Evil Man…Does Not Know God

Job 18:19-21 – He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived. People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror. Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”

Jeremiah 22:30 – This is what the Lord says: “Record this man as if childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah.”

Isaiah 52:14-15 – Just as there were many who were appalled at him—his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness—so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-6 – It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before.

Hosea 4:1-2,5-6 – Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed…You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother—my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

Application:

• ·         “As if childless” was not in the sense of Jehoiachin’s having no children at all, but of having none to sit on the throne of David in Judah.
• ·         “Appalled at Him” when they saw Christ’s suffering on the cross.
• ·         Having no intimate knowledge of God is synonymous with being wicked.
• ·         The Christian is to be different (from the pagans).
• ·         “Faithfulness” was loyalty to the covenant and right dealing with others.
• ·         Where God is not acknowledged, moral uprightness disappears.
• ·         “Destroyed from lack of knowledge” was partly because the priests had failed to teach God’s word to the people.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV