Posted on 03/28/2022 11:31:22 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance” (Proverbs 29:2-3).
I take it for granted when he says the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice, it’s righteous people that rejoice. There are a lot of people in America that don't rejoice when a conservative is in the White House. They don't. They would just as soon have a socialist running the country. They are all demanding that we stop being nationalists in our country and become globalists. The world is ready for the one-world government of the Antichrist.
The problem with America is that you don't have enough righteous people; it's getting like Sodom and Gomorrah. When you really stop and think about it, even amongst Christian people it is hard to find people that really want to do right. God gives people what they deserve in the way of a monarch, or a leader, and here when the righteous are in authority; that usually is a result of the people wanting something that's fair and equitable, and something that has judgment and justice in the way of a government.
So, God usually gives that people what they want. Of course, that doesn’t always hold true. You study the history of England, you'll find that England would have a good King, a good monarch, then they’ll have a Catholic, like Mary of Scots. People mourned under her rule. They didn't like her, but eventually God gave them some good kings, but both for a time there it was rough.
“but when the wicked beareth rule,” like Ahab, “the people mourn.” Also, like Belshazzar. Nebuchadnezzar was bad, but Belshazzar was worse. God cut him off and his kingdom; He never did that to his grandfather.
“Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father,” Solomon dealt with this earlier:
“A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother” (Proverbs 10:1).
“A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother” (Proverbs 15:20).
“My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine” (Proverbs 23:15).
“. . . but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance,” like the prodigal son. Now, this right here probably tells you exactly what happened to the prodigal son. You want to cross reference that with Luke 15:13. That's probably the story of the prodigal son right there. It doesn't tell you about the harlots in Luke, but we see that word, “substance” there, and that is exactly what happened; he “wasted his substance.” You go back there and find out that's the word used in Luke 15.
“. . . but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.” In other words, you run around with the wrong people, you will wind up having the wrong things happen to you.
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