the testimony of His name. Whatever it is, it tramples our well - and muddies the waters of our heart so that we cannot give as clear a drink of clean, life-giving water to others from the well of our hearts - that should be flowing outward with the rivers of living water of the Holy Spirit.

There is hope for those who have thus fallen in the New Testament. Peter gave way before the wicked - and that could have been the final message of his life. Fortunately for him Christ came and offered grace and forgiveness. He called Peter to repentance - and then back to usefulness. In no way do I want to lessen the truth of this passage - that righteous men need to stand in righteous views when the wicked come wanting them to compromise. Godly men need to remain godly when the ungodly want them to "tone it down" and lower their standards (which most often means to lower the standards of Scripture). We do need to stand firm and hold to the Word rather than the world. But, when we do fall, it is good to know that when we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive them. Nevertheless, we need to be wise and stand firm when confronted by the wicked. To do otherwise may mean allowing a well or spring that could offer many a fresh drink of the water of the Word, nothing more than the muddy, polluted waters of sinful compromise with the world. There are plenty of places where you can be served a drink of that kind of swill. May God help us to be men and women who stand firm on the gospel - which grants us power to stand - and also gives us grace to get up even if we've made the mistake of giving way before sin in our lives. May we be wise and choose righteousness and holiness so that the waters of our heart not be muddied with the pollution of sin and compromise.

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Read a Face . . . Understand a Heart - Proverbs 16:30

3/15/2012

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He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things; He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.  Proverbs 16:30

A wise man can read people's faces and expressions - with the result being that of being warned against those who are planning perverse and evil things. In the Jewish world the winking of an eye was considered an evil thing. This kind of facial movement was consistently condemned as we read in Proverbs 6:13 as well as in Proverbs 10:10 where we learn that the one who winks an eye is doing so to cause trouble. Even in Psalm 35:19 this is seen as an ungodly thing, where we read of those who "wink maliciously" as they plot evil. Such a wink is considered part of the shiftiness of those who are plotting and scheming against others. Therefore the godly man who is wise will note such things and weigh their words on the basis of their signals.

Note that the "winker" is one who is devising "perverse things." The word for "perverse" is "tahpukah" which means to deviate and distort God's ways. It is interesting that when men are acting perverse, they are first seeking to pervert God's ways. They are deceptive in their intent and are corrupt as they speak. There is a perversity in their hearts that disregards God's Word and His ways as they plot their evil and their conquest of others.

We are also warned about those who "compress their lips." We are told that they do this to bring evil to pass. The picture that we should get is someone who is putting their lips together and pressing them tightly. This expression, as we are told by several Hebrew commentators, is a sight of anger, rage, bitterness, and disgust. The one who does this has no good planned. There will be an "evil" that will come to pass from such a man.

Wise men notice a man's visage and face. The face of those who are godly and loving will be one that is glowing and hides nothing from others. They are usually people filled with joy and with the peace that arises from having a relationship with God where they have been justified and declared righteous in His sight by the gift of His grace. The wicked man cannot hide the evil that resides in his heart. It is etched into his face - and in the tightness of one whose true motives cannot be brought to the surface for fear that they will be exposed for what they are - perverse and filled with misery and evil. Read a face, dear saints of God, and you will often understand a heart.
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What is Acceptable Language? Proverbs 10:32

10/21/2011

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The lips of the righteous bring forth what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverted.   Proverbs 10:32

Our culture is coarsening.  I see it every day in the way that we talk.  The use of perverted language has grown a hundred fold in the last 20 years - and unfortunately - it looks like things are getting worse.  It would be one thing to see this among the lost because - well let's just admit it - they are lost.  But what I am seeing is that there is also a coarsening in how Christians speak.  Things that would have horrified us just 25 years ago - are now becoming more common in everyday conversation.  Before you think that I am taking the place of the ultra-righteous who is shocked at all the wicked sinners - I have noticed a coarsening of my own language - and have begun a concerted effort to speak in an acceptable manner before a holy God.

