Proclamation:
“Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into
their own trap, but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.” Proverbs 28:10 (NIV)
Explanation:
These words
were written by King Solomon under the influence of The Holy Spirit of
God. In this verse, Solomon states that
those who intentionally deceive the righteous and lead them into immoralities
and sin will have the mischief which he had planned for others fall upon him. The Lord God will preserve the righteous and
they shall receive many good things as they are joint heirs with Christ.
Application:
Those who
knowingly cause others to sin will be punished by The Lord God for causing one
of His people to fall into sin. It is
bad enough for us to knowingly sin, but it is even worse when we entice others
to engage in sin with us. The wicked,
and the backsliding righteous, will be punished for leading others into sinful
behavior. Remember that righteous King
David, a man after God’s own heart, (Acts 13:22) gave into his lustful sins of
the flesh and encouraged Bathsheba to engage in adulterous fornication with him
and he was punished by The Lord God. (1 Samuel 11:2-27) If He punished David for doing it, we can be
sure that He will also punish us.
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