I tend to lean into the promises of life and grace and kindness as I read the scriptures, and there exists plenty to lean into. However, I ignore the warnings to my detriment.

David speaks of the conspiracy of the wicked, of evildoers who sharpen their tongues like swords and ambush the innocent…people who plot injustice.

Then David adds this poignant insight: Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

Does this passage remind anyone else of the Russian president?

The author of Hebrews also issues a stark warning: If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, only a fearful expectation of judgement and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

The Russian leader certainly knows and talks his religion. But he ignores the words of Jesus.

As these words from scripture remind us, judgement belongs to the Lord. These passages also point out that the Lord judges either in this life, or the next, and most often both. So it’s wise to remember this final, terrible line of scripture:

It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Don’t ignore the warnings.

Psalm 64 and Hebrews 10 in reading the Bible cover to cover in 2022

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