The righteous bring forth what is acceptable with their lips.  That means the things they say are acceptable.  At this point is would be good to define the word, acceptable.  Acceptable to Whom?   That is the question we need to answer.  Our society seems to think that acceptable to the current standards of society is the rule of the day.  By saying this I am not saying that their language equals that of the world, but rather that we set our idea of what is acceptable by a comparison with the world. Let me give you an example of what I am saying.  I want to put a disclaimer here - because I will have to use a word that is not acceptable to many to help illustrate my point.

The world's language is completely out of control.  The amount of foul language allowed on prime time television and movies is astounding.  When you consider that Rhett Butler's, "Frankly Scarlett, I don't give a "expletive," was met with shock and horror in the theaters of the day, you can see that we are out of control.  Frank Butler's remarks might not even merit a drop to a PG rating in our day.  Certainly his remarks would be shrugged off, even by Christians, in our day.  Yet, the sensibilities of that day were horrified by the outrageous language used.  Fast forward to today and we learn that men who are considered conservative Christian preachers are using worse language than Frank Butler from our pulpits.  Words I would have been reprimanded for saying out loud - are now widely accepted by Christian circles.  That is why we need to realize that having our lips bring forth what is acceptable means bringing forth what is acceptable to God. 

We should note that in just two verses God says that He is greatly offended by things which are perverse.  Here we read that while the godly man speaks what is acceptable - the wicked man says things that are perverse.  The idea of being perverted is not just a reference to those who speak sexually perverted things.  It goes further to include any way that God's ways are perverted - which means to twist or make them something that they are not.  To say that we can come to God based on our own works is to pervert the gospel.  To say that God is too loving to judge the wicked is perverting His holiness.  So we see that there are ways to pervert the truth God has reveled to us.  The wicked speak these things - and thus perversity comes out of their mouths.  That is why we not only need to address the foul language that comes from Christians with this verse, but we also need to address the ways people pervert the truth to make the gospel more palatable to the wicked. 

May God help us each day to have our language pleasing and acceptable to Him.  I will admit that the only reason I began to adopt some words and ways of expressing myself that were unacceptable was to look cool to younger people.  This is a horrible reason to let how you speak be coarsened.  We should seek to be holy as God is holy.  We should have a heart that desires to honor God in every conversation that we have with others.  As the Psalmist said, "May the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart be acceptable to the Lord."  Then and only then can we know that what our mouths bring forth is godly and acceptable to God Himself.
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The Life and Times of the Drunken Fool Part 3 - Effects on our Eyes and Mouth - Proverbs 23:33

4/26/2011

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Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will utter perverse things. Proverbs 23:33

In our look at the life and times of the drunken fool we next encounter the physical effects of alcohol on our eyes and mouth.  It is a proven fact medically that alcohol will affect our minds - and through that our ability to think and respond to things clearly.

Our brains control both of these functions and since the brain has a large blood supply going to them, they are more quickly influenced by the alcohol levels rising in our blood due to drinking.  Within less than an hour two major problems develop for the drunken fool.  First the
brain itself is hindered from its ability to have nerves function normally.  Alcohol in the blood supply depresses our nerve conductivity - thus it also results in a slow down of our ability to think and react to things.  Next as the blood alcohol level reaches muscles - our eye muscles will lose their full ability to function and we will begin to have blurred vision.  As these things are multiplied by the drunken fool - the brain may begin to misinterpret information and won't react properly to stimuli that are coming to it.  The more acute the situation the more that things become distorted with some even having hallucingenic conditions in their comprehension of what is happening to them.  One thing I learned while researching these things on the internet is that this is why we should never drink and drive.  The more drunk someone is - the more their ability to react to stimuli is impaired - making them very dangerous on the road.  One test involved giving goggles to drivers that simulated various stages of drunkenness.  At lower blood alcohol levels the failure level of drivers to pass even simple tests was frightening to see.  Things only got worse as the person's blood alcohol levels rose. 

