Backslide/The
World Ps
73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, to those whose hearts are pure. |
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Ps 73:2 But as for me, I came so close to the edge of the cliff!
My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone. 3 For I envied the proud
(enjoy while it lasts)
when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness. 4 They seem to live such
a painless life; their bodies are so healthy and strong. 5 They aren't troubled
like other people or plagued with problems like everyone else. 6 They wear
pride like a jeweled necklace, and their clothing is woven of cruelty. 7
These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for! 8 They scoff
and speak only evil; in their pride they seek to crush others. 9 They boast
against the very heavens, and their words strut throughout the earth. NLT
Ps 73:10 And so the people are dismayed and confused, drinking in
all their words.
11 "Does God realize what is going on?" they ask. "Is the Most High even
aware of what is happening?" 12 Look at these arrogant people--enjoying a
life of ease while their riches multiply... 18 Truly, you put them on a slippery
path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction. 19 In an instant
they are destroyed, swept away by terrors. 20 Their present life is only
a dream that is gone when they awake. When you arise, O Lord, you will make
them vanish from this life. NLT
Ezek 33:13 "I have said the good man will live. But
if he sins, expecting his past goodness to save him, then none of his good
deeds will be remembered. I will destroy him for his sins. 14 And when
I tell the wicked he will die, and then he turns from his sins and does what
is fair and right- 15 if he gives back the borrower's pledge, returns what
he has stolen, and walks along the paths of right, not doing evil-he shall
surely live. He shall not die. 16 None of his past sins shall be brought
up against him, for he has turned to the good and shall surely live. TLB
| ApostasyPs 12:1 Help, LORD, for
the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men. NIV |
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Backfires
Ps 7:14 The wicked man conceives
an evil plot, labors with its dark details, and brings to birth his treachery
and lies; 15 let him fall into his own trap. 16 May the violence he plans
for others boomerang upon himself; let him die. TLB
Ps 9:15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have
dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. 16 The LORD is known
by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
NIV
Limit
GodPsalm 78:41 Again and again they turned away and tempted
God to kill them, and limited the Holy One of Israel from giving
them his blessings. TLB
Despise God's
kindnessIsa 26:10 Your kindness
to the wicked doesn't make them good; they keep on doing wrong and take no
notice of your majesty. 11 They do not listen when you threaten; they will
not look to see your upraised fist. Show them how much you love your people.
Perhaps then they will be ashamed! Yes, let them be burned up by the fire
reserved for your enemies. TLB
LyingPs 12:2 Everyone lies
to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception. 3 May the LORD
cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue 4 that says, "We will
triumph with our tongues; we own our lips--who is our master?" NIV
Destiny of
sinnersvs.
RighteousPs 5:4 I know you get
no pleasure from wickedness and cannot tolerate the slightest sin. 5 Therefore,
proud sinners will not survive your searching gaze, for how you hate their
evil deeds. 6 You will destroy them for their lies; how you abhor all murder
and deception. TLB
Ps 73:17 Then one day I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I thought about
the destiny of the wicked. 18 Truly, you put them on a slippery path and
send them sliding over the cliff to destruction. 19 In an instant they are
destroyed, swept away by terrors. 20 Their present life is only a dream that
is gone when they awake. When you arise, O Lord, you will make them vanish
from this life. NLT
| Ps 9:17 The wicked shall be sent away to hell;
this is the fate of all the nations forgetting the Lord. TLB |
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Ps 73:27 But those who desert him will perish, for you destroy
those who abandon you. 28 But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I
have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the
wonderful things you do. NLT
Ps 76:9 You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God, and to rescue the
oppressed of the earth. NLT
Stupid/atheistPs 14:1 That man is a fool who says to himself,
"There is no God!" Anyone who talks like that is warped and evil and cannot
really be a good person at all. TLB
Ps 75:4 "I warned the proud, 'Stop your boasting!'
I told the wicked, 'Don't raise your fists! 5 Don't lift your fists in defiance
at the heavens or speak with rebellious arrogance.' " 6 For no one on earth--from
east or west, or even from the wilderness--can raise another person up.
NLT
For I have bent Judah, My bow, Fitted the bow with Ephraim, And raised up
your sons, O Zion, Against your sons, O Greece, And made you like the sword
of a mighty man.” New King James Version, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas
Nelson, Inc.) 1982. (humanism; white washed
wall)
FalseMother &
SonMatthew
12:46 As Jesus was speaking to the crowd, his mother and brothers were outside,
wanting to talk with him. 47 Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers
are outside, and they want to speak to you." 48 Jesus asked, "Who is my mother?
Who are my brothers?" 49 Then he pointed to his disciples and said,
"These are my mother and brothers. 50 Anyone who does
the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!"
NLT
| God's
roleObad 8-9 In that day not one wise man will
be left in all of Edom!" says the Lord. |
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"For I will fill the wise men of Edom with stupidity. 9 The
mightiest soldiers of Teman will be confused, and helpless to prevent the
slaughter. TLB
God can cause someone to sin - also "Harden
heart."2
Sam 24:1 Once again the anger of the Lord flared against Israel, and he caused
David to harm them by taking a national census. "Go and count the people
of Israel and Judah," the Lord told him. 2 So the king said to Joab,
commander-in-chief of his army, "Take a census of all the people from one
end of the nation to the other, so that I will know how many of them there
are." 3 But Joab replied, "God grant that you will live to see the day when
there will be a hundred times as many people in your kingdom as there are
now! But you have no right to rejoice in their strength." 4 But the king's
command overcame Joab's remonstrance; so Joab and the other army officers
went out to count the people of Israel. TLB
Judge/InterveneIsa 59:15 Truth is nowhere
to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice. 16 He saw that
there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so
his own arm worked salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained
him.
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation
on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal
as in a cloak. NIV
LeadersPs 75:7 But it is God who judges: He brings
one down, he exalts another. NIV (Ps 75:6.7 For promotion and power comes
from nowhere on earth, but only from God. He promotes one and deposes another...
10 "I will cut off the strength of evil men," says the Lord, "and increase
the power of good men in their place." LBJ)
| Ps 76:11 Make vows to the LORD your God, and fulfill
them. Let everyone bring tribute to the Awesome One. 12 For he breaks the
spirit of princes and is feared by the kings of the earth. NLT |
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| Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them together and said, "You
know that in this world kings are tyrants, and officials
lord it over the people beneath them. 26 But among you it should be
quite different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,
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The story of a Gentile women,
Ruth
