WICKEDNESS & WICKED PEOPLE
"And we know that we are of God,
AND THE WHOLE WORLD LIETH IN WICKEDNESS"
"They are on God's side and interest, in opposition to the state of the world: And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness, v. 19. Mankind are divided into two great parties of dominions, that which belongs to God and that which belongs to wickedness or to the wicked one. The Christian believers belong to God. They are of God, and from him, and to him, and for him. They succeed into the right and room of the ancient Israel of God, of whom it is said, The Lord's people is his portion, his estate in this world; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance, the dividend that has fallen to him by the lot of his own determination (Deu. 32:9); while, on the contrary, the whole world, the rest, being by far the major part, lieth in wickedness, in the jaws in the bowels of the wicked one. There are, indeed, were we to consider the individuals, many wicked ones, many wicked spirits, in the heavenly or the ethereal places; but they are united in wicked nature, policy, and principle, and they are united also in one head. there is the prince of the devils and of the diabolical kingdom. There is a head of the malignity and of the malignant world; and he has such sway here that he is called the god of this world. Strange that such a knowing spirit should be so implacably incensed against the Almighty and all his interests, when he cannot but know that it must end in his own overthrow and everlasting damnation! How tremendous is the judgment of God upon that wicked one! May the God of the Christian world continually demolish his dominion in this world, and translate souls into the kingdom of his dear Son!"
Wickedness is sin, and needs to be exposed for what it is!
Who defines the wicked and what wickedness is? God does!
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them"
Ephesians 5:11 (AKJB) 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)
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"Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD:
"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,
nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners,
"For he is the minister of God to thee for good.
But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid;
for he beareth not the sword in vain:
for he is the minister of God,
"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:
"Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God,
than to give the sacrifice of fools:
WICKEDNESS - (David Roberts Dungan-International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Online)
1.In the Old Testament:
The state of being wicked; a mental disregard for justice, righteousness, truth, honor, virtue; evil in thought and life; depravity; sinfulness; criminality. See SIN. Many words are rendered "wickedness." There are many synonyms for wickedness in English and also in the Hebrew. Pride and vanity lead to it: "All the proud, and all that work wickedness (rish`ah) shall be stubble" (Mal 4:1). Akin to this is the word `awen, "iniquity," "vanity": "She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness" (Pr 30:20). Then we have the word hawwah, meaning "mischief," "calamity," coming from inward intent upon evil: "Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness" (Ps 52:7); zimmah, "wickedness" in thought, carnality or lust harbored: "And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness" (Le 20:14); `awlah, "perverseness," "Neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first" (2Sa 7:10). The word for evil ra`) is many times employed to represent wickedness: "Remember all their wickedness" (Ho 7:2). Wickedness like all forms and thoughts of wrong, kept warm in mind, seems to be a thing of growth; it begins with a thought, then a deed, then a character, and finally a destiny. Even in this life men increase in wickedness till they have lost all desire for that which is good in the sight of God and good men; the men in the vision of Isaiah seem to be in a condition beyond which the human heart cannot go: "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness" (Isa 5:20). Shades of thought are added by such words as roa`, "evil," "badness": "Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings" (Ps 28:4). And resha` or rish`ah, also gives the common thought of wrong, wickedness. The prophets were strong in denunciations of all iniquity, perverseness, and in announcing the curse of God which would certainly follow.
2. In the New Testament:
Wickedness, malignity, evil in thought and purpose is presented by the word poneria: "But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites?" (Mt 22:18). Jesus points out the origin of all wrong: "For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed .... wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness .... all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man" (Mr 7:21-23). See Imitation of Christ, xiii, 5.
WICKEDNESS - (KJV Dictionary Definition)
WICKEDNESS, n. Departure from the rules of the divine law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; crime; sin; sinfulness; corrupt manners Wickedness generally signifies evil practices.
What wickedness is this that is done among you? Judges 20.
But wickedness expresses also the corrupt dispositions of the heart.
Their inward part is very wickedness. Psalm 5.
In heart ye work wickedness. Psalm 58.
