Psalm 101:1 ¶ «A Psalm of
David.» I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
2 I will behave myself wisely in a
perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a
perfect heart. 3 I will set no wicked
thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it
shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward
heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him
will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the
faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect
way, he shall serve me. 7 He that
worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not
tarry in my sight. 8 I will early
destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from
the city of the LORD.
David makes some big promises here, well intentioned, but ambitious,
nonetheless. He is, indeed, a man after God’s own heart (1Samuel 13:14). He
seeks to be a just ruler.
2Samuel 8:15 ¶ And David
reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his
people.
Proverbs 20:28 ¶ Mercy and
truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
When I was young I wanted to attend the United States Air Force
Academy and even was awarded a congressional nomination to it although, in the
end, the Academy turned me down due to my S.A.T. Math scores not being high
enough. Still, part of their honor code goes like this, “I will not lie, steal,
or cheat, nor tolerate anyone among us who does.”
Since the 1960s, though, statements like this have become
politically incorrect in our day-to-day world. In the 1990s when President
Clinton was having his day of scandal one party kept saying that character
didn’t matter. This would have been unthinkable to say even a generation before
that time.
Would it were that Christians today would hold themselves to a
high moral standard as well as those around them! I was taught in a philosophy
class in college that ethics are what a society aspires to while morals are how
they actually live. If a society’s ethics are high and they reach toward them
in spite of failing they are a healthy society. But when ethics are dragged
down to the level of morals the society is sick. We live in a sick society
which cares not for a standard at all.
Our Founders, the Founders of this country, lived in a world where
they wanted the right to do what they ought to do. We live in a world where
people just demand the right to do whatever they want.
We should not tolerate wickedness or wicked people. We should pray
for them, try to convince them of their error, but they should never be in
office, on the school board, or in any kind of leadership position. Will we set
no wicked thing before our eyes, live to a high standard, and demand a high
standard of those around us while still having compassion for those who have
fallen? What kind of people are we Christians in America today? Are we more
Cultural Marxist than Christian? Are we more libertines than moral people. I
ask you to consider your attitude toward sin and toward those who wickedly
proclaim it as their manner of living.
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