We, the
comrades of Unit 1012, will speak of Proverbs 17 verse 15 of the Bible that shows
that God’s wrath is upon those who want to protect evildoers.
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Alois Hudal (also known as Luigi Hudal; 31 May
1885 – 13 May 1963) was an Austrian titular
bishop in the Roman Catholic church, based in Rome. For
thirty years, he was the head of the Austrian-German congregation of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome and, until
1937, an influential representative of the Austrian Catholic Church.
In his 1937 book, The
Foundations of National Socialism, Hudal praised Adolf Hitler and his
policies and indirectly attacked Vatican policies. After World War II, Hudal
helped establish the ratlines, which allowed prominent Nazi
German and other European former Axis officers and political leaders,
among them accused war criminals, to escape Allied trials and denazification.
He who justifies the
wicked, and he who condemns the just,
Both of them alike are
an abomination to the Lord.
- Proverbs 17:15 NKJV
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He who justifies the
wicked, and he who condemns the just,
Both of them alike are
an abomination to the Lord.
- Proverbs 17:15 NKJV
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INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/commentaries/17_15.php
Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that
condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
The world has created the Age of
Compromise. Human society has made every effort to get rid of all absolutes.
Wicked men are excused and exonerated, and even protected; just men are
criticized and condemned. But the LORD Jehovah hates both kinds of compromisers
– those who justify the wicked, and those who condemn the just.
The living and true God of heaven has absolutes, and He expects men to abide by them and enforce them. When He commanded judges to be appointed in Israel, He ordered, “If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked” (Deut 25:1).
The Bible is a collection of God’s absolutes, though it does require proper interpretation and application of those absolutes (II Chron 19:10; Neh 8:8; II Tim 2:15). Jesus declared that violating even the Bible’s least commandment was unacceptable (Matt 5:19). Breaking one commandment is tantamount to breaking them all in God’s sight (Jas 2:10).
God makes differences. Ask those that did not believe or obey Noah. Ask Sodom’s city council about their LGBT population. Ask Pharaoh or his army what happened to Egypt for disrespecting God’s prophet. Ask the Canaanites about God’s opinion of their creative sexual practices. These examples could be multiplied indefinitely. But you cannot ask these many millions, because God annihilated them. He had condemned the wicked.
God cares about details. Ask Cain about his sacrifice to the LORD at the right time and place. Ask Moses about his fit of anger when he smote a rock instead of speaking to it. Ask Nadab and Abihu about their strange fire. Ask David about moving the ark on a new ox cart. Ask Ananias and Sapphira about fudging their giving. Ask Corinth about having a little fun at the Lord’s Supper. Ask Peter about compromise with Jews at Antioch.
In matters of judgment and relationships, the wicked are to be despised and rejected, and the righteous are to be loved and received. David hated the wicked like God does (Ps 5:5; 11:5; 139:21-22). And David loved the righteous like God does (Ps 119:163; 146:8). The animosity and conflict between the righteous and wicked will never end (Pr 29:10).
Judgment is vindication of good and condemnation of evil. It takes place in courts, of course. But it also takes place in the home, where children’s conduct is judged. And it takes place in the workplace, in churches, in schools, and even among friends. In these and other situations, just men are to be honored, and wicked men are to be condemned.
America’s legal system is no longer the paragon of justice it was. From low to high courts, the wicked are excused and the just punished. Judges are chosen and approved, not for their perfect integrity but for political ties. For example, abortion was legalized to justify cruel and wicked women and to condemn their innocent unborn children to death. The profane murderers are given so-called rights, the murdered innocent are given none.
Criminals now have more rights than do victims. Employers have fewer rights than do employees. Landlords must submit to renters; husbands must bow to wives; and magistrates must jump through hoops before prosecuting obvious criminals. Lawsuits are filed and upheld for the most inane reasons, brought by the most insane consumers. Sodomites are protected, but authoritative husbands are despised and undermined.
Murderers pleading insanity are excused for taking a life. How absurd! If a man commits murder by reason of insanity, he has an aggravated reason to die – he is not only a murderer, he is an insane murderer. Why not keep and protect rabid dogs, for that would be comparable, except that the rabid dogs never murdered anyone? Get real, world!
