Posted on 10/13/2019 7:17:06 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded” (Proverbs 13:13).
“Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed,” Proverbs 8 deals with this subject: “But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death” (Proverbs 8:36).
There is an unhappy end to all those that despise the Word of God, reject its warnings, and refuse Him that came to give them eternal life: “And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power” (II Thessalonians 1:7-9).
Many of the people that are saved are saved because verses like this scare the hell out of them. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,” and he is fool that scoffs at the One that can destroy them with an everlasting destruction. “And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh” (Jude 1:23).
“. . . but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded,” he that submits to the Word of God and applies Christ’s sacrifice on the cross to himself is saved and shall never be destroyed.
What is a man’s responsibility toward the Word of God?
1. He is to receive it: “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls” (James 1:21).
2. He is to take it in like seed: “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” (I Peter 1:23).
3. If he rejects it, it will judge him: “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” (John 12:48).
“Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.”
Let’s read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let’s keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread!
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