The second statement here is that not only will the drunken fool see strange things - but he will also say "perverse things."  When the brain is filled with higher and higher levels of blood alcohol - the brains ability to filter things is severely hampered.  Things that would normally be supressed flow freely.  The fact that perversity flows more at these blood alcohol levels should be of little shock to us since we know that the Bible says that we are fallen and sinful.  I've been around people who said the most horrible things when they were drunk.  There are people who are the nicest most discreet folks until they get some liquor into them.  Suddenly their mouths are transformed as they begin to curse and say sexually perverse things to the opposite sex.  Some were horrified to learn how they spoke the next day as they recovered from their drunken state.  Yet a simple reading of Romans chatper 3 should remind us that one of the traits of the sinful nature is its horrific effect on the mouth and the tongue.  Romans 3:13-14 tells us that sinful man's throat is, "an open grave."  We are also told, "With their tongues they keep deceiving.  The poison of asps is under their lips."  Finally we are reminded there that their mouths are, "full of cursing and bitterness."  Oh how the mouth of fallen man is loosed without any discernment when alcohol numbs their thinking and their conscience.  Unfortunately, I've known of relationships that were ended because of things that were said in a drunken stupor. 

The wise man knows that the last thing he needs is a relaxation of his ability to discern and discreetly chose how he speaks and lives.  Since alcohol deadens these things, wisdom tells us to steer clear of all abuse of alcohol.  Wisdom warns us against drinking any level of alcoholic beverages because it may deaden our heart's ability to hold our tongues from saying truly stupid and foolish things.  Such passages as these in Proverbs should warn even the novice that taking up an alcoholic drink can be dangerous indeed - especially if we want to see things clearly and speak those things that honor and glorify God.
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Foolishness' Call and How to Discern it - Part 5 - Proverbs 9:17

3/28/2011

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"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," And to him who lacks understanding she says, "Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant." Proverbs 9:16-17

Up to this point we have only had limited information upon which to examine Folly's call to us.  We have had to use our understanding and insight to see that such a call is detrimental to us.  But when we come to verse 16 of this passage we no longer have the slightest doubt that the call to foolishness is a call to wicked, sinful choices and to a life embracing deception and lies.

"Stolen water is sweet."  This is the statement that Folly offers to us.  This is her advice to those seeking to make their paths straight in life.  This phrase is actually saying to us that stolen water is sweeter than water that you have by normal legal means.  We are being told that there is something about immoral, illegal behavior that makes the water taste just better than it normally does.  The quest of stealing it adds something - maybe a sense of adventure and risk - that just drinking your own water does not provide. 

There is a biblical allusion here that Keil and Delitzsch offer that is fascinating to me.  A passage in Proverbs chapter 5 is mentioned where we are told to "Drink water from your own cistern and fresh water from your own well." (Proverbs 5:15).  What is counselled here is that drinking stolen water or water that is NOT from your own spring or well - is compared to adultery.  If that is the case here in Proverbs chapter 9, then this passage explodes with meaning - and warning.  Folly will encourge you to drink sexually from a fountain other than that of your own marriage.  Adultery and fornication are being encouraged.  Steal a drink from your neighbor's marriage - or from an unmarried woman's life - that kind of sex is far more sweet than being faithful to your own marriage.  This is wicked counsel of the worst order!  Whether or not this refers to stealing water - or adultery and fornication - either way, Folly is out to destroy us.

The second thing she says to us is that ". . . bread eaten in secret is pleasant."  Here again Follly is saying to us that we need to be deceptive.  Simply eating bread with family or friends is not enough.  We need to be eating bread in secret - which intimates that we are doing something that necessitates hiding from others.  Anyone with an eating or drinking problem will tell you that when you begin to hide your eating or drinking from others and do it secretly - you've got a serious problem.  When I sneak a cookie - or buy some kind of food I know I shouldn't be eating - it is amazing how often I eat this food away from the sight of family - who lovingly would warn me that eating that way is not the healthiest choice for me. 

