EXPOSE THE WICKED

Proverbs 18:3 KJV
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

Is there contempt? Is there scorn? Their source lie with the ignominy of the wicked. Remove the wicked and his ignominy, contempt and scorn will vanish away.

Who is the wicked? The Hebrew word used by our kingly author here is ‘rashah’, a word meaning ‘evildoer, condemned, guilty, ungodly, that did wrong’.

If we are to find peace and unity with our Father, we must resist, refute and rid ourselves of iniquity and sin in our hearts. The apostolic Scriptures teach us that after we have recognized and accepted our Messiah, we must ‘work our Salvation with fear and trembling’. By the same token, if we are to be and stay united together as congregational units, we cannot accept fellowship with the ungodly, at least not from within our congregations. If we do not know how to resist these within the realm of our own persona and congregations, how will we find the guts to resist that wicked man of sin, the evildoer, the guilty, the condemned and ungodly one who will one day come on the world’s scene to test all mankind, especially the ‘very elect’, those of the House of God.

It is imperative that we recognize these devious works within us. If anyone through inflammatory words or deeds is the source of contempt, reproach, and disunity within the Assembly of the people of God, he must be exposed and shunned. May we learn to recognize such wolves in sheep’s clothing who like Satan, know how to use even the Word of Father in order to bring confusion.