Mockers in White


One who listens to life-giving rebukes will be at home among the wise. Anyone who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever listens to correction acquires good sense.
Proverbs 15:31‭-‬32 HCSB

This chapter of Proverbs has a lot to say about wisdom and foolishness, in fact the whole of Proverbs does. It talks about the foolish and the mockers despising wisdom.

Mockers represent spirits of evil to me. Their nature is: they are obnoxiously obstinate in their folly and not willing to change. THEY treat righteousness with ridicule and contempt. THEY are proud and a source of contlict. Because they are not open to correction they are unable to learn and are therefore condemned. Along with being obstinately immoral, they perhaps add a smug overconfidence that increases their pigheadedness. Because they delight in evil conduct, they are dangerous to be around.

II a world where we accept abnormal behaviour as radical or rebelliously indifferent, we do not see in the spirit. If we did we would see these people as puppets controlled by demons. I am not talking about the ungodly either, but so called Christians.

Sin festers in darkness. If we isolate ourselves and feed our souls on a diet of worldly ways we become corrupt. We are living twi lives: in one we behave like Christians, read our bibles, pray but when, having given God a very small part of our day we go back to the diet of corruption. What sort of life is that?

We, the Christian, have been bought with a great price. We are not our own, we definitely do not belong to evil spirits. The trumpet is to the mouth and it calls us to stand up, join up and be counted. When soldiers enlist in the army they are expected to be faithful to their country, if not they are imprisoned, at one time shot.

Unfaithful Christians will find themselves imprisoned, by their lusts and taken out of action. They are incredulous at the thought of not hearing: " Well done! Why? Because deception makes them heroes who suffer.

We are called to fight the good fight. Faith is an active position not a burying position. We are given weapons of warefare, to fight, not to polish and hang in the house.

Get up! Walk in the spirit and you will not satisfy the lusts of the flesh! Amen!

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