"The Lord trieth the righteous:
BUIT THE WICKED AND HIM THAT LOVETH VIOLENCE
HIS SOUL HATETH."
for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light”
"And no marvel (says the apostle); hypocrisy is a thing not to be much wondered at in this world, especially when we consider the great influence Satan has upon the minds of many, who rules in the hearts of the children of disobedience.As he can turn himself into any shape, and put on almost any form, and look sometimes like an angel of light, in order to promote his kingdom of darkness, so he will teach his ministers and instruments to do the same. But it follows, Their end is according to their works (v. 15); the end will discover them to be deceitful workers, and their work will end in ruin and destruction."
"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil,
AND SATAN WHICH DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD:
he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him”
Revelation 12:9 (AKJB) Matthew Henry Commentary
"IN WHOM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD 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"
2 Corinthians 4:4 (AKJB) Matthew Henry Commentary
"The god of this world hath blinded their minds, v. 4. They are under the influence and power of the devil, who is here called the god of this world, and elsewhere the prince of this world, because of the great interest he has in this world, the homage that is paid to him by multitudes in this world, and the great sway that, by divine permission, he bears in the world, and in the hearts of his subjects, or rather slaves. And as he is the prince of darkness, and ruler of the darkness of this world, so he darkens the understandings of men, and increases their prejudices, and supports his interest by keeping them in the dark, blinding their minds with ignorance, and error, and prejudices, that they should not behold the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God. Observe,
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(1.) Christ's design by his gospel is to make a glorious discovery of God to the minds of men. Thus, as the image of God, he demonstrates the power and wisdom of God, and the grace and mercy of God for their salvation. But,
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(2.) The design of the devil is to keep men in ignorance; and, when he cannot keep the light of the gospel out of the world, he makes it his great business to keep it out of the hearts of men.
“YE ADULTERERS AND ADULTERESSES,
KNOW YE NOT THAT THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD IS ENMITY WITH GOD?
whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God”
"Worldly people are here called adulterers and adulteresses, because of their perfidiousness of God, while they give their best affections to the world. Covetousness is elsewhere called idolatry, and it is here called adultery; it is a forsaking of him to whom we are devoted and espoused, to cleave to other things; there is this brand put upon worldly-mindedness-that it is enmity to God. A man may have a competent portion of the good things of this life, and yet may keep himself in the love of God; but he who sets his heart upon the world, who places his happiness in it, and will conform himself to it, and do any thing rather than lose its friendship, he is an enemy to God; it is constructive treason and rebellion against God to set the world upon his throne in our hearts. Whosoever therefore is the friend of the world is the enemy of God. He who will act upon this principle, to keep the smiles of the world, and to have its continual friendship, cannot but show himself, in spirit, and in his actions too, an enemy to God. You cannot serve God and mammon, Mt. 6:24. Hence arise wars and fightings, even from this adulterous idolatrous love of the world, and serving of it; for what peace can there be among men, so long as there is enmity towards God? or who can fight against God, and prosper? "Think seriously with yourselves what the spirit of the world is, and you will find that you cannot suit yourselves to it as friends, but it must occasion your being envious, and full of evil inclinations, as the generality of the world are."
“LOVE NOT THE WORLD, NEITHER THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD.
If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him”
"Be crucified to the world, be mortified to the things, to the affairs and enticements, of it.' The several degrees of Christians should unite in this, in being dead to the world. Were they thus united, they would soon unite upon other accounts: their love should be reserved for God; throw it not away upon the world. Now here we see the reasons of this dissuasion and caution. They are several, and had need to be so; it is hard to dispute or dissuade disciples themselves from the love of the world. These reasons are taken,
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From the inconsistency of this love with the love of God: If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, v. 15. The heart of man is narrow, and cannot contain both loves. The world draws down the heart from God; and so the more the love of the world prevails the more the love of God dwindles and decays."