The sad thing is that Folly is lying to us.  She is saying to us that even the water and the food taste different when we sin in eating and drinking it.  Normal living, holy living - is a drag - and only people who are boring live that way all the time.  Live on the edge - do something out of the ordinary - live for yourself a little.  These are the messages of the fool - and they are heard and heeded by other fools. 

Amazingly - the truth is that God sees you even when you drink your stolen water - when you commit adultery in secret - or when you eat your bread hidden from the sight of others.  God sees - and He will eventually expose you and show your folly.  It is far better to live in open obedience - than to listen to lies that secret sin is better.  This, though, is something about which we must absolutely warn our children.  These lies WILL come to them and it would be much to their benefit to be able to recognize them as lies when they arrive.  A wise father will take these things to heart and will take the time to faithfully teach his children to avoid them.
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Steering Clear of Moral Morons . . . Proverbs 2:12-15

3/3/2011

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To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things; From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil; Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways; Proverbs 2:12-15 

Why is wisdom needed?  Well for many in the modern mindset, maybe it isn't.  They contend that the basic nature of man is good.  Yet the very reason for wisdom is the fact that evil exists.  But we are not being told about evil in theory - we are being told here that evil men exist.  The battle with evil in theory is one only in our minds - but a battle with evil that actually involves evil men - that is another story altogether.  

The first thing we learn is that there is a "way of evil" that exists in our world.  We are facing those who have developed lifestyles that embrace evil.  The facts are in - and those facts clearly deliniate for us that man is fallen.  The facts also indicate that being fallen, man has developed a whole way of life that is contrary to the will of God.  If we are not careful and wise - we will find ourselves following that path - that way of evil.  According to Solomon, we need to be delivered from the way of evil.  Maybe this is why we hear John telling us, "Do not love the world or the things of the world, if anyone loves the world the love of the Father is not in him."  

The way we are drawn into this way of evil is by men who speak perverse things.  This perverse speech involves saying things that distort and deviate from what God has said and what God wants.  It is deceptive, corrupt speaking that either denies the Word or twists it until it suits our fallen appetites.  That's why we need wisdom and discretion - the ability to distinguish between things godly and ungodly.  We need to know when an "evil man" is trying to decieve us and lead us astray.

The evil man leave the paths of uprightness to walk in their darkness.  Here it is again - the fact that there is an entire walk and path that is ungodly.  But we also learn that there is a corresponding walk that is upright and godly.  The evil man leaves God's ways and chooses those that are dark instead.  We learn again from John that the ungodly hate the light and does not come to the light.  That is the way of the evil man.  That is also why we need wisdom and understanding - to remind us that fellowship with the evil man means fellowship with darkness.  It seems that God is trying to get us to see that there is a light/darkness - good/evil - godly/ungodly situation in life.  

The evil man leave the paths of uprightness to walk in their darkness.  Here it is again - the fact that there is an entire walk and path that is ungodly.  But we also learn that there is a corresponding walk that is upright and godly.  The evil man leaves God's ways and chooses those that are dark instead.  We learn again from John that the ungodly hate the light and does not come to the light.  That is the way of the evil man.  That is also why we need wisdom and understanding - to remind us that fellowship with the evil man means fellowship with darkness.  It seems that God is trying to get us to see that there is a light/darkness - good/evil - godly/ungodly situation in life. 

Worldly wisdom equates the best of thinking and acting to mankind.  That is why they are shocked with evil rears its head.  They want to think the best of man - when the truth is man IS capable of the worst attrocities.  Proverbs tells us that there are those men who "delight in doing evil and rejoice in perversity."  We almost shrink from these statements - yet that is what is said here.

If there has been a "fall" of mankind into sin that has corrupted them utterly - then it really isn't that much of a stretch that man rejoices in evil and perversity.  To fallen man - evil is good and good is evil.  Isn't that what we see today?  In our world evil is called good and good evil.  They consider the things of God strange and His commandments as burdensome.  They see freedom as bondage and their current state of bondage as freedom.  Delight in doing evil then becomes the norm - and it should not be all that strange to see them devoting entire programs on television and articles in writing to rejoice in how they pervert the straight paths of God.  

