September 10, 2023: Psalm 139:21-22 - May We Loathe that which Comes Against God

“Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.” - Psalm 139:21-22

King David did not mince words. As the Bible tells us, “But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment,” (James 5:12), David was clear on where he stood as to the people who hate God and who came against Him: they were his enemies. He did not accept their beliefs in the name of tolerance, and he did as the Bible tells us we are to do. Yes, as believers in Jesus Christ, we are to pray for their salvation, that they would turn away from their sins and turn to Jesus and be saved from all their sins. However, we are not to approve of their sinful acts and we definitely must not accept those acts and bring them into the church. Sadly, many “pastors” are doing exactly that today. Instead of calling sin for what it is - sin against God - they are approving of their sins and encouraging them to remain in it. Let’s read what the Bible says about this:

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Romans 12:1-3)

“Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.” (3 John 11)

“Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.” (Colossians 3:5-8)

“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.” (Romans 12:9)

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20)

Satan, who is the author of confusion, has infiltrated the churches, Bible colleges, and seminaries. He has his puppets he is controlling and who pretend to be pastors and teachers but preach a different gospel than what Christ taught. Jesus told the woman who was caught in adultery to “go, and sin no more” (John 8:11) but these false pastors and teachers are telling their congregants that God loves them just the way they are and they don’t need to change, they don’t need to stop their sin, whether it be sexual sin or any other type of sin. Some are even bringing those who practice that which God calls sin into the church to put on shows, with many in the congregation applauding in full approval. Satan knows exactly how to rise up against God and that is through the same people who claim to be preaching the word of God but who in reality hate God and are rising up against Him.

This evil schemes of the devil should not surprise us, for God Himself told us this would happen in the last days:

“These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. These are sensual [soulish or worldly] persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.” (Jude 16-19)

“But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.” (2 Timothy 3:13)

“Now the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry; and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.” (1 Timothy 4:1-3)

Every single person who has ever lived has had a decision to make: are we for God or against Him? King David also had to make this decision, and he made the decision early in his life that he was for God. As believers in Jesus Christ, we are not to follow the world but to follow the word of God, Jesus, and that includes doing the right things in the eyes of God even when those things are not popular with society and culture, even when it may cost us our life. We are living increasingly more in a society in America that has turned against God and which has embraced evil, and it is out in the open, on full display for all to see, just as it was in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. As with those two cities, God will tolerate this wickedness only for so long before He sends His righteous judgment, and I believe it is coming soon. This judgment will be upon the whole world, including on America, which has devised all sorts of evil, calling it “good,” and has exported its filth all around the world. God’s judgment is coming, and it will be swift. The time is now for you to choose: will you depart from evil and turn to Jesus Christ and be saved from what is coming, or will you stand against Him and see His wrath come upon you? Jesus wants you to turn to Him, but it must be of your own free will. The choice is yours alone to make.

“But the LORD shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment. He shall judge the world in righteousness, and He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.” (Psalm 9:7-10)

“…since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.” (2 Thessalonians 1:6-10)

“Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints! Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been manifested.” (Revelation 15:3) ✝️