Have you ever wondered how some people can be so blinded to the truth that they can't see it even when you explain things clearly and simply? Psalm 36:1-4 explains a LOT:
1 Transgression [like an oracle] speaks to the wicked deep in his heart. There is no fear or dread of God before his eyes. 2 For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated. 3 The words of his mouth are wrong and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and to do good. 4 He plans wrongdoing on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject or despise evil.
Remember that the wicked are the lost. They are those who have never received Jesus as Lord and personal Savior. They have no standard of Truth in their lives, so they are led around by the enemy to do his will! Look at these verses in The Message Bible:
1 The God-rebel tunes in to sedition — all ears, eager to sin. He has no regard for God,
he stands insolent before him. 2 He has smooth-talked himself into believing that his evil
will never be noticed. 3 Words gutter from his mouth, dishwater dirty. Can't remember when he
did anything decent. 4 Every time he goes to bed, he fathers another evil plot. When he's loose on the streets, nobody's safe. He plays with fire and doesn't care who gets burned. THE MESSAGE
Realize that the ONLY answer to stop evil is to have the authority over it that comes with being a born again believer! We ARE heirs of God and joint, equal heirs with Jesus Himself! We HAVE His authority (Matthew 28:18-20) and we are to USE it! AMEN! Verses 5-10 shows the life of the born again believer who KNOWS who they are IN HIM!
5 Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, extend to the skies, and Your faithfulness to the clouds. 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgments are like the great deep. O Lord, You preserve man and beast. 7 How precious is Your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge and put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. 8 They relish and feast on the abundance of Your house; and You cause them to drink of the stream of Your pleasures. 9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light do we see light. 10 O continue Your loving-kindness to those who know You, Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart.
THAT is OUR God and our life IN HIM! AMEN! Let's look at these verses from The Message Bible also:
5 God's love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic, 6 His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic.
Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks.
7 How exquisite your love, O God! How eager we are to run under your wings,
8 To eat our fill at the banquet you spread as you fill our tankards with Eden spring water.
9 You're a fountain of cascading light, and you open our eyes to light.
10 Keep on loving your friends; do your work in welcoming hearts. THE MESSAGE
Shalom in Him!
