Posted on 10/15/2021 11:58:33 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it” (Proverbs 16:13-14).
“Righteous lips are the delight of kings,” A man that speaks right should be a delight to kings in general, that is true, as they need good counselors. Joseph’s advice and Daniel’s advice bless their kings and they were elevated because of it. It doesn’t pay to be a liar. There will always be Ahab’s that want their counselors to tell them what they want to hear, but a good king will want to hear what he needs to hear—whether it be pleasant to the ears or not.
“. . . and they love him that speaketh right,” that just makes sense.
“The wrath of a king is as messengers of death,” now God is the true king of the world, though presently the Devil is usurping the role as “the god of this world” (II Corinthians 4:4). When God sends a soul to hell it is a divine sentence of the king, and it is right. I guarantee when God gets mad at a man, he best look out. God controls the death angel.
In the physical sense, if the king were to issue a proclamation against you—whether a monarch or a President—you would be hunted down.
“. . . but a wise man will pacify it,” a wise man will pacify the wrath of a king. Now we can apply this to a sinner. God is mad at every sinner, and in His wrath He will sent every one of them to hell. What does the wise man do? When a man obeys the Scriptures and becomes wise unto salvation, that pacifies the wrath of the King. The King’s wrath has already been poured on His own Son—the Prince. To reject that great act on God’s part is one source for all that wrath. But to receive the sacrifice of Jesus Christ will pacify God’s wrath and His relation to the sinner will change from that of Judge to Father, as the sinner is adopted into God’s forever family.
First the sinner accepts the King’s condemnation of himself, and then freely received the King’s pardon which is available to whomsoever will come, but often it takes a wise man in the role of a soulwinner to present the terms of man’s surrender to the King.
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