VIOLENCE & VIOLENT PEOPLE
GOD HATES EVERY VIOLENT THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOR, AND EVERY PERSON WHO LOVES VIOLENCE!
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The wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth; for nothing is more contrary to the rectitude and goodness of his nature. Their prosperity is so far from being an evidence of God's love that their abuse of it does certainly make them the objects of his hatred. He that hates nothing that he has made, yet hates those who have thus ill-made themselves. Dr. Hammond offers another reading of this verse: The Lord trieth the righteous and the wicked (distinguishes infallibly between them, which is more than we can do), and he that loveth violence hateth his own soul, that is, persecutors bring certain ruin upon themselves (Prov. 8:36), as follows here.
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2. He is a righteous Judge, and therefore he will punish them, v. 6. Their punishment will be,
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(1.) Inevitable: Upon the wicked he shall rain snares. Here is a double metaphor, to denote the unavoidableness of the punishment of wicked men. It shall be rained upon them from heaven (Job 20:23), against which there is no fence and from which there is no escape; see Jos. 10:11; 1 Sa. 2:10. It shall surprise them as a sudden shower sometimes surprises the traveller in a summer's day. It shall be as snares upon them, to hold them fast, and keep them prisoners, till the day of reckoning comes.
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(2.) Very terrible. It is fire, and brimstone, and a horrible tempest, which plainly alludes to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and very fitly, for that destruction was intended for a figure of the vengeance of eternal fire, Jude 7. The fire of God's wrath, fastening upon the brimstone of their own guilt, will burn certainly and furiously, will burn to the lowest hell and the utmost line of eternity. What a horrible tempest are the wicked hurried away in at death! What a lake of fire and brimstone must they make their bed in for ever, in the congregation of the dead and damned! It is this that is here meant; it is this that shall be the portion of their cup, the heritage appointed them by the Almighty and allotted to them, Job 20:29. This is the cup of trembling which shall be put into their hands, which they must drink the dregs of, Ps. 75:8. Every man has the portion of his cup assigned him. Those who choose the Lord for the portion of their cup shall have what they choose, and be for ever happy in their choice (Ps. 16:5); but those who reject his grace shall be made to drink the cup of his fury, Jer. 25:15; Isa. 51:17; Hab. 2:16.
All forms of violence (violent people) needs to be exposed for what it is, wickedness, evildoing, unrighteous, ungodly, sin!
Who defines violence? Who determines who are violent? God does!
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them"
Ephesians 5:11 (KJV) Matthew Henry Commentary
"Rather than have fellowship with them (sinners), we must reprove (rebuke, reprimand, expose), them,
implying that if we do not reprove the sins of others we have fellowship with them.
We must prudently and in our places witness against the sins of others,
and endeavour to convince them of their sinfulness" - (Matthew Henry, Minister, Author, 1662-1714)
“In whom the god of this world (Satan) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them”
"DEVILS"
occurs 55 times in 48 verses in the King James Bible
"DEVIL"
occurs 61 times in 57 verses in the King James Bible
"SATAN"
occurs 56 times in 49 verses in the King James Bible
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"And he said unto them,
Ye are they which justify yourselves before men;
but God knoweth your hearts:
for that which is highly esteemed among men
is abomination in the sight of God"
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"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived:
neither fornicators (an unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse),
nor idolaters, (a worshipper of idols, a person that admires intensely and often blindly one that is not usually a subject of worship),
nor adulterers (voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse),
nor effeminate (of a man having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly),
nor abusers of themselves with mankind, (self-harm and/or someone who treats another person in a cruel, violent, harmful or unfair way),
Nor thieves, (a person who steals another person's possessions or property),
nor covetous (marked by exceeding desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions),
nor drunkards, (all drinking of alcohol is drunkenness),
nor revilers (criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner),
nor extortioners (the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats),
shall inherit the kingdom of God"
"I tell you, Nay:
but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish"
Jesus Christ, Luke 13:3 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
and GOD IS ANGRY WITH THE WICKED EVERY DAY"
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"The general respect he has for justice and equity: God judgeth the righteous; he owns every righteous cause, and will maintain it in every righteous man, and will protect him. God is a righteous Judge (so some read it), who not only doeth righteousness himself, but will take care that righteousness be done by the children of men and will avenge and punish all unrighteousness.
