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1 | What mocking God? | Gal 6:7 | the_Kings_child | 151253 | ||
I understand what in Psalms 74 where the enemies were mocking God. What does it mean in the New Testiment where it says that God will not be mocked when it is talking about Christians mocking God? | ||||||
2 | What mocking God? | Gal 6:7 | terrib | 151254 | ||
Greetings The Kings Child, Scriptures are from the English Standard Version so they may be better understood. Commentaries are from Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible. (com) (Galatians 6:3 ESV) For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. (com) "Those who suppose themselves to excel all others in piety, understanding, etc., while they are harsh, censorious, and overbearing, prove that they have not the charity that thinketh no evil; and in the sight of God are only as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. There are no people more censorious or uncharitable than those among some religious people who pretend to more light and a deeper communion with God. They are generally carried away with a sort of sublime, high sounding phraseology, which seems to argue a wonderfully deep acquaintance with Divine things; stripped of this, many of them are like Samson without his hair." (Galatians 6:4 ESV) But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. (com) "Let him examine himself and his conduct by the words and example of Christ; and if he find that they bear this touchstone, then he shall have rejoicing in himself alone, feeling that he resembles his Lord and Master, and not in another - not derive his consolation from comparing himself with another who may be weaker, or less instructed than himself. The only rule for a Christian is the word of Christ; the only pattern for his imitation is the example of Christ. He should not compare himself with others; they are not his standard. Christ hath left us an example that we should follow his steps." (Galatians 6:5 ESV) For each will have to bear his own load. (com) "All must answer for themselves, not for their neighbors. And every man must expect to be dealt with by the Divine Judge, as his character and conduct have been. The greater offenses of another will not excuse thy smaller crimes. Every man must give account of himself to God." (Galatians 6:6 ESV) One who is taught the word must share all good things with the one who teaches. (com) "He who receives instructions in Christianity by the public preaching of the word; ... Contribute to the support of the man who has dedicated himself to the work of the ministry, and who gives up his time and his life to preach the Gospel. It appears that some of the believers in Galatia could receive the Christian ministry without contributing to its support. This is both ungrateful and base. We do not expect that a common schoolmaster will give up his time to teach our children their alphabet without being paid for it; and can we suppose that it is just for any person to sit under the preaching of the Gospel in order to grow wise unto salvation by it, and not contribute to the support of the spiritual teacher? It is unjust." (Galatians 6:7 ESV) Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. (com) "Be not deceived - Neither deceive yourselves, nor permit yourselves to be deceived by others. He seems to refer to the Judaizing teachers. God is not mocked - Ye cannot deceive him, and he will not permit you to mock him with pretended instead of real services. Whatsoever a man soweth - Whatsoever kind of grain a man sows in his field, of that shall he reap; for no other species of grain can proceed from that which is sown. Darnel will not produce wheat, nor wheat, darnel." (darnel is a species or kind of rye-grass) Hope this helps, terrib |
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