Psalms 92:7
Psalms 92:7-9 says, “When
the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do
flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: But thou, LORD, art
most high for evermore. For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine
enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.”
The Bible makes it very clear both in the Old
Testament and in the New Testament what the destiny of those are
who reject Jesus Christ as Savior, eternal damnation in the lake of fire.
The words used in these verses of Psalms to
describe this punishment are, destroyed for ever, perish, and scattered. Hell
is a real place. It is a place of suffering and torment, a place of fire and
brimstone, a place where unrepentant men will remain forever filthy and vile in
their sins, forever doomed to burn in flames of fire while they face the regret
and the guilt for all their sins.
The book of 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 gives a very
detailed description of the judgment of God when it says, “In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory
of His power.”
Perhaps the greatest regret of all for those who
suffer in hell will be the regret that they did not accept God’s offer of
mercy, God’s free gift of salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ. They
will have all eternity to think about the many opportunities God gave them to
repent. They will have all eternity to think about how much God loved them. How
hot the flames will be and how terrible will be their regret when they at last
realize how foolish they were. To face eternity forever separated from all that
is good, all that is pleasurable, to face eternity forever separated from God
and His love what a truly terrible but just judgment.
O there is no escaping the judgment of God. One
day the free will of all men will come face to face with the sovereignty of God
and in that hour it will be the sovereignty of God that prevails. Wise is the
person who heeds the words of the gospel and opens the door of their heart when
Jesus Christ knocks on it.
Psalms 92:10-15, “But my
horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an
unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. Mine eye also shall see my
desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of
the wicked that rise up against me. The righteous shall flourish like the palm
tree: he shall grow like a cedar in
How different, how opposite is the destiny of
those who are forgiven of their sins, of those who have the righteousness of
Christ than those who do not. They will be forever blessed. Once a person
accepts Jesus as their Savior oh what joy and pleasure that brings God and how
He then begins to shower that person with His blessings.
Once a person is saved they become a saint, a
priest, and a king. Once a person is saved then they are destined to forever
walk in the prescence of God. This life will have its trials and temptations
but the future only holds great opportunities, joys, and pleasures which will
satisfy the soul for all eternity.
These verses in Psalms describe for us what the
Christian life should be like. The righteous shall
flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in
A tree grows slowly but over the years its roots
grow deep into the earth and its branches reach out far and bear much fruit. A
strong and healthy tree will bear much fruit and withstand the strongest
storms. O how important is the righteousness of Christ. The righteousness of
Christ will make you strong like a great tree and as the years go by if your
faith grows in the promises of God then you will accomplish greater and greater
things for the Lord.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. Sometimes we are tempted to think that old people are not as useful as
young people. After all young people are strong and full of energy. Old people
are frail and often have health problems. But the truth is older should mean
wiser. Older from a spiritual perspective should mean more experienced at walking
with the Lord. Older should mean a stronger faith in Jesus. Some of the
greatest acts of faith in the Bible and some of the things accomplished for God
were accomplished by old men and old women. Moses was 80 years old when he led
the children of
You see for some people old age is the worst time of their life. It is
the time when they are near death, the time when they suffer health problems
and the time when they are finally dried up like an old prune from the bitter
sorrows and disappointments of life. But for the Christian it should be the
time of their greatest opportunities to serve God. They can look back on the
years of their life and see how God was faithful and how God was patient and
kind and merciful and gracious. O what confidence years of serving the Lord
will give you.
Psalms 93:1, “The LORD reigneth, he is
clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he
hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.”
The Lord reigneth. What a great truth. In other words God is in
control. A lot of people seem impressed by those who have great power. For
example most people would probably treat a president very different than they
would treat a homeless person. There seems to be an admiration in the world for
people with great power. Well God has the greatest power of all. God is all
powerful. So why do these people not have such an attitude of admiration for
the Lord?
A word that is almost always associated with a king or with one that
reigneth is majesty. Majesty has the idea of excellent things. In other words the glory and the honour of things that are
expensive and beautiful and of excellent craftsmanship. The greater a king the greater his majesty. If you want an
idea of the majesty of God just read the book of Revelation and its description
of the heavenly city with streets paved with gold and walls made of diamond and
the foundations of other precious stones. And think about the description of
the throne on which God sits with a great emerald rainbow over it.
The word reign implies the idea of royalty, of kingship. Jesus is the
king of kings. We learn this from the New Testament. A king certainly would not
remain a king if he did not have the strength to maintain His position of
power.
That is why another word that is associated with a ruling king is
strength. No one has the strength that God has. To help us understand this
verse the bible talks about the earth and says, “the world also is
stablished, that it cannot be moved.” It is the great strength of God
that has set the earth in its course around the sun. No earthly king or army
can move it out of its place.
Psalms 93:2 says, “Thy throne is
established of old: thou art from everlasting.” When it comes to
certain sciences like archeology for example people put great weight and
accredit great validity to things that are older. For example modern textual
criticism from which we get all the modern translations of the English bible,
tend to prefer the oldest ancient manuscripts regardless of their
condition. Well there is nothing nor anyone older than God. God is from everlasting. God has
no beginning and no end. God’s throne has always been around even before the
earth had earthly kings. Therefore it is God who has the ultimate authority
over all things. It is God who reigneth.
Psalms 93:3-4, “The floods have lifted up, O
LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than
the mighty waves of the sea.”
