THE WRATH OF *GOD* IS AS TRUE AS IS HIS LOVING KINDNESS, AND EXISTS, BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE, which HOPES to lead us TO HIM! NOT because HE is bad, or wrong, INSTEAD, because WE ARE, and in HIS LOVE, HE disciplines, and chastises enough to bring us to our senses concerning HIM, HIS WILL, and THE TRUTH OF LIFE! HE HAS TOLD us that there are HIS PROMISES, and HIS CURSES, and HOW we exist DOES invoke one, or the other!!!
EVERY sin HE HATES IS NOW PROMINENT in societies all across the globe! There is NOTHING new under the sun as far as sin goes, but when ALL sins are evidently prevalent, disaster is at hand; not only from THE LORD, but also, from the acts of humanity, as we get more hostile, violent, and lose a sense of care, or regard for one another...
In this country alone, we HAVE given in to the err of SELF OVER *GOD*, and EVERYTHING, and EVERYONE, in the first place, which takes us to the diverse layers, and levels of types of errs that open up to wrong-mindedness, and wrongs of every single kind being expressed, and fulfilled. The QUALITY of existence HAS rapidly deteriorated, thanks to our self-inclination, and lack of self control...
THIS IS IMPERATIVE to discuss, as the farther we go from THE LORD *GOD*, the more endangered, and empty we will be, not to mention HOW the effects of existing without HIM will affect EVERY aspect of our existence...
Did anyone notice how QUICKLY everything has changed in the past decade, and how FAR we have wandered from age old standards, principles, and morals? It is ASTOUNDING the speed in which we have gone off the deep end, and FOR WHAT? To appease the undisciplined appetites of the body, emotions, and mind? To appease the demands of corrupt ideals? To do whatever we want, whenever we want???
More than a LOT of people are absolutely cynical, crass, derisive, arrogant, without compassion for anyone, or anything, as rude, and cocky as it gets, and just downright mean/nasty! Such behaviours ARE indicators of the whole of society, and what is put into raising Children! There is divisiveness like we have NEVER seen in this country, and it is to the point of agitation, short fuses, which means more likelihood of danger, and fewer resolutions to changing/improving what is happening!!!
WHY do we expect that existing in wanton abandonment of that which PROVIDES for a secure, healthy, and comfortable duration on this Earth, will give us anything positive, lasting, or sufficient? Don't we yet know that chasing after desires, passions, and cravings ARE TEMPORARY highs that somehow, leave us wanting more, void of actual contentment, or relief???
It comes down to KNOWLEDGE, and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, OF *GOD*, and of the self, along with all its selfishness! We may not WANT to admit our shortcomings, flaws, or faults, yet, there IS a freedom in doing so, in that we WON'T be led to endless troubles, setbacks, discomfort, and all sorts of other negatives! We ARE dysfunctional people, AND *GOD* MAKES us functional, now, and forever, TRUTH! While we were brought into sin, and into being free to choose, THE OPTIMAL choice IS aligning TO *GOD*, and HIS WILL, for then the constant discontent IS eradicated, AND we find ENDLESS comforts, peace, and all which is beneficial, and CONSTRUCTIVE TO us, and FOR us!!!
10+++as it is written,
“THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;
11+++THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS,
THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
12+++ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS;
THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD,
THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.”
13+++“THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE,
WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING,”
“THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS”;
14+++“WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS”;
15+++“THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
16+++DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,
17+++AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN.”
18+++“THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES.”
Here again is shown that all mankind are under the guilt of sin, as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, as enslaved to it, to work wickedness. This is made plain by several passages of Scripture from the Old Testament, which describe the corrupt and depraved state of all men, till grace restrain or change them. Great as our advantages are, these texts describe multitudes who call themselves Christians. Their principles and conduct prove that there is no fear of God before their eyes. And where no fear of God is, no good is to be looked for.
PSALM 52: 1-5...
1+++Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The loving kindness of God endures all day long.
2+++Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
3+++You love evil more than good,
Falsehood more than speaking what is right.
Selah.
4+++You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
5+++But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living.
Those that glory in sin, glory in their shame. The patience and forbearance of God are abused by sinners, to the hardening of their hearts in their wicked ways. But the enemies in vain boast in their mischief, while we have God's mercy to trust in. It will not save us from the guilt of lying, to be able to say, there was some truth in what we said, if we make it appear otherwise than it was. The more there is of craft and contrivance in any wickedness, the more there is of Satan in it. When good men die, they are transplanted from the land of the living on earth, to heaven, the garden of the Lord, where they shall take root for ever; but when wicked men die, they are rooted out, to perish for ever. The believer sees that God will destroy those who make not him their strength.
GREAT NUMBERS of people are like the ancients, and do NOT want to hear or face TRUTH; they want their itching ears, and egos to be APPEASED by THE WORD, but want NO responsibility, or duty to be known, or had! They EXPECT FROM THE LORD *GOD*, but they GIVE NOTHING, other than lip service, and occasional thought of HIM! This IS partly, WHY we have gone FAR from what is optimal, and good!!!
EPHESIANS 5: 6-7...
6+++Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
7+++Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Filthy lusts must be rooted out. These sins must be dreaded and detested. Here are not only cautions against gross acts of sin, but against what some may make light of. But these things are so far from being profitable, that they pollute and poison the hearers.
Our cheerfulness should show itself as becomes Christians, in what may tend to God's glory. A covetous man makes a god of his money; places that hope, confidence, and delight, in worldly good, which should be in God only. Those who allow themselves, either in the lusts of the flesh or the love of the world, belong not to the kingdom of grace, nor shall they come to the kingdom of glory. When the vilest transgressors repent and believe the gospel, they become children of obedience, from whom God's wrath is turned away. Dare we make light of that which brings down the wrath of God? Sinners, like men in the dark, are going they know not whither, and doing they know not what. But the grace of God wrought a mighty change in the souls of many.
Walk as children of light, as having knowledge and holiness. These works of darkness are unfruitful, whatever profit they may boast; for they end in the destruction of the impenitent sinner. There are many ways of abetting, or taking part in the sins of others; by commendation, counsel, consent, or concealment. And if we share with others in their sins, we must expect to share in their plagues. If we do not reprove the sins of others, we have fellowship with them. A good man will be ashamed to speak of what many wicked men are not ashamed to do. We must have not only a sight and a knowledge that sin is sin, and in some measure shameful, but see it as a breach of God's holy law. After the example of prophets and apostles, we should call on those asleep and dead in sin, to awake and arise, that Christ may give them light.
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