Look at the sexual revolution of the 60's as an example.  The morals of the past were thrown off (possibly the biggest lie of that period was to deny that such things had always been happening - just that they were done far more secretly).  But I think that the shock was not that morals were cast aside, but that now those actin immorally were rejoicing openly in their perversity.  The movement was not just a desire to set aside what is right - it was a rejoicing in what heretofore was considered evil.  What is even more amazing to me is that several generations of this behavior has led to soceity adopting such actions as normal - and now even certain segments of soceity say we should rejoice in evil.  NOW we get why we need to cry out to God for wisdom, discretion, and knowledge to escape such a fate.

The final statement about the way of evil is that their direction in life becomes like their heart.  Their paths (again the word for lifestyle) are crooked.  Crooked is the Hebrew word 'iqqesh'.  It means something that is morally, religiously, and socially perverted.  This perversity comes from the source of an evil, deceitful, perverse heart.  No longer are certain actions perverted - but the whole direction and path of their life runs counter to the truth of God.

Their lifestyle is finally described as being devious.  This is the last straw.  It describes a person who has followed their perverse and wicked ways to the point where they now despise and reject God's ways.  They find them abhorant.  What is worse is that they are utterly blind to their condition.

What we have described for us is the natural degradation of fallen men.  They may begin with the remnants of God's image within them - but as they continue in their perversity they soon scald their conscience and harden it to the point where they no longer feel any shame in their sin.  By the way, this is exactly what is taught to us in Romans chapter one.  We learn that man begins with denying God and being ungrateful, but ends with those who cheer on the wickedness of man - preferring their own perversity to anything God has to offer.  In light of such an ignoble end - we see why Solomon impresses on his son the importance of crying out to God for wisdom and understanding.  There is too much at stake here to live and let live.  The fall of man guarantees that what starts as a mere snowflake will become a massive ball of snow that destroys all in its path.  May such a vision of the destrutive power of our core perverseness motivate us to a passionate cry for God's wisdom and a desperate search for His ways and paths.
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The Medical Consequences of Sexual Immorality - Proverbs 5:11

2/5/2011

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And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed; Proverbs 5:11

Here we find our old friend, the word "acharith," used in connection with the latter stages of sexual sin - and the diseases that area associated with it.  It is truly amazing that the Bible speaks of the latter end of sexual sin in these terms.  Long before the medical community could even test for these things - and all knowing and loving God warned us against lifestyles that would consume our flesh and our body.  What is truly sad is that men and women simply ignore such warnings generation after generation.  The result is that sexually transmitted diseases continue to run rampant in society with the same disastrous consequences to men.

We are warned that if we engage in sexual immorality we will 'growl' at our latter end.  The word used here speaks of a deep gutteral groan -a despairing sound that comes because someone has discovered too late that their sexual choices have come to destroy them.  This groaning happens also because their glesh and body are consumed.  The world mocks the church and the Word of God when we walk about such things.  I remember when a Christian teacher said that AIDS was a judgment of God upon homosexuality.  He was torn to shreds by the media - and honestly - by too many Christians as well.  In a way, I too, think he should not have said this.  What he should have said was that AIDS, syphillis, gonnorhea, clamydia, and some 30+ other sexually transmitted diseases are the consequences of sexual immorality, whether heterosexual or homosexual.  These are God's judgments on godless sexual choices.  He promises them not just in Romans chapter 1, but also here in Proverbs 5 and elsewhere in Scripture.  These consequences are inescapable if we choose to walk in rebellion to God in the area of our sexuality. 

