Still on point with our theme of having a worldly mindset and our looking into the evils of perilous effects of such thinking's. Listen with all care of spirit, dependent on the Spirit of GOD within you, to what is stated with our passages as not all is as the false religions of this evil age proclaim them.
To begin I want to look at what Daniel Webster has to say about this words meaning, before turning to Matthew 13, as taken from his 1828 dictionary; perilous: "a. Dangerous; hazardous; full of risk; as a perilous undertaking; a perilous situation. 1. Vulgarly used for very, like mighty; as perilous shrewd. 2. Smart; witty; as a perilous [parlous boy.]"
The evils Effect of Perilous,
Destroys the Influence of the Truth,
Matthew 13:22 of 18-23 (Jesus is speaking) "'Hear then the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.'"
Deludes Men into a State of False Security,
Matthew 24:38-39 of 36-41, 42-44 (Jesus is speaking) "'But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your LORD is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect HIM.'"
Makes Earthy Affections Supreme,
1Corithians 7:32-33 of 32-35; the counter part is in 2Corithians 11:2 of 1-11 "I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the LORD, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the LORD."
2Corithians 11:2 of 1-8, 10-11 "I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. For I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles. Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge (light); indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things. Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached GOD's gospel to you free of charge?..... As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia. And why? Because I do not love you? GOD knows I do!"
Molds the Activities and Plans of a failed life,
Ephesians 2:2-3 of 1-10 "And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But GOD, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which HE loves us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace (in) you, you have been saved— and raised us up with Him (Him being GOD) and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages HE might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us (Who are) in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works (of obedience to the Mosaic Law), so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship (Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7) (and religion perpetuates the knowledge of the tree of forbidden fruit of Genesis 2:15-17 and the resistance of GODS revelation as spoken in 3:15 as the heel, as it has nothing to do with what follows), created in Christ Jesus for good works (of faith by grace), which GOD prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
Leads to Religious Apostasy,
2Timothy 4:10 of 9-15; James 5:5 of 1-6 "Do your best to come to me soon. For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books (my letters), and above all the parchments (epistles). Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the LORD will repay him according to his deeds. Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message."
James 5:5-6a of 1-6 "Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. But Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the LORD of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you."
Our next subject is titled "sinful imitation of worldly people held in customs condemned," which we will look into next the LORD willing.
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