| Consider Your Scornful Friends? |
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| Articles Of Hope For - Relationships |
| Written by Sharon Merhalski |
This is one of my Bible studies. It was a good reminder that God used to show me I had to set boundaries with some of my friends and bid farewell to some of my friends who are scornful people. "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. “ Psalm 1:1 “The seat of the scornful is the pestilential chair (as the Septuagint calls it, which no wise man will come near, for fear of taking the infection. Those that strive to make others odious do but make themselves so. –Matthew Henry” My daddy used to tell me that one rotten apple in the barrel will make all of the good apples rotten. It reminds me of the account of the ten spies sent into the promised land to bring back a report of what they found: Two scorners with bad reports affected the blessing of thousands of people even though ten reports were good and positive. I have both experienced it and seen the devastation in other's lives when separation from those whom God tells us to separate ourselves from--angry and scornful men--is not obeyed. It is something I need to be reminded of often. It is something parents need to teach their children...choose your friends wisely based on God's will. I am going to let God and some commentators speak on this subject. Please prayerfully hear God teach. Scorner--A primitive root; properly to make mouths at, that is, to scoff;…. make a mock, mocker, scorn (-er, -ful). –Strong’s Concordance “Scornful - Of those who make a mock of sin, and scoff at goodness and good men. –Wesley” Proverbs 9:8 "Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee." Proverbs 14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth." “The reason why some people seek wisdom, and do not find it, is because they do not seek it from a right principle and in a right manner. They are scorners, and it is in scorn that they ask instruction, that they may ridicule what is told them and may cavil at it. Many put questions to Christ, tempting him, and that they might have whereof to accuse him, but they were never the wiser. No marvel if those who seek wisdom, as Simon Magus sought the gifts of the Holy Ghost, to serve their pride and covetousness, do not find it, for they seek amiss. Herod desired to see a miracle, but he was a scorner, and therefore it was denied him, Luk_23:8. Scorners speed not in prayer. 2. To those who understand aright, who depart from evil (for that is understanding), the knowledge of God and of his will is easy. The parables which harden scorners in their scorning, and make divine things more difficult to them, enlighten those who are willing to learn, and make the same things more plain, and intelligible, and familiar to them, Mat_13:11, Mat_13:15, Mat_13:16. The same word which to the scornful is a savour of death unto death to the humble and serious is a savour of life unto life. He that understands, so as to depart from evil (for that is understanding), to quit his prejudices, to lay aside all corrupt dispositions and affections, will easily apprehend instruction and receive the impressions of it. --Matthew Henry” Proverbs 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. “A scorner is one that not only makes a jest of God and religion, but bids defiance to the methods employed for his conviction and reformation, and, as an evidence of that, 1. He cannot endure the checks of his own conscience, nor will he suffer it to deal plainly with him: He loves not to reprove him (so some read it); he cannot endure to retire into his own heart and commune seriously with that, will not admit of any free thought or fair reasoning with himself, nor let his own heart smite him, if he can help it. That man's case is sad who is afraid of being acquainted and of arguing with himself. 2. He cannot endure the advice and admonitions of his friends: He will not go unto the wise, lest they should give him wise counsel. We ought not only to bid the wise welcome when they come to us, but to go to them, as beggars to the rich man's door for an alms; but this the scorner will not do, for fear of being told of his faults and prevailed upon to reform. --Matthew Henry” Proverbs 21:24 “Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath." “See here the mischief of pride and haughtiness. 1. It exposes men to sin; it makes them passionate, and kindles in them the fire of proud wrath. They are continually dealing in it, as if it were their trade to be angry, and they had nothing so much to do as to barter passions and exchange bitter words. Most of the wrath that inflames the spirits and societies of men is proud wrath. Men cannot bear the least slight, nor in any thing to be crossed or contradicted, but they are out of humour, nay, in a heat, immediately. It likewise makes them scornful when they are angry, very abusive with their tongues, insolent towards those above them and imperious towards all about them. Only by pride comes all this. 2. It exposes men to shame. They get a bad name by it, and every one calls them proud and haughty scorners, and therefore nobody cares for having any thing to do with them. If men would but consult their reputation a little and the credit of their profession, which suffers with it, they would not indulge their pride and passion as they do. –Matthew Henry” Proverbs 22:10 "Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease." “Cast out — or drive away. Scorners foster strife by taunts and revilings. –Wesley” Proverbs 24:9 "The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination (disgusting) to men." Share us with your friends:          .text:''):(d.getSelection?d.getSelection():'');void(keyit=window.open('http://my.poco.cn/fav/storeIt.php?t='+escape(d.title)+'&u='+escape(d.location.href)+'&c='+escape(t)+'&img=http://www.h-strong.com/blog/logo.gif','keyit','scrollbars=no,width=475,height=575,status=no,resizable=yes'));keyit.focus();){kind=logo}          Quote this article on your site To create link towards this article on your website, copy and paste the text below in your page. Preview :
Consider Your Scornful Friends? Saturday, 11 April 2009 This is one of my Bible studies. It was a good reminder that God used to show me I had to set boundaries with some of my friends and bid farewell to some of my friends who are scornful people. "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the... © 2012 - Titus 2 Men And Women Powered by QuoteThis © 2008 |