I took some time before I wrote this post to go to various websites that gave information on the latter stages of STD's.  This is what STD's will do to us over time - they destroy our bodies.  Let me take a couple of moments to give you some examples of what happen when STD's reach their latter stages.  AIDS does its damage by attacking our immune system - making us weak and unable to fight disease.  It's final stages make us prone to having numerous different cancers, pneumonia, skin diseases, as well as other diseases that attack various organs in our body.  Syphillis in its final stages causes paralysis, numbness in our bodies, blindness, as well as involuntary muscle movements that we cannot control.  Worst of all is insanity which comes as our brains are systematically attacked by the disease.  Just looking at these two consequential diseases that attend sexual immorality should help us to see that God was very serious when He warned that this type of rebellion will cost us our health.  Oh that we would learn from these things, from these warnings concerning the medical consequences of walking contrary to God's ways when it comes to our sexuality.

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The Secure Way to Walk . . . Proverbs 10:9

11/10/2010

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He who walks in integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out. Proverbs 10:9

Those who walk in integrity in their ways do not have to look over their sholders as they live their lives.  That is becasue a walk of integrity doesn't have anything to hide.  That is the lesson that we can learn from today's proverb.

The one who walks in integrity is very secure.  The word integrity means to walk in a completeness.  It has the idea of a clear conscience - or doing what you do with no hidden motives.  Abimelech stated that it was with a clear conscience that he took Sarah as a wife.  The problem in that relationship arose because of Abraham's lie that she was his sister.  Abraham would have argued that this was a half truth - but since it landed his wife in a foreign king's harem - it was nothing more than a cowardly lie.  But Abimelech was an honest man in this situation - and God warned him so he would not sin.  That is the protection offered to us by walking in integrity.  It guards us and protects us from willful rebellion against God.  We are told that integrity is not only a way to walk secure - but the psalmist says in Psalm 25:21 that it is a way to be protected as well.  Truth is always an ally to whoever walks in it.  That is the peace that integrity provides.

The man who walks in perversity has no such promise.  This man perverts his ways.  Note the emphasis here on personal responsibility.  He perverts his own ways - it is due to his own choice to do so.  There is no way to blame everyone else for his own choices to pervert his ways.  The word pervert means to twist or to make uneven.  It refers to a moral and ethical choice to pervert and twist what is right - and once again what is right is what is laid out in Scripture.  The sentence for such actions is that they will not remain secret.  He will be found out.  We can try to hide our sin - but the problem with this is that we will be found out in the end.  For many they are found out before they die - which honestly is the more merciful choice.  That is because when this is the case the man has a chance to repent and turn from his sin - finding mercy and forgiveness in Jesus Christ. 

Some use a passage like this to make it seem that God wants to humiliate them.  The fact is that God knows our sin the moment we commit it - and honestly - even before with his knowledge of all things past, present, and future.  But God would prefer that we be found out by the convicting work of His Holy Spirit.  When we respond to that conviction, we can come to Him and find grace and forgiveness.  We choose to reveal our sin ourselves.  It is only the man who consistently tries to hide his sin that faces being found out in the more embarassing ways.  The Psalmist tells us that the man who hides his transgressions will not prosper - but the one who confesses and forsakes them will receive compassion.  So, if you read this proverb and were convicted - but the devil and your own flesh is seeking to convince you to continue to hide your sin - don't!  Turn to the Lord and confess and forsake it!  That is the wise thing to do.  Expose it yourself to the Lord - and if it is a persistant, besetting sin, turn to a brother or sister who can help hold you accountable as you deal with it over time.  You don't have to face complete humiliation before men.  Admit your sins to the Lord - and follow James' advice to confess your sins to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed!  That is the way to turn from walking in perversity to a life of integrity once again.
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How to Determine if you are Dealing with a Crook - Proverbs 21:8

10/21/2010

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The way of a guilty man is crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright. Proverbs 21:8

How do you know whther you are dealing with someone who is criminal and crooked in his ways - or whether you are dealing with a man who is pure in his motives and ways?  Here is an excellent question.  I am sure that many a man who has been conned would love to know the answer to this question.  That is what we will learn today as we open the book of Proverbs to verse 8 of chapter 21.

