20 of 22 from Psalm 119
Psalms 119:153-160 RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver
me: for I do not forget thy law.
(154) Plead my cause, and deliver
me: quicken me according to thy word.
(155) Salvation is far
from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. (156)
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy
judgments. (157) Many are my persecutors and mine
enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. (158)
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy
word. (159) Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me,
O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
(160) Thy word is true from
the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for
ever.
Our Psalmist,
King David, understands who the “wicked,” people
are. In today’s world, we have become so
“politically correct” in our definition of the word “wicked,” that to
define the word we must use a term like “terrorist.” “Terrorist”
might not have been a word King David ever used or even knew, yet “terrorist”
is included within the confines of the word “wicked.”
What
would be the definition if we define “wicked” on the
same terms King David used? We might
begin with (v 155) quoted above, and say that those who do not know God, (don’t
go to Church and don’t read God’s Word are “wicked.”) In secular terms, we could include “pedophile,”
“murderer,” “terrorist,” and “rapist.” Our
list could go on and on.
Let us look
at some Biblical terms for the definition of “wicked.” We can begin alphabetically: “adultery,” “bestiality,” “beguilers (liars),”
“brawlers,” “fornicators,” “sodomites,” and “whores.” (This list is brief and incomplete.) Within the secular world, this list of words
no longer exists. Most are deemed offensive,
and have been replaced with soft, nice, pleasing to the ear sounding words.
Romans 1:20-24
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his
eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (21)
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish
heart was darkened. (22) Professing themselves to be wise, they became
fools, (23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible
God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted
beasts, and creeping things. (24) Wherefore God also gave them up to
uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own
bodies between themselves:
Regardless of the words
we use to define adulterers, fornicators, or whores, they are still “wicked.” Liars, brawlers and cheaters are also “wicked,” as are
those who partake in bestiality and sodomy.
By God’s definition: ANYTHING
that does not Honour God is blasphemy and is “wicked.”
Matthew 7:22-23
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works? (23) And then will I profess unto them, I never
knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Consequently,
those who call on God’s name by claiming His Son, but are “only doing it for
show or to declare an association with a religious group,” are just as “wicked” as those
who blatantly defile God’s Name.
John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
“Reader,
where do you stand within the “Biblical Definition” of “wicked?” Are you defining some of these terms with a
personal bias? (If it applies to me, we
ignore it. If it applies to someone else, we judge them softly (if we like them.) Otherwise, they deserve what they get.)
Now
is the time to get your mind set.
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love
the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon.
Mammon is a word for “money,” “money of the world,” or
as the “world is.” You cannot live as
the “world is” and “serve God.”
You must decide, are you “God’s servant,” or “are you the wicked servant
of the world?”
Bro John R. E Chastain
Retired Pastor
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