Posted on 11/17/2021 9:52:57 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach” (Proverbs 18:3).
“When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt,”
When the wicked comes, there is something that comes with it: and that is the mockery and the laughter of God, at times, anyway.
“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded” (Proverbs 1:24).
Who remembers the prophets of Baal and prophets of the sun that Elijah got tied up with them in First Kings 18? Elijah mocked those people. Right? Well, that was until God stepped in and said, “Now, Elijah, that isn’t very Christian to judge them like that. Come off those people.” Only, that did not happen. Right? The Lord honored him with fire from heaven and allowed him to slay those guys. Now, I am not saying to slay anybody. Right? But you are not to honor them. They deserve contempt.
You will say, and rightfully so, “They need to be converted.” Yes, they do. But if they will not be converted, they do not deserve to be honored with respect. The passage in Proverbs 1 goes on to say, “But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you” (Proverbs 1:25-27).
Those are harsh words, Amen? Who will laugh? God will laugh. Who will mock them? God will mock them. Don’t let God mock you, my beloved.
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