He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. Do you care about yourself? There is a way to live that brings happiness and success, and there is a way to live that will kill you. The choice is yours. The results are God’s. The consequences are certain. Do you love or despise God’s way for living your life? If you keep God’s commandment, you keep yourself from pain and trouble. If you despise God’s ways, you commit suicide. The Creator God did not give a command for how men should live to ruin their fun; He gave commandment for them to maximize life. It is foolish and rebellious man that rejects His word that ruins their lives in many ways. What is the commandment to keep your soul? It is all God’s commandments, no matter what part of life each may apply to (Ps 119:128). The singular noun is a collective noun for all His commandments (Pr 6:20,23; 13:13). The singular is also the fear of the Lord, which includes all other commandments (Pr 1:7; 19:23; Ps 111:10; 112:1; Ec 12:13). The man who keeps God’s commandments is doing something very good for his own soul. He is pursuing wisdom and all its benefits for his life (Pr 4:4-9). “The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul” (Pr 16:17). “Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles” (Pr 21:23). How does a man despise his ways? He rejects God’s ways for the various aspects of his life. You interpret “his ways” as God’s ways, because God is to be elliptically understood from the first clause, and because men do not truly despise their own ways. The man here believes he has better ideas on how to live, so he rejects the counsel of God for his life. What are the consequences? When a man chooses his own way for a decision, rather than God’s way, he chooses death. “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Pr 16:25). “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Pr 14:12). Do you hear the warning?
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:00:42 +0000
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