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2015 J. Neely
Psalm 36:3
3 The words [dabar] of his mouth
[peh] are iniquity ['aven] and deceit [mirmah]: he
hath left off [chadal] to be wise [sakal], and to do good [yatab]. KJV-Interlinear
3
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and
do good. ESV
The wicked, or those who
lack the correct function of truth in their soul, center there lives on a false
basis.
Their mouths express what
is in their soul, and what is in their soul is false, therefore their words are
false, regardless of what they might be.
The deceit, is a further
expression of a wicked person who not only has false intentions in their soul,
but go even further to falsify their intentions. Thus they compound the false
onto the false. That makes deceit.
Now truth comes in many
forms. Truth is the correct matching of
facts with reality. Math is a form of
truth. Chemistry is a form of truth. These things have the science of
relationships and function within the universe.
Do not get the idea that
truth is only limited to the words in scripture. Remember that God designed and invented and
created all that is in this universe, including life, and the many things that
we probably do not ascribe to God, but were His invention.
If science took a closer
look at God, then they might discover many more things, even faster. God is logical and created this universe with
a design and a plan. Thus everything has a purpose and function. Whether those things are the sub-conscious or
sub-atomic particles, makes no difference.
God designed it all.
So, truth saturates life
in one form or another, but where people go wrong is when they make false or
wrong applications or interpretations of truth.
Then their conclusions or opinions are wrong and therefore false.
And, when your soul
consists of the false, then morals sooner or later get twisted. And that is when people get hurt.
Beliefs become opinion,
become bias, become immoral, criminal, subjective, etc. Wisdom and good, then take the back seat,
while evil assumes the primary role of life.
Responsibility,
obligations, integrity and such become compromised with whatever is convenient
or advantageous to ones beliefs. And of
course the pit gets even worse, as a person maintains this pattern of disregard
for truth.
And truth? It does not function correctly, unless one is
saved, in fellowship, and learning scripture as God intends for us to learn,
and grow, and advance in our life.
The spiritual life ties
all of the loose ends of life together, brings orientation and understanding to
every aspect of life. And while we are
not all rocket scientists, we do not have to be in order to understand life and
God and doctrine, and our meaning and purpose and destiny.
