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“First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see

clearly to remove the speck from your brothers eye.“

If we read the Book of Psalm 10:1-18, we coming for them. So, if anything, we need to
will see clearly how it appears that the really pray for those who oppress us because
wicked in this world always succeed. their judgement will be extremely severe.
They become extremely arrogant and they
gloat over their desires, while boasting of My excuse before I gave my heart to Jesus
abusing God. They make foolish jokes Christ was that if so-and-so is a Christian,
about “Where is this God that you are then I will go to heaven before Him, because
always talking about?” They say to their he does not even feed his family, he does not
friends, “Let us go and eat, and drink and honour his wife, and he does not pay his staff
be merry because tomorrow we die.” They a decent days pay for a decent days work, but
have no respect for God and of course it was only after I gave my life to the Lord, that
they do not believe in eternal life. I realised that on the day of judgement, the
man that I thought was a Christian because he
We need to pray for these people very sincerely, said so, was not even to be found in Heaven,
because The Bible tells us that every knee will because the Lord does not know him. We
bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus need to be more concerned about our own
Christ is Lord. (Romans 14:11). The righteous salvation, our lifestyle and the way in which
and unrighteous will be judged accordingly. we manage our own lives, rather than to be
Psalm 10 goes on to say that the wicked man’s concerned about the evil whom the Lord
mouth is filled with curses, deceit and with will judge accordingly. He has promised us
cunning plans. His thoughts are harm and evil. that very clearly in Psalm 10. Jesus says in
He is continually working out how he’s going Matthew 7:5 (NKJV), “Hypocrite! First remove
to take advantage of the innocent, the poor, the plank from your own eye, and then you
the widow and the orphan. He literally prowls will see clearly to remove the speck from your
around like a lion, waiting to take advantage of brother’s eye.”
the poor. He catches the needy and pulls the
net tight. We need to understand that no one on this
earth will get away scot free for actions of
How often do we see this happening today greed, hatred, violence, or selfishness. Every
and many people say, “Lord, where is Your single man will have to give an account for his
justice?” Never forget that every single one of life on earth.
us, will be judged accordingly on the day of
judgement. I don’t know how many agnostics So, may God bless you, as you take into
and those who have turned their backs on God consideration your own life before you are
come and say to me, “This God of yours, you concerned about the supposed success of the
say is a ‘God of justice.’ How can people like evildoer. He will be judged by a very just and
(and they use the names of the tyrants) of this gracious God.
world go free and just do what they please?”
Well the answer to that question is, they will God bless
not go free and ultimately, they will not do as Angus Buchan
they please, because the day of judgement is