Psalms 31:6
Psalms 31:6, I have
hated them that regard lying vanities: But I trust in the LORD. The
word hate can also be translated enemy.
Those that oppose the truth of the Word of God are the enemies of Jesus and His
children. The phrase lying vanities means
wickedness of words or those who do and teach lies; teach things that are
contrary to the truth of Gods Word.
Concerning the enemies of the Christian, Jesus
said in Matthew 5:44, But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you. Jesus also said in Luke
6:35-36, But love ye your enemies, and do
good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and
ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and
to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
We live in the last days. There is a falling away.
One way in which there is a falling away is through the failure of Christians
to stay separated from the world, from their enemies, and from those that
regard lying vanities. When Psalms speaks of hating those that oppose the
truth, it is not teaching to persecute the lost people of the world but it is
teaching the principle of separation from the world. Your enemies are going to
persecute you. But you should not persecute them. You should separate from them
as much as possible.
Philippians 3:18-20 says, (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell
you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end
is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame,
who mind earthly things. For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we
look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:)
The reason to separate from your
enemies is because they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. Jesus Christ
died on the cross of Calvary for your sins. If you have repented and trusted in
Him, then you have obtained the righteousness which is of faith and an eternal
life that includes all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. You should not
compromise on the truth of the Word of God just to try to get those who are
your enemies to treat you nicely.
Salvation is by faith in Christ, and
following Christ in this life is by faith. Psalms 31:6 says, I
have hated them that regard lying vanities: But I trust in the LORD.
Those that are the enemies of the truth will do everything they can to influence
you to not trust in the lord. I hate those that regard lying vanities because I
trust in the LORD. My enemies have the
goal of trying to get me to not trust in Gods promises. Therefore, I separate
from them and I keep the word of God in my heart and in my mind.
We live in the last days. There is a falling away.
One reason for the falling away from the truth is because of the failure of
Christians to stay in unity with one another and to separate from those that
regard lying vanities. Second John 1: 5-6 says, And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new
commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love
one another. And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the
commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
One of the greatest lies of the devil
which has deceived the church here in the last days is regarding the teaching
of love. Unity is not love. Love is that we walk after his commandments. Unity
comes through walking after his commandments.
This is one great characteristic of the false religious system of the
anti-christ: a unity through the compromising of the truth, and a unity of the
worlds religions including a false Christianity. This unity will be a unity
not based on the truth of Gods Word but based on the regarding of lying
vanities. Even the Pope who heads one of the largest Christian organizations,
Catholicism, has taken part in this unity by attempting to support the idea of
unity with false religions such as Islam and other religions. This is an
example of a false prophet and of a falling away from the truth. There can only
be unity through the belief in the truth which begins by repentance of sin to
Jesus Christ of Nazareth who died on the cross for the sins of the world and
rose from the grave. You cannot have unity with those who deny Jesus Christ as
Savior; not if you are a Christian. There is only one God: Jesus Christ. Acts
4:12 says, Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other
name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Any
religion or religious teaching that denies that Jesus is the Christ and the
only mediator between God and man is a false religion and a false teaching. It
is Jesus who died on the cross for the sins of the world. It is Jesus who rose
from the grave. It is Jesus who saves men from their sins and gives eternal
life.
Psalms 31:6, I have
hated them that regard lying vanities: But I trust in the LORD. Trust
in Jesus. Separate from those who regard lying vanities. Psalms 31:7 says, I
will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble;
thou hast known my soul in adversities; And hast not shut me up into the hand
of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
How wonderful is the righteousness of Christ. And
how wonderful is the mercy of God. Because of Gods mercy man can through
Christ have the eyes of his understanding opened. All men without Christ are
blind spiritually and in their minds can only regard lying vanities. It is
because of the mercy of Christ that we are able to understand the truth of the
gospel and the spiritual blessings of eternity that are a part of the promises
of God to those that repent of their sins to Jesus of Nazareth. How much mercy
indeed has been given to those of us who have heard and received in our hearts
the word of truth.
Trouble and adversities come to those who trust in
Jesus. The words trouble and adversities can be translated misery and tribulation.
This means persecution. Some men never repent of their sins and trust in Jesus
simply out of fear of the persecution that might come to them. This is the
reason the spiritual forces of evil persecute against the truth and dominate
the governmental powers of this world; to prevent men from repenting of their
sins and trusting in Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:12 says, Yea,
and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
If your faith in Christ and His
promises has grown enough, then you will come to understand that the mercy of
God through Christ for His children is always there even in times of
persecution in which misery and tribulation are severe. This is why the Apostle
Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:7-11, But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are
troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always
bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of
Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always
delivered unto death for Jesus sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made
manifest in our mortal flesh.
I will be glad and rejoice in the
mercy of God through Christ who died for me. I have forgiveness of my sins and
eternal life in heaven. I have all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in
Christ. I have an inheritance incorruptible which fadeth not away because of
the mercy of God. These are the things to think about in times of persecution.
How wonderful and endless is the mercy of God through Christ to his children
because of the righteousness of Christ which is given unto them by grace
through faith and not of works.
Psalms 31:7-8 says, I
will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble;
thou hast known my soul in adversities; And hast not shut me up into the hand
of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Sometimes we are delivered from the physical
circumstances that the enemies of the cross of Christ would put us in and
sometimes we are not. A Christian should always be ready and willing to die for
the name of Christ. Spiritually we have overcome the forces of evil and evil men.
Once saved always saved. How great is the mercy of God because he, hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in
adversities. Christ understands our sufferings and persecutions that we
are facing as Christians. He is here to guide us and give us the grace to
endure. The grace of Christ has no limits for the Christian. The trouble and
the adversities that the Christian faces will accomplish things for the glory
of Christ and the spread of the gospel. Philippians 3:7-10 says, yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the
excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered
the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And
be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but
that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteous which is of God by
faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the
fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.
If you love the truth, then
you will hate those that regard lying vanities. You will separate from them and
you will stay faithful to the Word of God. The love of the truth begins by
repentance of sin and trusting in Jesus Christ of Nazareth as Savior.
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