#12 in Proverbs / Godly Hostility #2
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Introduction / Bridge
Introduction / Bridge
Reminder: because God loves, He hates the things that would destroy the thing He loves. Abominations destroy those things He loves, and He hates abominations.
When you decide to follow Christ, you should hate the things He hates.
Reminder: abomination
Idolatry (1 Kings 21:26)
Homosexuality (Leviticus 18:22)
Human sacrifice (Deuteronomy 12:31)
Occult practices (Deuteronomy 18:9-12)
Hands that shed innocent blood.
Hands that shed innocent blood.
violent personality
lack of control, especially anger
little regard for human life
“This is the personality that will beat or even kill another person out of anger over a presumed insult” (NAC).
NT Application: Matthew 5:21-22 Even violence short of murder is something that God hates.
Illustration: Will Smith
Applications:
Playground bullies
Abortion
Security policy that kills civilians
God desires you pursue peace. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God” (Matt 5:9).
Heart that devises wicked plans....Feet that make haste to run to evil.
Heart that devises wicked plans....Feet that make haste to run to evil.
Heart
All hearts are born evil, but this doesn’t describe everyone.
Different from the former, which sins with violent bouts of passion. This person’s methods are cooler and more calculated, but just as evil.
Not simply falling into trouble out of carelessness, but looking for it.
Cross-reference
Genesis 6:5
Jeremiah 4:14
Applications
Scheming for a man/woman, even if they’re married.
Working harder to cheat than to study.
Feet
Enthusiasm for opportunities to do wrong.
“...regards the occasion to sin...as a stroke of good luck” (NAC).
Joy of wrongdoing
“Pictures a person who cannot wait to do evil” (UBS).
This person naturally flows from the previous. The wicked schemes of their heart, having fully formed, now they are able to execute joyfully.
Applications
Applications
God desires that you maintain purity of heart. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” (Matt 5:8).
False witness who breathes out lies…One who sows discord among brothers.
False witness who breathes out lies…One who sows discord among brothers.
False Witness
Seeks to subvert justice
Endless flow of lies or ease with which they lie
“Telling lies in court” (UBS)
Cross-reference: Prov 12:17
Illustration: Hunter laptop was “Russian disinformation”
Applications
Media
Lying about others in the church
Discord
Word means “controversy”
Possibility: this final item is the one the LORD hates the MOST.
Possibility: the first six lead to the seventh, making it the culmination and the most destructive.
Does drama follow you?
If people will know we Christ’s disciples by our love for one another, what does it tell them when
Conclusion
Conclusion
If you find your life marked by one or more of these seven qualities, you may not be a Christian. The grace of God is for you!
If you are a Christian but find yourself struggling with one or more of these qualities, God’s grace is for you, too.