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II. He is no less confident of the destruction of all his persecutors, even as many of them as would not repent, to give glory to God. He reads their doom here, for their good, if possible, that they might cease from their enmity, or, however, for his own comfort, that he might not be afraid of them nor aggrieved at their prosperity and success for a time. He goes into the sanctuary of God, and there understands,
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1. That they are children of wrath. They are not to be envied, for God is angry with them, is angry with the wicked every day. They are every day doing that which is provoking to him, and he resents it, and treasures it up against the day of wrath. As his mercies are new every morning towards his people, so his anger is new every morning against the wicked, upon the fresh occasions given for it by their renewed transgressions. God is angry with the wicked even in the merriest and most prosperous of their days, even in the days of their devotion; for, if they be suffered to prosper, it is in wrath; if they pray, their very prayers are an abomination. The wrath of God abides upon them (Jn. 3:36) and continual additions are made to it.
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2. That they are children of death, as all the children of wrath are, sons of perdition, marked out for ruin."
“ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN:
and there is a sin not unto death”
Before a person repents and believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, he is the enemy of God (Colossians 1:21). What happens to someone who rejects God’s love, refuses to repent, and continues in their sin? God judges them, because He judges all sin, and every sinner as well. These are the “wicked” whom God hates—those who persist in their rebellious sins.
"Now we know that God heareth not sinners:
but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth"
"Behold, the day of the Lord cometh,
cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate:
and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it"
"The foolish shall not stand in thy sight:
THOU HATEST ALL WORKERS OF INIQUITY”
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against ALL UNGODLINESS and UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN,
who hold the truth in unrighteousness”
"CURSED be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
CURSED be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
CURSED be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen"
"But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die:
HE THAT SMOTE HIM SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH;
for he is a murderer:
the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him"
That every idle word that men shall speak,
they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
For by thy words thou shalt be justified,
AND BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE CONDEMNED"
Jesus Christ, Matthew 12:36-37 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
“And the servant of the Lord must not strive;
but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient"
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law”
“Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
“Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell:
"But why dost thou judge thy brother?
or why dost thou set at nought thy brother?
for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more:
but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way"
"I tell you, Nay:
but, except ye REPENT (stop sinning),
ye shall ALL likewise perish"
Jesus Christ, Luke 13:3 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted,
THAT YOUR SINS MAY BE BLOTTED OUT,
when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord"
Acts 3:19 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
“But the FEARFUL, and UNBELIEVING, and the ABOMINABLE, and MURDERERS,
and WHOREMONGERS, and SORCERERS, and IDOLATERS, and all LIARS,
shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death”
Revelation 21:8 (KJV)- Matthew Henry Commentary
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
ADULTERY (voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse),
FORNICATION (sexual intercourse between people not married to each other),
UNCLEANNESS (morally impure thoughts),
LASCIVIOUSNESS (driven by thoughts of sex, lust),
IDOLATRY (an exceedingly strong passion/desire of something or someone other than God),
WITCHCRAFT (sorcery, magic, the black arts, witchcraft, wizardry, the occult, occultism, enchantment, spell, incantation, necromancy, divination)
HATRED (intense dislike or ill will),
VARIANCE (the fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent, disagreeing or quarreling)
EMULATIONS (ambition or endeavor to equal or excel others (as in achievement),
WRATH (extreme anger, rage, fury, outrage),
STRIFE (conflict, friction, discord, disagreement, dissension, quarreling)
SEDITIONS (conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority),
HERESIES (any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with the Bible),
ENVYINGS (covetousness with regard to another's advantages, possessions, or attainments),
MURDERS (is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse),
DRUNKENNESS (all drinking of alcohol is drunkenness),
REVELLINGS (letting loose or going wild, noisy partying or carousing),
AND SUCH: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past,
THAT THEY WHICH DO SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish,
BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE”
2 Peter 3:9 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
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