“AND BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD:
but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”
"The mind must be renewed for him. This is pressed (v. 2): "Be you transformed by the renewing of your mind; see to it that there be a saving change wrought in you, and that it be carried on.' Conversion and sanctification are the renewing of the mind, a change not of the substance, but of the qualities of the soul. It is the same with making a new heart and a new spirit-new dispositions and inclinations, new sympathies and antipathies; the understanding enlightened, the conscience softened, the thoughts rectified; the will bowed to the will of God, and the affections made spiritual and heavenly: so that the man is not what he was-old things are passed away, all things are become new; he acts from new principles, by new rules, with new designs. The mind is the acting ruling part of us; so that the renewing of the mind is the renewing of the whole man, for out of it are the issues of life, Prov. 4:23. The progress of sanctification, dying to sin more and more and living to righteousness more and more, is the carrying on of this renewing work, till it be perfected in glory. This is called the transforming of us; it is like putting on a new shape and figure. Metamorphousthe-Be you metamorphosed. The transfiguration of Christ is expressed by this word (Mt. 17:2), when he put on a heavenly glory, which made his face to shine like the sun; and the same word is used 2 Co. 3:18, where we are said to be changed into the same image from glory to glory. This transformation is here pressed as a duty; not that we can work such a change ourselves: we could as soon make a new world as make a new heart by any power of our own; it is God's work, Eze. 11:19; 36:26, 27. But be you transformed, that is, "use the means which God hath appointed and ordained for it.' It is God that turns us, and then we are turned; but we must frame our doings to turn, Hos. 5:4. "Lay your souls under the changing transforming influences of the blessed Spirit; seek unto God for grace in the use of all the means of grace.' Though the new man be created of God, yet we must put it on (Eph. 4:24), and be pressing forward towards perfection. Now in this verse we may further observe,
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[1.] What is the great enemy to this renewing, which we must avoid; and that is, conformity to this world: Be not conformed to this world.All the disciples and followers of the Lord Jesus must be nonconformists to this world. Meµ syscheµmatizesthe-Do not fashion yourselves according to the world. We must not conform to the things of the world; they are mutable, and the fashion of them is passing away. Do not conform either to the lusts of the flesh or the lusts of the eye. We must not conform to the men of the world, of that world which lies in wickedness, not walk according to the course of this world (Eph. 2:2); that is, we must not follow a multitude to do evil, Ex. 23:2. If sinners entice us, we must not consent to them, but in our places witness against them. Nay, even in things indifferent, and which are not in themselves sinful, we must so far not conform to the custom and way of the world as not to act by the world's dictates as our chief rule, nor to aim at the world's favours as our highest end. True Christianity consists much in a sober singularity. Yet we must take heed of the extreme of affected rudeness and moroseness, which some run into. In civil things, the light of nature and the custom of nations are intended for our guidance; and the rule of the gospel in those cases is a rule of direction, not a rule of contrariety.
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[2.] What is the great effect of this renewing, which we must labour after: That you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. by the will of God here we are to understand his revealed will concerning our duty, what the Lord our God requires of us. This is the will of God in general, even our sanctification, that will which we pray may be done by us as it is done by the angels; especially his will as it is revealed in the New Testament, where he hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son.
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First, The will of God is good, and acceptable, and perfect;three excellent properties of a law. It is good (Mic. 6:8); it is exactly consonant to the eternal reason of good and evil. It is good in itself. It is good for us. Some think the evangelical law is here called good, in distinction from the ceremonial law, which consisted of statutes that were not good, Eze. 20:25. It is acceptable, it is pleasing to God; that and that only is so which is prescribed by him. The only way to attain his favour as the end is to conform to his will as the rule. It is perfect, to which nothing can be added. The revealed will of God is a sufficient rule of faith and practice, containing all things which tend to the perfection of the man of God, to furnish us thoroughly to every good work, 2 Tim. 3:16, 17.
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Secondly, That it concerns Christians to prove what is that will of God which is good, and acceptable, and perfect; that is, to know it with judgment and approbation, to know it experimentally, to know the excellency of the will of God by the experience of a conformity to it. It is to approve things that are excellent (Phil. 1:10); it is dokimazein (the same word that is used here) to try things that differ, in doubtful cases readily to apprehend what the will of God is and to close in with it. It is to be of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord, Isa. 11:3.
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Thirdly, That those are best able to prove what is the good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God, who are transformed by the renewing of their mind. A living principle of grace is in the soul, as far as it prevails, an unbiassed unprejudiced judgment concerning the things of God. It disposes the soul to receive and entertain the revelations of the divine will. The promise is (Jn. 7:17), If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine. A good wit can dispute and distinguish about the will of God; while an honest, humble heart, that has spiritual senses exercised, and is delivered into the mould of the word, loves it, and practises it, and has the relish and savour of it. Thus to be godly is to surrender ourselves to God."
