Posted on 02/08/2021 11:37:09 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot” (Proverbs 9:7).
Notice, “knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.” Now, you know what you have to watch out for? You have to watch out for being a scorner. And I know, “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful” (Psalms 1:1).
And the reason why you don't want to be a scorner, and one of the marks of the scorner is that he's made up his mind already what he's going to believe, and when he hears something along the lines of what he's already made up his mind he's not going to believe, his response is to scorn it and mock it, okay? There's a reason why you can't teach a scorner something, and it's because of what he is, and it is because of what he wants to be.
“Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things” (Proverbs 28:5). This relates to somebody who is not a scorner, but a wicked man or an evil man. Look, we pray for folks, and we long for them to get right with the Lord. I’m willing to reason with a guy maybe even beyond what I should at times. We are only required to reprove a heretic twice, and I know that many of us are willing to go more than twice; but there comes a point where a guy not only has to have light from the Holy Spirit, and there comes a time when he not only needs to be born again and no longer be a natural man anymore, there comes a time when a guy has to want the truth, no matter what it costs. Until someone gets to that point, it’s real hard dealing with them.
“Evil men understand not judgment,” and some will say, “That’s not fair!” Yes, it is, because verse 5, “They that seek the Lord understand all things.” That's the problem. The burr in their saddle is seeking the Lord. The thorn under their skin is the Lord. The problem for them is things like Hell, sin, and judgment which when you bring them up people go “No! No! No!” Well, they are scorners and evil men. They don't understand, and they just don't want to understand. “Why, I just don't understand why a loving Lord allows little kids to get killed in tsunamis!” They don’t want to understand, and if somebody undertakes to explain it to them, they won't accept it anyway. Why do bad things happen to good people? They don't want the answer to that. People have given them the answers, but they are not interested in hearing the answer to the problem.
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