Posted on 09/27/2022 5:10:09 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent” (Proverbs 28:17-19).
That's backing up capital punishment. “A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person,” that’s killing a person; shedding his blood, “shall flee to the pit.” He’s to be sent to the pit where he is to be rocked to death. And look at this: “Let no man stay him.” That is, prevent him from being put to death, or hinder the process. This says that a man is not to stand up against capital punishment.
Now capital punishment is before the Law: “Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man” (Genesis 9:6). It is after the law, in Acts; and it is during the Law. It was not done away with under grace. The Bible is pro-capital punishment.
“Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved,” now, right there is Old Testament salvation. Now, there is an element of that in the New Testament as well. Cornelius was a man that walked uprightly, and because of that he feared God and worked righteousness, God sent him the gospel. When a man wants to do right; that can't save him, but God will send him the gospel to make him right, and Cornelius is the example. Cornelius doesn't get saved by walking uprightly, but because of that God sends him the gospel, and that saves him.
“. . . but he that is perverse in his way shall fall at once,” look at that, gone! No remedy.
That's just working for a living, and we've already talked about this in a number of verses in Proverbs. A guy that works, eats; and a guy that goes out and tries to find a shortcut to money will just wind up in poverty, and probably in jail.
“A faithful man shall abound,” that’s a promise. If a man is full of faith, he will abound:
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord” (I Corinthians 15:58).
“A faithful man shall abound,” you may not about in every little old physical thing, but you will abound in joy, happiness. You will abound with blessings.
“. . . but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent,” he’ll be guilty: “But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows” (I Timothy 6:9-10).
If you get it honestly, okay! If God gives it to you, hallelujah! Praise God! Have a good time with it. Just be ready to distribute, willing to communicate, and be rich in good works.
“A faithful man shall abound with blessings,” that is a man that waits and trusts God. You have to do wrong to get it quick.
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