Word
of God
But he replied and
said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man
lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God
The Gospel According
to Matthew 4:4
The
Book of Psalms 7:11-16
12 Except he turn,
he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13
He hath also prepared him deadly weapons: he will ordain his arrows
for them that persecute me. 14 Behold, he shall travail with
wickedness: for he hath conceived mischief, but he shall bring forth
a lie. 15 He hath made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the pit
that he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and
his cruelty shall fall upon his own pate.
Brethren:
As we read yesterday
in our study, we agreed that God is righteousness Himself, for He
could not be anything else without compromising that righteousness.
Now herein above we learn the character of the wicked, and likewise
his ultimate end. Consider then the words of Isaiah 59:4, and Job
15:35, that likewise describe the character of the wicked.
As an aside, it is
thought and believed by this editor that the scripture basically
describes the sinful nature of all men. That they (each of them),
perhaps live in various degrees of that nature is immaterial, as
compared to the fact that dwell in it they do. - Dr. Riktor Von
Zhades - Disciple of Christ
“ The destruction
they are reserved for is destruction from the Almighty, which ought
to be a terror to every one of us, for it comes from the wrath of
God. [However], It is here intimated, That the destruction of
sinners may be prevented by their conversion, for it is threatened
with that proviso: If he turn not from his evil way, if he do not let
fall his enmity against the people of God, then let him expect it
will be his ruin; but, if he turn, it is implied that his sin shall
be pardoned and all shall be well. Thus even the threatenings of
wrath are introduced with a gracious implication of mercy, enough to
justify God for ever in the destruction of those that perish; they
might have turned and lived, but they chose rather to go on and die
and their blood is therefore upon their own heads. [and] that, if it
be not thus prevented by the conversion of the sinner, it will be
prepared for him by the justice of God.” - Matthew Henry 17th
Century Theologian
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