Proverbs 24:17-18<\/b>\u00a0\u201cDo not gloat\u00a0when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, 18\u00a0or the\u00a0Lord\u00a0will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n
God loves all of us. He does not delight in the perishing of the evil.\u00a0\u00a0In the perishing of evil, yes, but not the perishing of His creation that is doing evil.\u00a0\u00a0(Ezekiel 33:11<\/b>) He desires everyone to be repent and love Him. (2 Peter 3:9<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0To delight in the destruction of those who are rebelling against God actually shows an absence of the love of God because Jesus died for the world.\u00a0\u00a0(John 3:16<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0He said that He came to seek and save the lost.\u00a0\u00a0(Luke 19:10<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0To not love the lost is to dishonor the grace we were saved by.<\/p>\n
We know that the vast majority of the world rejects God and is therefore heading to perdition, but we don\u2019t delight in that.\u00a0\u00a0No, if we have the love of God within we mourn for every soul that perishes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And if we don’t have the love of God within, than we are not His children and we are likewise perishing. (1 John 4:7-12<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Love our enemy!\u00a0\u00a0Pray for them!\u00a0\u00a0Be kind to them, even though they may not deserve kindness.\u00a0\u00a0(Luke 6:27<\/b>) For God is kind to us even though we don\u2019t deserve His love and kindness.\u00a0\u00a0(1 Timothy 1:16<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0That includes even now, as we walk in His grace. (Hebrews 7:25<\/b>) Love our enemy and be kind so that we will be like our God in Heaven who causes to rain on His children and on the unredeemed.\u00a0\u00a0(Matthew 5:43-48<\/b>)<\/p>\n
Let us always remember what Jesus taught and what God has always shown us.\u00a0\u00a0Didn\u2019t Edom suffer for hating its neighbor (Obadiah 1:11-15<\/b>) Let us not be like those who don\u2019t love all of God\u2019s creation, and especially who don\u2019t love our brothers and sisters.\u00a0\u00a0No, we who are called by His name ought to help all that we are able to help and live as the children of our God ought to live.\u00a0\u00a0(Proverbs 3:27-28<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0\u201cHe has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Imitate God, not the world.\u00a0\u00a0Amen!<\/p>\n
Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n
Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/i><\/p>\n
Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Proverbs 24:17-18\u00a0\u201cDo not gloat\u00a0when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, 18\u00a0or the\u00a0Lord\u00a0will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them.\u201d God loves all of us. He does not delight in the perishing of the evil.\u00a0\u00a0In the perishing of evil, yes, but not the perishing of His creation…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[705,104,2548,101,94,1874,2488,90,88,17,2036],"class_list":["post-2491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-ezekiel","tag-hebrews","tag-john-luke","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-obadiah","tag-peter","tag-proverbs","tag-psalm","tag-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions\/2492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}