In these verses water is used as an illustration to help us understand
how powerful God is. Water can be a very powerful force. A flood of waters can
easily carve out a canyon, or wear down a mountain, or wipe away a city. Fast
moving water can even be used as a cutting device to cut through steel. There
was even a time when God used water to judge the whole world covering it in a
flood. But as powerful as water can be God is much more powerful still. In fact
there is no limit to the power of God. God is the Almighty God.
Psalms 93:5, “Thy testimonies are very sure:
holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.” A testimony is a
witness. The word sure means to be built up, to be established. What are God’s
testimonies? Well there is God’s creation. There is God’s Word. There is the
testimony of Jesus Christ. There is the witness of the Holy Spirit. And there
is the witness of the believers. There is also the example of the judgment of
God as it falls on the unbelievers. All of these things witness to a person
about the truth. All of these things God uses to show
a lost person their need to turn from their sins to Jesus.
Psalms 94:1, “O LORD
God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew
thyself.” This
verse says vengeance belongeth to the Lord. The New Testament also has some
very important verses about vengeance
Romans 12:19-21, “Dearly beloved, avenge not
yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written,
Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine
enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou
shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome
evil with good.”
There is nothing wrong with wanting justice for wrongs done to you. However
the problem is human beings tend to be vengeful. When the Bible says that
vengeance is Christ’s, it is not saying that governments should not punish evil
doers. One of the purposes of government should be to properly punish the evil
doers. But individuals, especially Christians should not take vengeance into
their own hands. There are many many reasons for this.
First of all as a Christian we should remember that we are just
sinners and God has been patient and merciful and forgiving to us therefore we
should be too to those who do evil unto us. Some times the best opportunities
to show the love of Christ are in times when you have enemies who hate you and
who do you evil.
It is the philosophy of the world and of
Even if the law fails to properly
grant you justice you should remember that everyone must die one day and stand
before Jesus Christ at the judgment. On the day of judgment
true and perfect justice will be meted out to everyone.
Psalms 94:2-4, “Lift up thyself, thou judge
of the earth: render a reward to the proud. LORD, how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they utter and
speak hard things? and all the workers of
iniquity boast themselves?”
God hates pride. Proverbs 6:16-19, “These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are
an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift
in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
soweth discord among brethren.”
Of the things listed here that God hates the first mentioned is pride.
The devil fell because of pride. Those who have pride are like the devil.
Pride can be one of the hardest sins to cleanse out of a persons life.
It takes humility to follow Jesus and to do His will. And humans can become
prideful about almost anything. People become prideful about their own
accomplishments. People become prideful about the abilities God has given them.
People can be prideful about their age, about their looks. People can become
prideful about the material possessions they own. People can even become
prideful about the sins they have committed.
In talking about pride these verses in Psalms use the word, “hard things.” This means arrogance and resistance and
stubbornness to God. A person who is unrepentant of their sins to Jesus is
prideful. A person who opposes God is a prideful person.
Pride is such a terrible sin because it can be such a terrible
influence on other people. A prideful person is unthankful to God for the many
wonderful and graceful things that He has done. A prideful person thinks they
do not need Jesus or His grace. The only solution to pride is for a person to
realize how terrible of a sinner they are and to turn to Jesus for forgiveness
of their sins.
Psalms 94:5-11 says, “They break in pieces
thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. They slay the widow and the
stranger, and murder the fatherless. Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be
wise? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he
that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall
not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall
not he know? The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are
vanity.”
People do not break the law when they think there going to get caught
but if they think they can get away with it they often do. The same is true
about sinning against God. I’ve never heard of anyone who admits well I know
God is going to judge me for my sins but I’m going to do it anyway. It could
happen but the truth is most people tell themselves some sort of lie like for
example that God doesn’t really exist or they willing choose to be ignorant of
what God’s Word teaches or they find themselves a purposely altered translation
of the bible, or they find some other false religious teaching to justify their
sinful actions.
But lies are just that lies. Lying to yourself
does not change the truth. I John
These verses in Psalms use a very rational argument to prove that God
sees all our sins, “He that planted the ear, shall He
not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see? God is the one who
invented, who created the eye and the ear. Of course God hears what we say and
sees what we do. Proverbs
Psalms 94:12 says,
“Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out
of thy law.” God’s law teaches us the difference between right and wrong
but it also does much more than that. It also teaches us the consequences for
doing sinful actions and the rewards for doing what is right.
The
word chastise means to punish but it also means to
instruct. Human beings are very sinful. Therefore sometimes we only learn to
repent and change our ways after God punishes us and we suffer the consequences
for our sins.
Proverbs
9:8-9 says, “Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:
rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give instruction to a wise man,
and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in
learning.”
Most people do not handle correction or rebuke very well. When someone
is doing something wrong if you point it out to them they will often get angry.
But sometimes once they begin to suffer the consequences of their actions they
will repent. It does take a certain humility to face
the shame of your sins and to admit when you have done wrong. This is why God
is very gentle, patient, and merciful with us. He understands how prideful and
sinful we are and He understands how shameful sin is.
Concerning the law of God the most important truth you can learn is
that you are a sinner in need of a Savior. We have all broken God’s law. For
all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. A wise person will heed
God’s warning about the eternal judgment for sin in the lake of fire and will
repent of their sins to Jesus. If you have never trusted in Jesus then you can
do so today. Whosoever will may come. God loves
everyone. And Jesus shed His blood for the whole word. Simply pray to Jesus
right now and you shall be saved.
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