Posted on 12/15/2019 6:19:52 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?” (Proverbs 15:11).
“Hell and destruction are before the LORD,” being one and the same, it is a soul being destroyed forever. When you see the word “and” in a construction like this, it can mean some additional information, generally it implies more details about the same subject. In other words, “the man was tall and thin.” It is giving two different descriptions concerning the same man. The place of torment and the place of the final end of the sinner is hell and it is destruction. The soul is destroyed forever.
In the New Testament, where the Greek word for “and” is “kai,” also means “even.” Both words mean the same thing. Sometimes you’ll run across the expression, “God and Jesus Christ.” All it is saying is, “God even Jesus Christ.” They are both the same. It is just additional information about the same subject.
“Hell and destruction are before the LORD,” again, here is the omnipresence of the Lord.
If hell and destruction are before the Lord, “. . . how much more then the hearts of the children of men?” This is a passage that ought to be shown to every lost man, that God knows his heart as well as God knows who are in hell being destroyed.
“For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil” (Ecclesiastes 12:14).
This is a verse to be given to a sinner that is unconcerned about or doesn’t think that salvation is a thing that he needs right now. You want to let him know that God knows everything that he is doing. The Bible says that men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil. The reason that men don’t want to get saved is because they are doing something wrong. The best thing is to let them know that God knows it, and that God sees it, and that they will be held accountable for it.
“To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with God” (Romans 2:7-11). “But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds” (Romans 2:5-6).
An impenitent heart is a heart that refuses to repent. The thing we need to see here is that God knows everything about us, and if it isn’t forgiven, or taken care of in this life, you will reap it in the next life. “In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel” (Romans 2:16).
Let’s read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let’s keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread!
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