7/12/2023 0 Comments Scorn meaningWe have the weapons we need to keep from “sitting in the seat of the scornful.” We must be sure that we are “destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5). We are all vulnerable to becoming scorners if we do not stay grounded in the Word of God. We are seeing an increase of scorners in our world as established wisdom is now being rejected in favor of emotion and human opinion. He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians” (2 Chronicles 36:15–17). But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy. The scoffers of Judah rejected God’s prophets and ultimately brought judgment on the nation: “The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. Scorners in the Bible include the boys who mocked Elisha in 2 Kings 2:23 Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem in Nehemiah 2:19 and God’s enemies who mocked Ethan in Psalm 89:51. The Bible says we are “blessed” (happy) if we do not follow this progression of becoming more and more comfortable with scorners but instead delight in God’s Law (Psalm 1:2 119:165). The result is that we then “sit in the seat” of those who openly mock truth and godliness. The downward shift continues as we hang around (“stand”) with people who are open and unapologetic about their sin. It begins with simple acquaintance (“walk”) as we start to listen to the opinions of those who do not follow God. The KJV says it this way: “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” In this verse we can see the progression from innocence to foolishness. Psalm 1:1 gives an excellent description of a wise and discerning person-such a person avoids scorners.
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