Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Click here to listen to Commentary Run with the light God gives you! He offers truth to every man at some points in his life. Most men rebel and reject it, so He justly blinds them in perpetual ignorance. But good men rejoice and obey the offered truth, and He rewards them with more understanding. Solomon in context warned his son about the path of the wicked (Pr 4:14-17). He told him not to enter it or pass by it; he told him to avoid it, turn from it, and get away. After giving him the wonderful description of the path of the just in this proverb, he told him that the path of the wicked is darkness; they do not even know what trips them (Pr 4:19). The visible creation proves God exists with eternal power and Godhead (Rom 1:18-20; Ps 19:1-6). Men are without excuse. When they get haughty and reject Him, God darkens their hearts and rewires their brains for evil desires and ignorant thinking, like idolatry and evolution (Ro 1:21-23). This is also the cause and source of sodomy (Ro 1:24-27). Consider Pharaoh. He rejected the LORD, even though Moses had brought powerful signs and plagues upon his nation. Therefore God hardened his heart, and he foolishly took his chariot and army down into the Red Sea to a terrible destruction. What blinded him to the obvious danger of such a choice? The LORD blinded him (Ex 14:4,17)! God also offers truth to ordinary men. If they reject it, He blinds their understanding and leaves them to the deceit of their hearts and the influence of other men. God promised to deceive prophets when men came to them with idols in their hearts (Eze 14:4-11). Jesus spoke in parables to harden the hearts of the Jews (Mat 13:10-17). And God sends strong delusion to cause men to believe lies, when they reject offered truth (II Thes 2:9-12). Is God the author of confusion? Absolutely and certainly! He owes no man the truth, and He will withhold truth and light from the man who squanders or rejects truth offered to him. The Tower of Babel and the confusion there are not only true historical facts, but also an indication of His holy judgment on men pursuing their own agenda (Gen 11:1-9).
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:19:37 +0000
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