Proverbs 21:11 ¶ When the scorner is punished, the simple is
made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
The Holy Spirit gave Solomon a lot of wisdom
about scorners in the Proverbs.
Proverbs 9:7 He that reproveth a scorner
getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a
blot.
Proverbs 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and
he will love thee.
Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner
heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is
easy unto him that understandeth.
Proverbs 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go
unto the wise.
Proverbs 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one
that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Again, when a scorner is punished the naive and
inexperienced will be benefited as a deterrent. The scorner will probably get
nothing out of it. However, when a wise person is punished he benefits. This is
the difference between a scorner and a wise person. The scorner never learns.
The wise person learns from every situation and is made the better person by
honest rebuke or correction.
Are you a scorner? Are you one of those who have
never learned from your mistakes and sins and probably never will? When God
corrects you, Christian, do you seek to live better, to walk closer with Him?
Or do you just keep banging your head against the same brick wall?
Proverbs 21:12 ¶ The righteous man wisely considereth the
house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Clear and simple, a wise man considers what the
wicked man has acquired, knowing that God will destroy them for their
wickedness. The news showed us that the infamous criminal and murderer “Whitey”
Bulger was captured after 16 years on the run. He was in his 80’s. If he had the
capacity for self-reflection and many sociopaths don’t, the capacity for self-pity,
yes, but not for self-examination, then he must have wondered before he died
what happened to all of his big plans. There are men in our own government and
men in the banks and international corporations that run the government that
are no better than Bulger. They just had an ‘Ivy League’ education and
opportunity to steal and murder in a legal way, sometimes wrapping their crimes
in patriotism for our deception. It’s hard for us to patiently wait for their
overthrow.
The writers of the Bible often spoke of this
frustration we have over the temporary triumph of wickedness.
Job 12:6 ¶ The tabernacles of robbers
prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth
abundantly.
Jeremiah 5:26 For among my people are found
wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they
catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit:
therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 28 They are waxen fat, they
shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause,
the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do
they not judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall
not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD,
when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments:
Wherefore (why) doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all
they happy that deal very treacherously?
Psalm 10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart,
Thou wilt not require it.
We often wonder why the wicked men in America
seem to get a pass for such a long time. And there is a very good answer for
that. The wicked men get by here because we exalt them. We praise them. We
elect them or throw our money at their music, acting endeavors, or writings. We
place our money under their control, in their banks, and seek employment from
them, hoping to have a little of their “success” trickle down to us, or just
looking for a better ride through life. Yet, we complain about helping the poor
or the elderly as not being our responsibility.
Psalm 12:8 The wicked walk on every side,
when the vilest men are exalted.
While we complain about our economy or the drop
in our standard of living should we not also consider the house of the wicked,
that were we not such willing sheep that house would not stand? For a bit of
sarcasm, do you remember when poor, elderly people, mentally ill people,
teachers, contractors, government employees, firemen, policemen, and just plain
poor folks crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401K savings, took
trillions in taxpayer funded bailouts, polluted the Gulf of Mexico with
thousands of gallons of oil, gave themselves millions in bonuses, paid no
taxes, started two, maybe three wars that cost a trillion and more, manipulated
our currency, printed phoney money that made our working for a living more and
more futile, and lied to get us into wars? I don’t either.
Consider the house of the wicked. Don’t be too
worried. God’s judgment is coming and, is, in fact, already on us. You’ll have
to share in it because you went along with their evil deeds like the shill in a
3 card monte game or you temporarily benefited while they robbed others blind.
But, then it was your turn. So, hang on. It’s going to be a wild ride.
You have only one hope. Believe, believe on, and trust in
the Lord Jesus Christ to save you, because when this life is over, without
Christ, it’s only going to get much worse for these people and their citizen
auxiliary, which is you.
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
It’s a very simple plan God has laid out for
wicked humanity but the stakes are very high. This world system is under the
operative control of Satan, the devil, our enemy (2 Corinthians 4:4). God came
in the flesh in the person of Jesus Christ to destroy Satan’s works (1 John
3:8) and to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15), to give his human life a ransom for
many (Exodus 30:12 with Matthew 20:28 and Mark 10:45).
So, consider the house of the wicked. Then think
on your house.
Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Trust in Christ’s righteousness to
get you to heaven and don’t trust in anything else but Him (Ephesians 1:12;
Acts 4:12). He’ll send His Spirit to live inside of your body making your
spirit alive and leading you (John 14:23). You speak to Him in prayer
(Philippians 4:6; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17) and He’ll speak to you
through His words in the Bible (Isaiah 55:11; Joshua 1:8; 1 Timothy 4:13;
2Timothy 3:16). He’ll change you (John 17:17; Ephesians 5:26) and prepare you
to one day leave the physical world either when the church is removed
(1Thessalonians 4:14-17) or at the death of your flesh (2 Corinthians 5:8).
Judgment of this present evil world (Galatians
1:4), this house of the wicked, is coming. Are you ready?
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