Based on Proverbs 1:20-33 (New King James Version)
“Wisdom calls aloud outside; she raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, at the openings of the gates in the city she speaks her words: ‘How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge. Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, because you disdained all my counsel, and would have none of my rebuke, I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, when your terror comes like a storm, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. ‘Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, they would have none of my counsel and despised my every rebuke. Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled to the full with their own fancies. For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil.’”
With everything that is happening, are we understanding what happens when a society that does know about God and knows what He has done for them decides to dismiss and ignore Him? Will man’s sin remain unpunished when they decide to abolish God and His Truth, His Word? I think it is impossible, just like we are witnessing. Many will say, including so called believers, that God is love and that it is impossible to believe that a God of love would allow such things. But, the matter is that God is love, and He is slow to anger and great in mercy, but that cannot make Him deny the other things He is also like worthy, sovereign, holy, and almighty, and that sooner or later, either by attempting to call man to repentance or because of punishment, He will continue to allow things to happen that will demonstrate man’s futility, that we are in fact limited, and that absolutely nothing good can happen while man continues hating God and His knowledge. The reality of the matter is that the more a society rebels against God, the more evil will come, and the more foolish and ashamed man will see themselves at the sight of their failures and ravings.
This is what the Word of God teaches: “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.” Romans 1:18-25. Every person should realize that God does exist through everything that is seen in this world, and even science in its pure state (not the aberrations that have been fabricated to contradict the existence of God) demonstrates the greatness of this God. But, we read that when man decides not to glorify God, nor to be thankful to Him, but rather becomes futile in their thoughts, nothing good happens after that. And if they don’t repent, man will continue its trajectory towards the abyss and will get to the point of no return, where a person will stand judgment before God’s throne, independent of what they choose to believe, because finally, reality does not take into account man’s opinion. God is God whether man likes it or not, and there is nothing that can change that, neither their laws, nor their abominations, nor their so-called science and technology, nor anything that exists, no matter how much Satan himself tries, God is God and Jesus is the King of kings and the Lord of lords, and they will be that forever and ever, amen.
The Word speaks more to us here, as it is written: “Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, for the Lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: ‘There is no truth or mercy or knowledge of God in the land. By swearing and lying, killing and stealing and committing adultery, they break all restraint, with bloodshed upon bloodshed. Therefore the land will mourn; and everyone who dwells there will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea will be taken away. ‘Now let no man contend, or rebuke another; for your people are like those who contend with the priest. Therefore you shall stumble in the day; the prophet also shall stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. ‘The more they increased, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame. They eat up the sin of My people; they set their heart on their iniquity. And it shall be: like people, like priest. So I will punish them for their ways, and reward them for their deeds. For they shall eat, but not have enough; they shall commit harlotry, but not increase; because they have ceased obeying the Lord.’’” Hosea 4:1-10. When those that know the Truth reject God’s knowledge, nothing good can happen. In the end, man will receive the reward that comes from what they choose to cling on to. If a person decides to cling on to money or wealth, will these be able to give them eternal life? Will adultery, fornication, or sexual deviance give man immortality? Will fame or power open the doors of God’s heaven? Will science and technology make eternity possible for a person? Can a human being give immortality to another? No. Then, is it worthwhile to exchange the Most High’s knowledge for temporary things like these?
This is the issue we saw today: “For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil.” The only one that has words of eternal life is the Lord, just like the Apostle Peter confessed. And if we look to live the Most High’s wisdom, no matter what happens, we can dwell safely in Him and live securely, knowing that our souls are safe in the hands of Him that lives for all eternity. You may have some satisfaction or human delight for a small while, if you decide for those things that go against God, but one day, your end will come, and after that, what will happen with you? But, loving the Lord and following Him faithfully is what guarantees us eternal life and the rewards that can only come from Him. So then, are you one of those that dismisses the Lord, or are you one of those that looks to live out His knowledge for eternal life? Lord bless! John