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If you are doing things for yourself, even though you say it’s for God; if you fail to glorify God in word, deed, and song; and if what you’re doing for Him, you’re doing to be seen, then you have your reward. That’s it. And, if we ascribe our good works to ourselves, we rob God of glory.
By adding the story of Lot fleeing from Sodom, Luke emphasizes the concept of the one leaving the scene being righteous and the one who stays (or even looks back) being wicked. Further, Luke talks about the wicked being "destroyed" rather than being "took". (I don't know what to make of the vultures gathering, however.
The word 'straw,' as in Genesis 24:25, signifies scientific truths, because it is food for camels. In Isaiah 11:6, this signifies the Word in the letter, which is perverted by hellish falsity, but cannot be perverted people who are in truths from good.
As far as humanity is concerned, we know that “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands” and “All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one” (Rom 3:10-12). Here is a look at the context of the word wickedness, first in the Old Testament.
Proverbs 20:26. A wise king — Who seriously minds his duty, and his true interest; scattereth the wicked — Breaks their companies and confederacies, and forces them to flee several ways for their own safety; or drives them from his presence, and from the society of good men, as the chaff is separated from the corn, by the husbandmen, and ...
When the first world became too wicked to continue, God wiped every living creature outside the ark from the face of the earth (Gen 6:7; 7:4). This is a model, Scripture says, for the fiery judgment awaiting the lost at the eschaton (2 Pet 2:5; 3:3-7; Matt 24:38-39).
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Jun 25, 2019 · The word “wicked” or “wickedness” appears throughout the Bible, but what does it mean? And why, many people ask, does God allow wickedness? The International Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) gives this definition of wicked according to the Bible:
