Psalm 41:4-7 English Standard Version

4 As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!”
5 My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
7 All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.

I was searching the bible for something else and I found this. This is much better.

This sounds exactly like what is going on in America today. This song of David reminds me that this bad behavior we are witnessing today has been going on for a very long time. Solomon was right when he said there is nothing new under the sun.

Sadly the only people who can see this are those of us that believe God and take His Word to heart.  The haters seem so proud of the hate they spew and while it looks disgusting to us, there are those who think it is funny. It is not funny and I am sad for this generation that refuses to turn to God.

Even in these disgusting times God is at work in those He is calling out of the darkness. We will not see them unless we remember we are beacons of light ourselves.

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Our risen Lord will shine through us if we keep His Word. His abiding love is what those floundering in darkness seek. It is God who calls, and God that saves. We are the only light in the dark the lost can see during these times.

Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

The Lord is calling us to be seen. This is not the time to hide our faith.

Jude 1:9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”

The word “blasphemy” is practically confined to speech defamatory of the Divine Majesty. Ref. Strong’s. 

For Michael, a named Archangel, to call into question the devil’s actions might be seen as judging God’s creation of Satan in the first place. This calls into question God’s sovereign will to create with purpose, knowing the end of things before they even begin. Rather than risking rebuke himself, Michael calls upon the Lord to do the rebuking.

John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. (KJV)

John 7:24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment. (ESV)

It may seem to be a little thing to distinguish between righteous and right. It comes down to the issue of where the judgment comes from.

Philippians 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith

The knowledge of what is right comes from He who is righteous and not from a mind that is convinced. Faith plays a key role in determining if judgment is coming from God or from our human condition.

We are conditioned to want to be right even when we are dead wrong.

Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Woe warnings only work for those who read God’s Word, believe God’s Word, and trust God even when everyone else is screaming we are wrong.

I have a line I leave online for all to read. “If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.” That is my way of challenging others to question their own understanding. The ability to buy into a lie is a real human condition and Satan knows that. The only way to combat his lies is to listen to the Spirit of Truth by faith. This is what I hear in John 7:24, is God at work in what you see before you?

John 5:19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.