"Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things."
This verse rings true to the current condition of our nation, the church and our families right now. The truth in this verse will help us to understand a little better why things are the way that they are. Evil men understand not judgment - we don't simply 'bad men' or 'men that make mistakes' but 'evil men' to declare just what they are; These are those that have departed from God in all ways. They seek only to satisfy their selves and serve Satan's purposes. Evil men cannot understand the greater things, because their ability is limited and narrowed. They walk with blinders on in this life. They are oblivious to anything else going on. They have rjected God and He is withdrawn from them. Judgment is that which all men shall stand in. Every soul shall be weighed in the balances and judged. Ravenhill mused, preached, prayed and labored after the 'judgement seat of Christ for half of his life. He declared, 'We are not only going to be judged for 'what' we did; but also for 'why' we did what we did.' Evvil men care nothing for any of these things.
God has removed from them the ability to understand. He allows for them to continue as fools and remain ignorant of their own choosing. therefore, when judgment is passed upon them they cannot grasp nor understand it. If they are faced with their sins, that they are sinners against a holy God, they revolt. Humanism is at the core of all this. The lover of self and sin for selfish contentment is what keeps them from being concerned that they have provoked a holy God to wrath. A nation, set up to appease the pleasures of the flesh is that which keeps men from seeing the truth of eternity. 'Why worry about death and judgment? Will do that when we get old and nothing else to do', they say and think. But far too many die young and without any opportunity to repent or make a true appeal to God for mercy and forgiveneness. Yea, God strikes evil men down so that they cannot respond. This is the plight of many people around us. They have lost the ability to understand and go out into an eternal hell, only too late to see and know that they had the chance to repent but they missed it. And they live for etenrity in punishment and pain with the knowledge of 'what could have been' - REGRET. but they that seek the Lord understand all things - word study, seek/find; word study, all; Here we see the exact opposite of the first part of this verse. Evil men can't understand; but those that seek after God will be given understanding from Him.
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