PROFITING FROM PROVERBS

“My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?” (Proverbs 24:21-22).

People that are “given to change” are unstable people. James wrote of them: “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways” (James 1:8). So, don’t meddle with people like that. As long as the Bible is agreeable to them in their way—they are all for it—but as soon as they find that the Bible disagrees with them, they change the Bible. Don’t fool with people that correct the Bible, change the laws to approve sin, and change with the times. Jeremiah wrote: “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein” (Jeremiah 6:16).

The Antichrist will be a changer: “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time” (Daniel 7:25).

Friend, if you are reading and are not saved. It is bad enough to have to face an eternity without God, but there is a very real chance that you will have to go under the iron rule of this coming Antichrist. Please do not reject Jesus Christ and the way of salvation and find yourself in the situation where it is too late to change your eternal destiny.

The results follow: “For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?”

That evil man will go on and on and on and prosper and prosper—like an Al Capone—it is said that for his time he amassed the single largest personal income of any man that ever lived, until the tax man called. They couldn’t get him for organized crimes and murder, but the government didn’t get their cut, and that is what they got him on. Income tax evasion. It is estimating that he was making over a million dollars a day.

“For their calamity shall rise suddenly,” quickly. “He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy” (Proverbs 29:1).

“and who knoweth the ruin of them both?” Who is the “both?” In verse 21, those that don’t fear the Lord, and those that don’t fear the king. Two kinds of rebels. We have religious rebels and political rebels. They will both “suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”

“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” (I Thessalonians 5:3).

Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so 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! Ideally, a chapter or two of Proverbs will fit in nicely with a good plan of reading our Bibles through each year.

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