Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 38:20
20 They also that render [shalam] evil [ra`] for good [towb] are mine adversaries [satan]; because I follow [radaph] the thing that good [towb] is. KJV-Interlinear
20 Those who render me evil for good accuse
me because I follow after good. ESV
Not only does
being a believer in Christ, cause you to be an enemy of the world, you will
also be faced with a world that has right and wrong turned upside down.
Enemies of
Christians, are beyond counting.
They don’t include
only other people, but enemies include wrong philosophies, wrong types of
thinking, wrong types of reasoning or rationale, all of which arrive at wrong
conclusions.
Many people have
good intentions, and they are sincere in their beliefs, but when doctrine,
which is truth, is absent from thinking, then all of the sincerity and good
intentions in the world, will not correct wrong thinking.
Many people
misconstrue their efforts, as good, when in fact their efforts are not good.
The easiest way to
know whether your thoughts, actions, or efforts, are good or not, is simply to
compare your life, with that required by Bible doctrine, and see if they match
up.
In most cases they
will not match up.
The easiest
questions to ask are,
Do you confess
your sins to God the Father on a regular, or daily basis?
Do you pursue or
participate in a daily Bible study through instruction?
Do you listen and
learn, and apply the things you have learned to your daily life?
And to these three
questions most people cannot honestly answer them, yes.
And this means
that the thinking of your mind, will in fact have some glitches. Anything that
you do while out of fellowship, is wrong.
A wrong thing done
in a wrong way, is wrong.
A right thing done
in a wrong way, is wrong.
A wrong thing done
in a right way, is wrong.
A right thing done
in a right way, is the only way it can be right.
Lack of
understanding, lack of learning, lack of fellowship, simply means that you
cannot be doing things in the right way. And that leaves the door open for the
deception of, sincerity and good intentions, to lead you down the wrong path.
Doing evil, and
calling it good, whether done intentionally, or whether done accidentally, is
irrelevant. Wrong is wrong, and wrong cannot be made into a right. And wrong is
an enemy of truth.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever. To ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily
study means you will be incomplete, unfulfilled and you will lose out, big
time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
