Haven’t you known someone just like this? He is probably a drunkard and looking for someone to get drunk with so he will not feel quite so guilty himself. He may even be an adulterer and encouraging his neighbor to commit adultery too.
Sometimes it is no more than talking you into getting into a quick scheme to swindle someone out of their money. The best thing to do is to stay away from this type of person. We learned earlier that when we fellowship with someone, we become like them.
Over, and over again, in the book of Revelation, it is said, “He that hath an ear let him hear”. This is talking about opening your ear of understanding to God. We are to be wise unto salvation. The acquiring of wisdom demands a teachable spirit.
If we have Jesus in our heart, we have His Light shining within us. Others see in this person a joy unspeakable that radiates out to everyone they come in contact with. A good report makes the bones fat is very similar to the statement: Good news lifts you up. It makes your heart leap within you.
Whatever is good, sound truth and wisdom stir the heart by relieving anxiety and producing a cheerful face.
Wisdom is not something we go around bragging about. It is a gift from God. Wisdom is hidden deep within us. A fool goes around bragging and looks very foolish for it. A wise man is quiet and someone else notices his wisdom.
Wisdom is quietly preserved in the heart of the wise for the time of proper use, while fools are eager to blurt out their folly.
In 1 Thessalonians, we read that there are people who have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.”
You can see that there is no hope for the one who continues in his wickedness and never turns to Jesus and His righteousness. These are the those that are driven away from God by their wickedness.
Then we see the righteous have hope of the resurrection as we read the next 4 scriptures.
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” “For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.” “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:” “Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
God has a special concern for the poor. He insists that people who have material goods should be generous with those who are needy. Providing for the poor is not just a suggestion in the Bible; it is a command that may require a change of attitude.
It appears here that a poor man can find the food that he needs by plowing new ground as he is rewarded from the provision from his efforts. We see that lack of judgment causes destruction. This is referring to those whose efforts are brought to ruin by their deeds of injustice.
When a person is worried, they do have a tendency to hang their head low.
In Matthew 26:37, we see that even Jesus was troubled facing the death on the cross.” And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.”
When we are extremely sad or worried, we are said to have a heavy heart. We are also warned about too much worry.
We are told to take no thought for what we are to say, that God will fill our ears and mouth with what we are to say. We are also taught that we should live one day at a time and not worry about tomorrow. Someone who says nice things to others makes them have a glad heart.
A wise person is a model of a meaningful life. In the same way a tree attracts people to its fruit, a wise person’s sense of purpose attracts others who want to know how they, too, can find meaning. Gaining wisdom, then, can be the first step in influencing others to come to faith in God. Leading people to God is important because it keeps us in touch with him while also offering eternal life to others.
The wicked person dreads death. Those who do not believe in God usually fear death, and with good reason. By contrast, believers’ desire eternal life and God’s salvation-their hopes will be rewarded. This verse offers a choice: you can have either your fears or your desires come true. You make that choice by rejecting God and living your own way, or by accepting God and following him.
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