"all workers of iniquity"-Psalms 5:5
“ye shall die in your sins"-John 8:24
"inventors of evil things"-Romans 1:28-32
“for the wages of sin is death"-Romans 6:23
"all ungodliness and unrighteousness"-Romans 1:18
"an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations"-Proverbs 6:16-19
“the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth "-Psalm 11:5
“Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! "-Micah 2:1
“Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil"-Romans 2:9
GOD'S NATURE IS LOVE, BUT HE HATES SIN AND UNREPENTANCE!
In Proverbs 6:16-19 (below) the Lord hates: pride, lying, murder, evil plots, those who love evil, false witnesses, and troublemakers. This passage does not include just things that God hates, it includes people as well. Sin cannot be separated from the sinner except by the forgiveness available in Christ alone. God hates lying and lying involves a person (a liar) who chooses to lie. God cannot judge the lie without also judging the liar.
"THESE SIX THINGS DOTH THE LORD HATE:
yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren"
"A catalogue of those things which are in a special manner odious to God, all which are generally to be found in those men of Belial whom he had described in the foregoing verses; and the last of them (which, being the seventh, seems especially to be intended, because he says they are six, yea, seven) is part of his character, that he sows discord. God hates sin; he hates every sin; he can never be reconciled to it; he hates nothing but sin. But there are some sins which he does in a special manner hate; and all those here mentioned are such as are injurious to our neighbour. It is an evidence of the good-will God bears to mankind that those sins are in a special manner provoking to him which are prejudicial to the comfort of human life and society. Therefore the men of Belial must expect their ruin to come suddenly, and without remedy, because their practices are such as the Lord hates and are an abomination to him, v. 16. Those things which God hates it is no thanks to us to hate in others, but we must hate them in ourselves.
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1. Haughtiness, conceitedness of ourselves, and contempt of others-a proud look. There are seven things that God hates, and pride is the first, because it is at the bottom of much sin and gives rise to it. God sees the pride in the heart and hates it there; but, when it prevails to that degree that the show of men's countenance witnesses against them that they overvalue themselves and undervalue all about them, this is in a special manner hateful to him, for then pride is proud of itself and sets shame at defiance.
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2. Falsehood, and fraud, and dissimulation. Next to a proud look nothing is more an abomination to God than a lying tongue; nothing more sacred than truth, nor more necessary to conversation than speaking truth. God and all good men hate and abhor lying.
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3. Cruelty and blood-thirstiness. The devil was, from the beginning, a liar and a murderer (Jn. 8:44), and therefore, as a lying tongue, so hands that shed innocent blood are hateful to God, because they have in them the devil's image and do him service.
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4. Subtlety in the contrivance of sin, wisdom to do evil, a heart that designs and a head that devises wicked imaginations, that is acquainted with the depths of Satan and knows how to carry on a covetous, envious, revengeful plot, most effectually. The more there is of craft and management in sin the more it is an abomination to God.
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5. Vigour and diligence in the prosecution of sin-feet that are swift in running to mischief, as if they were afraid of losing time or were impatient of delay in a thing they are so greedy of. The policy and vigilance, the eagerness and industry, of sinners, in their sinful pursuits, may shame us who go about that which is good so awkwardly and so coldly.
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6. False-witness bearing, which is one of the greatest mischiefs that the wicked imagination can devise, and against which there is least fence. There cannot be a greater affront to God (to whom in an oath appeal is made) nor a greater injury to our neighbour (all whose interests in this world, even the dearest, lie open to an attack of this kind) than knowingly to give in a false testimony. There are seven things which God hates, and lying involves two of them; he hates it, and doubly hates it.
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7. Making mischief between relations and neighbours, and using all wicked means possible, not only to alienate their affections one from another, but to irritate their passions one against another. The God of love and peace hates him that sows discord among brethren, for he delights in concord. Those that by tale-bearing and slandering, by carrying ill-natured stories, aggravating every thing that is said and done, and suggesting jealousies and evil surmises, blow the coals of contention, are but preparing for themselves a fire of the same nature.
"And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works,
yet now hath he reconciled"
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.
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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."
“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”
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
"KNOW YE NOT THAT THE UNRIGHTEOUS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
BENOT 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"
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (AKJB)- Matthew Henry Commentary
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"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”
"The Lord trieth the righteous:
BUT THE WICKED AND HIM THAT LOVETH VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATETH"
"WOE TO THEM THAT DEVISE INIQUITY, AND WORK EVIL UPON THEIR BEDS!
when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand"
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THE FOLLOWING IMAGES MAYBE DISTURBING AND OFFENSIVE TO SOME VIEWERS!