First we see the "guilty man."  What Solomon is describing to us though is the way of this man - the roads he takes and the lifestyle that is developed as a result.  This man is described to us as the guilty man.  The word used here for this designation is the Hebrew word, "vazar."  This word means a man who lacks innocence.  He is guilty because his behavior and choices reject God's law and ways.  In this regard he is a criminal - because his consistent choice is to break the law.  Solomon tells us that such a man is "crooked."  Crooked here is "haphak" which refers to someone who is very perverse and devious.  This guy is constantly perverting this - being devious - and lacking in honesty.  He is filled with a dishonesty that makes you wonder about his integrity.  

Note this when trying to determine whether someone is godly or ungodly in their dealings.  If you catch them making statements that are being twisted and fundamentally dishonest - most likely you are dealing with someone who is crooked and should be avoided at all costs.  You are going to pay dearly if you continue to do business and allow this man into your life.  The best thing you could do is cut and run.

The other man - the godly one - is pure.  The word here means someone who is clean - like pure water or pure oil.  This man is a godly man - and his godliness is verified by the honestly and integrity with which he speaks and acts.  This man's conduct is described as "upright."  This is the word "yashar" which means something that is straight, just, and right.  This word usually refers to things in an ethical and emotional sense.  These are men who are very concerned with being right in the eyes of the Lord.  They want a godly integrity in their dealings with others.  They do not want to deceive or to mislead. 

Wisdom tells us to be mindful of the character of those with whom we deal in life.  It is not enough that a good offer is on the table - or that someone is offering the best price.  We need to know that a man is also placing good character on the table as well.  Then we know whether we are dealing with a thief or not.  See behind the offers and see into their lives or the "way" that they live.  Do this and you will be much less likely to be caught in the schemes and the deception of the ungodly.

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Worthless, Wicked, and One Day Walloped in Judgment

10/6/2010

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A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth, 13 Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers; 14 Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife. 15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing. Proverbs 6:12-15

There are certain things that identify for us a wicked person.  Proverbs takes four verses and describes for us in an expanded way what a wicked person looks like - and what his future entails.  Let's take a look at this today in a a little longer version of our look at Proverbs. 

First of all a wicked person is described in two ways.  First he is called a "worthless person."  The word used here is very descriptive for it is the Hebrew word "beliyaal" which is one of the terms that is used to describe the devil.  His minions are described in Scripture as the sons of Belial.  The word means a worthlessness which has its major emphasis on the moral aspect of life.  Thus the word came to mean a wicked person.  The word is used to describe the hard-hearted in Deuteronomy 15:9  and 1 Samuel 30:22.  These are also those who promote rebellion against the authority of God.  The wicked therefore are those who hold a moral standard that is worthless for it encourages them and others to rebel against God's authority and choose to be hard-hearted toward the Lord and toward His commandments. 

The wicked is also described as being - well - wicked.  He is referred to as a wicked man.  The word for wicked (awen) means someone who is troublesome, who causes sorrow by his bent toward evil and mischief.  He seeks after nothingness and loves falsehood.  Strongly embedded in this word is the reality that this man or woman commits iniquity and intentionally misses God's mark of godliness.  Once it has been established what kind of person is being spoken of here - Solomon begins putting forth a list of things the worthless and wicked man does.  He is not called wicked due to some prejudice - but simply because of the choices that this man makes.  Because of the large number of descriptions of his actions, I will number them as we define them.

1.  He walks with a perverse mouth - He has a mouth that is filled with perversion and deceitfulness.  He has a mouth that speaks without integrity or truth, but rather embraces immorality and deception. 

2.  Winks with his eyes - This refers to a winking or blinking of the eyes which was always done with a mocking, malicious, or deceitful intent.  Proverbs 10:10  says that this is done to devise trouble, while Proverbs 16:30  tells us that a man does this to devise perverse things - and is usually done in combination with a mouth that is speaking of evil and seeking to bring evil to pass.  These are signals to others so that they will either join in an evil plan - or that they will know that they are not to interrupt as this wicked man is using his perverse mouth to bring scorn on the godly or upon godly, holy things. 

