Posted on 09/20/2022 5:37:08 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright” (Proverbs 21:17).
“He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man,” this is one of the signs of the last days, according to Second Timothy 3:4 says that men will be “lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.” Churches are empty while sports stadiums of filled to capacity. It is not known how much was spent on missions last year, but Americans spend at least a hundred million dollars on those little disposable lighters.
“He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man,” I’ll tell you why. Pleasure is expensive. I have no idea how much it costs for a family of four to attend a sports event, but I’ve read where it can be hundreds of dollars by the time you figure the cost of parking and food. It is ridiculous. It can cost a man over ten dollars anymore to go and have a hamburger at one of these fast food establishment—imagine feeding the whole family. And it isn’t getting any easier with these businesses being forced to pay kids a ridiculously high minimum wage. They are putting businesses out of business with their madness.
“He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man,” you look at rich people. It is true that they have a lot of things, but they never got to where they are financially by wasting money on pleasure. They got to where they are by being frugal with their money and investing wisely by sacrificing somewhere along the line to make the money. Later on, they had extra money to spend on pleasure. The people spending all that money are going into debt to do it, thanks to those little plastic cards that make a man feel like he can buy anything on easy payments. Nothing easy about those payments though.
“. . . he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich,” that is generally true. There are men that spend their whole paycheck at the local liquor establishment while their families are sitting at home wondering where their next meal is going to come from.
This was covered previously under Proverbs 11:8: “The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.”
“. . . and the transgressor for the upright,” it is a substitutionary thing; of course, Christ was my ransom and He was made sin for me. He Who was righteous was made unrighteous, so that the unrighteous might be made righteous. And you will find that principle here: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (II Corinthians 5:21).
“The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.” In the case of Haman, he was the one that died on the gallows in order to pacify the king’s wrath, and Mordecai and the Jews went free. So he became the ransom. The wicked man became the ransom.
There may be a whole lot more to that verse than meets the eye, when if comes to my salvation and your salvation. Maybe more to it than we can even see.
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