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Pastor Leon Bing Poisons Keep Prospering Jacksonville October 2014
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By Pastor Leon R . Bing Please visit us at NJFWC . ORG
Proverbs 6:12-19 NLT
12 Here is a description of worthless and wicked people : They are constant liars ,
13 signaling their true intentions to their friends by making signs with their eyes and feet and fingers .
14 Their perverted hearts plot evil . They stir up trouble constantly .
15 But they will be destroyed suddenly , broken beyond all hope of healing .
16 There are six things the LORD hates - no , seven things he detests :
17 haughty eyes , a lying tongue , hands that kill the innocent , 18 a heart that plots evil , feet that race to do wrong ,
19 a false witness who pours out lies , a person who sows discord among brothers .
In this passage of scripture , I would like to point out poisons that can keep us from prospering . These are things that God hates to see operating in our lives . In verses 12- 15 , we see the effects of people with these poisons operating in them .
12 Here is a description of worthless and wicked people : They are constant liars ,
13 signaling their true intentions to their friends by making signs with their eyes and feet and fingers .
14 Their perverted hearts plot evil . They stir up trouble constantly .
15 But they will be destroyed suddenly , broken beyond all hope of healing .
They are constant liars , deceivers , and have perverted hearts that plot evil and stir up trouble constantly . Over the past few years , how many of you have been lied to or deceived in business dealings ? It could have been that lemon of a car you purchased , or that bad home loan , or any other venture you bought into that was promi ed to be one thing but turned out to be something else .
These are people who live with poisons in them that give them a false since of prospering . In the end God will have the final say , and all that they thought they gained will be destroyed . Look how many people have nearly sent this country into financial ruin because of their deceit . From the Wall Street Bankers , to the independent business person who have scammed from the widow next door to you .
One thing for sure is that God doe not want you to be named with any of these evil doers ! So Solomon tells us in verses 16-19 , the six things that God hates !
16 There are six things the LORD hates - no , seven things he detests :
17 haughty eyes , a lying tongue , hands that kill the innocent , 18 a heart that plots evil , feet that race to do wrong ,
19 a false witness who pours out lies , a person who sows discord among brothers .
Let ' s take a look at each of these things that the Lord hates ( taken from Mathew Henry Commentary ):
1 . A proud look - Haughtiness , conceitedness of our elves , and contempt of others . There are seven things that God hates , and pride is first , because it is at the bottom of much sin and gives rise to it .
2 . Falsehood , and fraud , and dissimulation . Next to a proud look nothing is more an abomination to God than a lying tongue ; there is nothing more sacred than truth , nor more necessary to conversation than speaking truth . God and all good men hate and abhor lying .
3 . Cruelty and blood-thirstiness . The devil was , from the beginning , a liar and a murderer ( John 8:44 ), and therefore , as a lying tongue , so hands that shed innocent blood are hateful to God , because they have in them the devil ' s image and do him service .
John 8:44
For you are the children of your father the Devil and you love to do the evil things he does . He was a murderer from the beginning and has always hated the truth . There is no truth in him . When he lies , it is consistent with his character ; for he is a liar and the father of lies . NLT
4 . A heart that designs and a head that devises wicked imaginations , is acquainted with the depths of Satan and knows how to carry on a covetous , envious , revengeful plot , most effectually . The more there is of craft and management in sin , the more it is an abomination to God .
5 . Feet that are swift in running to mischief are if they were afraid of losing time or were impatient of delay in a thing they are so greedy of .
6 . False-witness bearing . is one of the greatest mischief ' s that the wicked imagination can devise , and against which there is the least protection .
There cannot be a greater disrespect to God or a greater injury to our neighbor than knowingly to give in a false testimony . There are seven things which God hates , and lying involves two of them .
7 . The God of love and peace hates him that sows discord among brethren . for he delights in unity .
Making mischief between relationships and neighbors , and using all wicked means possible , not only to alienate their affections one from another , but to irritate their passions one against another is something that God hates .
When we can remove these poisons from our bodies , we can become stronger , more prosperous Christians . It is these little things that most Christians overlook in there lives that they don ' t realize that is keeping them from prospering . For these little things are very big in God ' s eyes ! Let ' s make the corrections in our lives and go forward in prospering in the Lord !