All sin reveals wickedness and is displayed in many ways
"AND HAVE NO FELLOWSHIP WITH THE UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS,
but rather reprove them"
“THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS TO HATE EVIL:
pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate”
“WOE UNTO THEM THAT CALL EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL;
that put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
“FOR THOU ART NOT A GOD THAT HATH PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS:
neither shall evil dwell with thee”
"YE CANNOT DRINK THE CUP OF THE LORD, AND THE CUP OF DEVILS:
ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils"
"AND GOD SAW THAT THE WICKEDNESS OF MAN WAS GREAT IN THE EARTH,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth;
both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air;
for it repenteth me that I have made them"
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked:
FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH, THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP.
FOR HE THAT SOWETH TO HIS FLESH SHALL OF THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION;
but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting"
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"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge,
GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO A REPROBATE MIND,
(Reprobate Mind: a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person:
a drunken reprobate, a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation)
to do those things which are not convenient (not proper);
Being filled with all unrighteousness (not righteous; wicked);
fornication,(an unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse)
wickedness,(the quality of being evil or morally wrong)
covetousness,(marked by exceeding desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions),
maliciousness;(desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another)
full of envy,(a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions or qualities)
murder,(is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse),
debate,(argue, argumentative about a subject)
deceit,(the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth)
malignity;(malice, malevolence, ill will, spite, spleen, grudge, the desire to see another experience pain, injury, or distress)
whisperers,(one who whispers secrets)
Backbiters,(a person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back)
haters of God,(naturally hostile to God)
despiteful,(intending or intended to do harm)
proud,(having or showing a high or excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance)
boasters,(a very boastful and talkative person, a conceited and self-centered person)
inventors of evil things,(inventor of a profoundly immoral and wicked thing)
disobedient to parents,(refusing to obey rules and/or the authority of a parent)
Without understanding,(lack of knowledge)
covenantbreakers,(agreement, agree by lease, deed, or other legal contract)
without natural affection,(homosexuality, sodomy)
implacable,(used to describe someone who has strong opinions or feelings that are impossible to change)
unmerciful:(cruel or harsh; showing no mercy)
Who knowing the judgment of God,
THAT THEY WHICH COMMIT SUCH THINGS ARE WORTHY OF DEATH,
not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them"
"And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
AND FOR THIS CAUSE GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION,
THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness"
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 (AKJB) Matthew Henry Commentary
"THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED:
who can know it?”
"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man"
“Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell:
for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.”
“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;
and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”
“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment:
but the righteous into life eternal.”
"And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie"
PERILOUS TIMES
1. full of danger or risk,
2. exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
FOR MEN SHALL BE LOVERS OF THEIR OWN SELVES,
(excessive and exaggerated admiration of oneself; pride
synonyms: excessive and exaggerated commendation, acclaim, applause, approbation, approval, appreciation,
high regard, respect, praise, esteem, veneration, adulation, extolment
narcissism: excessive and exaggerated interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance
selfishness and self-centeredness , involving a sense of entitlement, a lack of empathy, and a need for admiration)
covetous (having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else),
boasters (a very boastful and talkative person, a conceited and self-centered person),
proud (having or showing a high or excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance),
blasphemers (a person who mocks or derides God),
disobedient to parents (refusing to obey rules and/or the authority of a parent),
unthankful (not feeling or showing pleasure, relief, or gratitude),
unholy (sinful; wicked),
Without natural affection (homosexual),
trucebreakers (One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement),
false accusers (A false accusation is as deadly as a sword),
incontinent (lacking self-restraint; uncontrolled),
fierce (having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness),
despisers of those that are good (contempt or deep repugnance for the Godly),
Traitors (a person who betrays a friend, country, principle, etc ),
heady (potent; intoxicating, having a strong or exhilarating effect),
highminded (having or characterized by high moral principles. archaic arrogant; haughty),
lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God (a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment);
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof (pretending a great piety and holiness,
being outwardly righteous before men):
from such turn away.
COMMENTS ON SELF-CENTERED DECEPTION & WICKEDNESS