Posted on 03/14/2021 10:29:17 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words” (Proverbs 15:26).
“The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD,” notice that their thoughts are not hid from the Lord though no doubt they believe they are. The wicked man’s thoughts are usually on himself, and his thoughts are completely evil, like those in Genesis 6: “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” (Genesis 6:5).
“The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD,” it’s obvious why. Their thoughts are selfish, sinful, and they are devoid of God.
“. . . but the words of the pure are pleasant words,” if a man talks right, and his words are pure, that means that his thoughts are pure, his heart is pure and he is right with God. So their words are pleasant. They are pleasing to God and they are pleasant to those that are around them.
There are people that do not agree with us doctrinally, but they appreciate our spirit when we are right with God. They may never get saved, but they would just as soon talk to you as to some mean person, or bitter person, or some proud person, or zealous person.
To be pure of heart, today, is exclusively through faith. “And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith” (Acts 15:8-9).
Now, I realize our hearts don’t stay pure for long—God saved our souls and gave us everlasting life—but a Christian heart’s can get pretty messed up in this world. Not in the eternal sense, but in the temporal sense. It has to do with our attitude and our spirit, if we are not careful to avoid the carnal allurements of this world. It can get bad when we get to leaning on the flesh and living for the world. We need to cling to the Cross of Jesus Christ on a daily, if not hourly basis, and constantly plead the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ which cleanseth us from all sin.
“The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.” A pure man, witnesses to the Gospel, tells the truth, be kind to people and he’ll stand against what is wrong.
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