But you must look much closer to home than the legal system in your nation. For it is in the churches where much of the compromise is taking place, just as Paul prophesied and warned to Timothy (II Tim 3:1 – 4:4). False doctrine and teachers must be named and condemned; true doctrine and faithful teachers must be defended and honored.
Many say, “Let’s agree to disagree.” But the fact is that God does not have such a loose and compromising approach to truth. Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and every moral issue has one right and many wrong positions. David said, “Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way” (Ps 119:128).
Eli rebuked his sons, but did not condemn them; he lost everything for his compromise. Corinth was puffed up about fornication in their church, instead of mourning and judging the wicked man. But the sweet psalmist of Israel on his deathbed told Solomon to kill his nephew and long-term chief of staff, Joab. And John the Baptist let King Herod have it.
Many say, “Judge not, that ye be not judged” (Matt 7:1), missing the Lord’s command, in context, to judge some men as dogs and swine, unworthy of truth (Matt 7:6), and to judge righteous judgment (John 7:24). They value peace over truth, though God puts truth over peace (Am 3:3; I Tim 6:3-5). They have rebelled against Bible judgment (Ro 16:17-18).
Carnal Christians of today fulfill the abominable sins of this proverb. Paul described the rise of an effeminate brand of Christianity that would despise those that are good and flatter lustful and sinful women (II Tim 3:1-7). They would have a form of godliness – a religious ritual – but they would have no authority or judgment in their gospel or lifestyle. They would love pleasures more than God, and it would show by coddling of sinners.
The political and religious situation today is the same as in first century Palestine. The conservative religious leaders and the political appointee of the greatest nation on earth cooperated to justify the seditious murderer Barabbas and condemn the innocent and just Jesus of Nazareth. Live and speak like Jesus Christ today, and they will crucify you as well, while they excuse evildoers in court and promote them via the entertainment media.
You cannot be neutral, for neutrality is rejection of the Bible and rebellion against God, for He and the Bible are not neutral. Folly and wickedness are condemned, and wisdom and righteousness are exalted. Sinners are to be despised, and good men are to be honored (Ps 15:4; 31:6; 101:3-8). Reject this effeminate generation and its compromise. Take a stand and earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 1:3).
Reject the seeker-sensitive and emerging churches of today, for they are a reason for this proverb in this generation. They have watered down Biblical standards to where most anything is allowed and tolerated, or even defended and protected. Pulpits are used for a mushy concept of love and peace rather than God’s truth of holiness and judgment.
The day is coming in which all judgment will be according to truth in the most absolute sense. The books will be opened, and there will be no mistrials, plea-bargaining, hung juries, pardons, or acquittals. The righteous will be given eternal life in heaven, and the wicked will be cast into hell forever (Matt 13:41-43; John 5:28-29; Rev 20:11-15).
How will any be judged righteous, since all are sinners (Rom 3:23)? How can the Bible say God justifies the ungodly (Rom 4:5)? By Jesus Christ (Rom 3:26)! Jesus obeyed for the elect (Rom 5:19) and died in their place (Rom 4:25). It is the punishment God poured out on Jesus Christ that most clearly shows His condemnation of sinners (Is 53:5-11).
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He who justifies the
wicked, and he who condemns the just,
Both of them alike are
an abomination to the Lord.
- Proverbs 17:15 NKJV
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This shows what an offence it is to God,
1. When those that are entrusted with the administration of public justice,
judges, juries, witnesses, prosecutors, counsel, do either acquit the guilty or
condemn those that are not guilty, or in the least contribute to either; this
defeats the end of government, which is to protect the good and punish the bad,
Romans 13:3, Romans 13:4. It is equally provoking to God to justify the
wicked, though it be in pity and in favorem vitae - to safe life,
as to condemn the just. 2. When any private persons plead for sin and
sinners, palliate and excuse wickedness, or argue against virtue and piety, and
so pervert the right ways of the Lord and confound the eternal
distinctions between good and evil.
INTERNET
SOURCE: https://www.studylight.org/commentary/proverbs/17-15.html
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He who justifies the
wicked, and he who condemns the just,
Both of them alike are
an abomination to the Lord.
- Proverbs 17:15 NKJV
[PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.imgrum.net/media/1288907987667111536_795274632]
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