3.  Signals with his feet - This literally means he scrapes with his feet.  In the Middle East this was a sign that was given from one to another - and it was used among the seamy more criminal aspects of society.  This is clearly a sign used by the wicked so that others will join with them in some evil plot.

4.  Points with his fingers - Again a reference to a sign used for no good.  These are all the kind of things that are used by someone who is planning trouble.  The idea here is that this wicked, worthless man is up to something.  These things are done for some wicked purpose.

5.  He continually devises evil - This guy is always thinking of some scheme or some way to do his evil - or walk in some kind of evil plan of his own making.  Note also that this is done with "perversity in his heart."  This guy is always in to perverting situations, perverting people, or as I've seen in some - speaking of something perverse at all times. 

6.  Spreads strife - He is sending out strife - causing serious problems for people in how they relate to one another.  Wherever he goes - there seems to be relational problems that follow after him.  Paul warns us to stay away from a factious man - a man who spreads strife like this.  The mark of the sons of God is that we are peacemakers - not peace-destroyers.

I feel the need to offer a note at this point.  Twice in this passage it is said that the wicked are perverse.  There is a tendency among Christians, and it is a trap I've fallen into as well, to be tiptoeing around the edges of perversity in their speech.  It is unfortunately gaining more acceptance for a believer to have a more perverse mouth.  This is true even in pulpits.  This is not a good thing - but something that we need to gain control of individually in our lives.  Our society is getting more and more coarse in how they speak.  We in the church honestly do not need to follow suit by staying a few steps behind them (so that we are not as bad as they are in how we speak).  We should be those who shun perversity in our lifestyles, in our actions, and in our speaking.     A wise principle to follow in this is to seek to imitate God's speech - so that holiness is our goal rather than just being better than the world around us.

What happens to the worthless/wicked man?  Well, it might surprise you to see that God does not promise that the moment he does these things he will be judged.  There may be a period of time where he may even prosper.  We learn from Psalm 73   that at times the godly may struggle because this is so.  But just like we learned from this Psalm, we will learn here in Proverbs that trouble and calamity is coming.

What happens to the wicked man is that calamity comes suddenly upon him.  He may continue in his rebellion for years thinking that everything is fine.  He may even come to the false conclusion that God does not see his evil - or is unable to stop him in it.  Nothing is further from the truth.  What is happening is that this man is storing up wrath for himself - that will be revealed one day when his calamity comes.    When it does come - it will be devastating and will be in keeping with the  revelation of the righteous judgment of God.

We learn here that in an instant this wicked/worthless man is going to be broken.  Jesus spoke of how men can either fall on the Rock and be broken before God - or - one day that Rock will fall upon them.  On that fateful day they will not be just broken, they will be crushed.  Here we read that this instant breaking will be one from which this worthless/wicked man cannot be healed.  He will face destruction that will bring terror to him. 

Saints of God, know this for certain.  The wicked will continue to act wickedly, the godless will continue to be godless, and the judgment of God will continue to build until its breaking point.  The reason I say this is because God said this after revealing Himself in one of the most terrifying books in the Bible.  Revelation 22    closes the book with a terrifying  warning.    After men have read about the judgment of God - after they have read of a day where earth and heaven will flee from God in all of His glory as He is revealed in His mighty, terrifying judgments, God has something important to say.    After all of this - John knows by the Spirit of God most will continue in their wickedness.  They will not heed the words of warning given in this Revelation of Jesus Christ.  So he says these words which he hears from the angel of the Lord, 

"And he said to me, 'Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.    Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.  Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done.'" Revelation 22:10-12, NASB

The worthless/wicked man will continue in his perversity.  He will continue to speak his perverse words, make his perverse plans, create strife with his perverse ways.  But there will be a moment - an instant when the judgment of God and the punishment due for his words, plans, and actions will come suddenly.    So let us, unlike those to whom Revelation 22:10-12   is addressed.   Let us  take heed - and order our ways so that the reward we receive is the one given for those who are good and faithful servants of the Lord who shun perversity, perverse words, perverse plans, and a perverse lifestyle. 

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