Posted on 04/30/2021 10:39:41 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives” (Proverbs 1:17-18).
One of the remarkable things that the Bible tells you and teaches you, that's not always readily seen in life; although it was pretty clear to the old timers and even the heathen understands it. The idea is that our sins will find us out (Numbers 32:23). It is that you did evil either and somewhere along the way that sin is going to catch up with you either in this life or the next (Christians will reap sorrow at the Judgment Seat of Christ). Even the heathen understands the basic concept. Lost, immoral people even understood the concept of this not that long ago. We are now living in one of the first generations where people don't get the concept of sins finding them out.
If we become tolerant of those who are tolerant of compromise, we will finally so regard the compromise itself. Then we will embrace the very compromise we once opposed. Once compromise becomes our posture, the things of sin will shortly become our portion. Christians are far more like to drift into sin than fall into it.
Think about it.
“He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate” (Psalms 7:15-16).
This is one of the a great lessons in life that you're not going to really get unless you get it from the Bible and there's no proof for it in science, but you'll get this if you if you read and believe the Bible.
Do you know what a “pate” is? The answer is right there. The King James Bible often defines a word when it is used for the first time, and in this case it uses the synonym in the same verse. Look for the meaning of an “archaic” word either in the same verse or in the same chapter. It will be found in the context. Of course, the “scholars” don’t criticize Shakespeare’s writing, just God’s.
The "pate" is the "head."
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