The Wages Of Wickedness

TEXT: Psalms 7:14-16 (NLT)

"The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.They dig a deep pit to trap others, then fall into it themselves.The trouble they make for others backfires on them. The violence they plan falls on their own heads."

PREVALENCE OF WICKEDNESS

"...God is angry with the wicked every day" (Psalms 7:11b). The prevalence of wickedness and evil is evident everywhere on planet. The forces of the powers of darkness and spiritual wickedness in high places are on overdrive. They relentless pursue to steal, kill and destroy. God declared in Genesis 6:5, "...that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Mothing has changed. It is getting worse. The Lord shall give his angels charge over you and your family in Jesus name.

WHO ARE THE WICKED?

God is angry with the wicked everyday. There is no peace for the wicked (Isa 48:22). Who the wicked in God's sight? All who live in sin and are unreconciled to God, unrepentant evil doers are all in the category of the wicked. They conceive evil, carry trouble on their heads and spun web of lies. In Gen 13:13, God declared the men of Sodom and Gomorrah as wicked because of their gross immorality. Are you in the class of the wicked? Repent today.

THE WAGES OF WICKEDNESS

Divine punishment awaits the wicked both now and in eternity. "If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. He will prepare his deadly weapons and shoot his flaming arrows" (Ps 7:12-13). The peace of the wicked is taken away by God. They face the anger of God every day. They run when nobody pursues them. They fall into their own trap, the mischief they conceive backfires on their own heads. Ultimately, the wages of wickedness is hellfire. "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God" (Ps 9:17).

"The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy (Ps 145:20). The Lord shall preserve you. He will deliver you from the hand of the wicked. Every evil device or scheme against you or your family will backfire in Jesus name.

PRAYER:

Lord, search my heart if there be any wickedness therein. Deliver me, purge my heart from evil thoughts in Jesus name.

CONFESSION:

I will not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, I will not stand in ways of sinners, I will not sit in the seat of the scornful.

God bless you. Shalom.