Posted on 09/13/2020 5:36:49 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence” (Proverbs 13:2 KJV).
“A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth,” you receive, you reap, you take in good by the fruit of his mouth. “A soft answer turneth away wrath” is a good thing. Telling the truth, being honest, being kind, having a kind and an encouraging tongue—those kind of words will bring you good because of the fruit of your mouth. You keep planting that good seed, and you find yourself reaping some fruit. The Bible says in Luke 8:11 that “the seed is the word of God.” Peter tells us that we are “born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” (I Peter 1:23).
You may not know it, but when you get to glory, you’ll be amazed at the number of people that were saved because of your good words, or your good mouth, if you were free with giving out the Gospel and seeing that people were given an understanding of the word of God. You may not see them get saved, but God certainly does—and He is keeping score. It takes time for God to work with people, and to deal with people’s conscience, before they ever come to the point of receiving the free gift of eternal life—to bring them to that point where they know that they need to get saved.
“. . . but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence,” it is speaking of spiritual things, not necessarily physical things. A man will get good spiritual food by the words of his mouth, but the soul (the spiritual part of a man), this transgressor, shall eat violence. Well, in hell it is going to be nothing but violence. They will eat fire. Do you remember what the rich man asked Abraham? “And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame” (Luke 16:24). The rich man was eating fire.
They have these circus fire-eaters, but they do it just for show, for fun, but it won’t be like that in hell. It’ll be real.
An example of a transgressor eating violence in Shimei, in First Kings chapters 2 and 3. Another example would be Herod. He ate violence in a most horrible way: “And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost” (Acts 12:22-23).
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