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ARE YOU VEXED?
There is a danger that faces all men. No one can escape it. Various words or terms identify it, but describe the same danger. It is called contentment, satisfaction, smugness, a sense of security, complacency, and various other word forms. It does not announce itself as dangerous, and is very deceiving. IT IS ACCEPTANCE OF EVIL.
We live in a nation of acceptance. We consider disagreement as a bad personality trait. Activities that are clearly NOT acceptable to God are to be accepted. Our government is at the present trying to pass a law that would make it unlawful to speak against homosexuality. We can't pray in school, but evolution can be taught, and God condemned. We are suppose to accept the filthy language, sex, and insinuations in movies and on television because we might offend some liberal thinker who is demanding his/her rights. Discipline of our children at home or in school puts parents, and teachers in danger of being brought before some federal or state agency, the school board, or worse. We could go on, but I think you see the point. Evil is justified and good condemned.
We read in the bible of a man who lived under similar conditions. His name was Lot. He lived in the area of Sodom and Gomorrah, and his soul was VEXED daily by the evil around him. His story is found in Genesis 19, and is referenced in II Peter 2:6,7. Two words, and their definitions are important here, vexed and conversation.To be VEXED is defined as, Irritated, distressed, annoyed or troubled persistently. The second word is CONVERSATION. It is defined as, General course of manners; behavior; deportment; especially as it respects morals. Lot did not accept the evil around him, and was not complacent concerning its existence. It irritated and troubled him, and he tried to discourage it.
The danger Christians face today is NOT being VEXED by evil. Rather than being irritated and troubled by it there seems to be acceptance, both by the general population, and Christians.
Should Christians be vexed by moral conditions in our nation? Absolutely! Should Christians speak out against them? Yes! Is the preacher having a lesson on morality, and worldliness fulfilling ones individual responsibility to speak? No! What reaction do you have to bad language, TV and movie content, how we dress, acceptance of alcohol and drugs, hard preaching, liberal preaching, same sex marriage, the efforts to ignore biblical teaching on marriage and divorce, etc, etc,etc. I know we cannot eliminate evil, but we need to be vexed by it, not accept it. We must speak out in every way possible. We are in the world, but we must not be of the world (I Cor. 5:10). Be Irritated, distressed, annoyed, and troubled persistently by actions sinful before God. Speak out. Here are some scriptures to guide you.
You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God (James 4:6).
A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; The simple pass on and are punished. (Prov. 27:12
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect (Rom. 12:2).
A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self confident (Prov. 14:16).
For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips (Prov. 8:7)
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, {10} nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God (I Cor. 6:9,10).
Do not enter the path of the wicked, And do not walk in the way of evil. Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on (Prov. 4:14,15).
We could offer many other scriptures that prove God does not accept, and will punish man for his lackadaisical approach to actions He considers evil. We can try to call evil good, but that will not cause God to change His mind. We could offer many other scriptures to prove this, but those who would reject the ones offered would not accept a dozen more that say the same thing. Those who have tried God through history have found that He gives us His will in the scriptures (bible), and will punish those who reject them. It is time to bring our nation to God, and reject all the sinful, and often enjoyable, approaches of man to our life. It is time EVIL VEXES US.
Jack 5/30/2009
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Updated 6/29/2009
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