Why are the "Scared", Sacred?

 The wicked are afraid of everything, but those who “live right” are as brave as a lion.

(Proverbs 28:1)

 

Why are the “Scared”, Scared?

 

Our Daily Nugget says, the “wicked” are afraid of everything!

Being wicked is mental, spiritual activity, not physical activity!

 

God has gone to great lengths in the Bible to show us the destiny of the wicked, that we might take heed and chose not to be wicked.  We can be wicked and not know or think that we are wicked.

 

An exert from Learn Religions.

 

The word “wicked” or “wickedness” appears throughout the Bible, but what does it mean?  And why, many people ask, why does God allow wickedness?  The International Bible Encyclopedia gives this definition of wicked according to the Bible: The state of being wicked; a “mental” (spiritual) disregard for justice, righteousness, truth, honor, virtue; evil in thought and life; depravity, sinfulness; criminality.

 

Although the word wickedness appears 119 times in the 1611 King James Bible.  “It is a term rarely heard today”, and appears only 61 times in the English Standard Version published in 2001.  The ESV simply makes use of synonyms in several places.

 

The use of “wicked” to describe fairy tale witches has “devalued its seriousness”, but in the Bible, the term was a “scathing accusation”.  In fact, being wicked sometimes brought God’s curse upon people.

 

In the Bible wickedness is associated with worshipping pagan gods, sexual immorality, oppressing the poor, and cruelty in warfare.  Even though Scripture teaches that every person is a sinner, “few today define themselves as wicked”.

 

Wickedness, or its modern equivalent, evil, tends to be associated with mass murderers; serial rapists, child molesters, and drug dealers - in comparison many believe they are “virtuous”.

 

Jesus says different!

End of exert!

 

There is “no peace” for the wicked, saith The Lord.

Would you say that you have “peace” in your life or not?

Wicked is what “wicked does”, not what we “think” wicked is.

It is critical that we “see” ourselves the way God “see” us.

If God see us as wicked, we are wicked, no matter how we see ourselves.

Prayerfully, studying The Bible will improve our ability to see ourselves correctly! 

 

If someone where to ask you, are you wicked; 

what would your answer be based on the definition stated above?

 

When we chose to be wicked, 

we will not hear nor obey the Holy Spirit.  For we have filled our minds (hearts)

with the things that lead to death.

 

There are many things that the Bible talk a lot about that we talk very little or not at all about.  How many conversations have you had with other Christians about Living Holy, the importance of letting the Word guide our outlook on life, about living righteously, or about living wickedly, according to the Bible?

 

If we draw near to God, He will draw near to us;

He brings with Him, the “Abundant Life”, filled with Joy and Gladness;

Ask God to Bless You to Draw Near to Him All Day, and

 Watch What Happens!