{"id":867,"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/?p=867"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T16:56:16","slug":"october-15-the-righteous-vs-the-ungodly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/october-15-the-righteous-vs-the-ungodly\/","title":{"rendered":"October 15 &#8211; \u201cTHE RIGHTEOUS Vs THE UNGODLY\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe <strong>ungodly are not so<\/strong>: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&nbsp;Psalms 1:4<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Refuse of the Ungodly:<\/strong> Here begins the description of the void and wasted lives of the ungodly (Dead of this world). They have no time for God, consumed with self and this world. Heeding none of the Word of God. If any spiritual insight: just a mere outward show of Easter and Christmas observance; with no repentance or change of heart. Becoming hardened in sin and self so much as the Word of God has no effect upon their stoney hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Just the opposite of the righteous in character and position. The righteous are as fruitful trees whereas the ungodly follow the path of sin and self, becoming hardened scorners (scoffers) of the righteous. Just as it has been from the beginning, even so it is today. Considering Issac born after the Spirit, then persecuted by the one born (Ishmael) after the flesh (bondwoman). <em>(\u201cBut as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.\u201d Gal. 4:29)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;The ungodly follow the path and way of sinners: heeding words of self-pride (I can pull myself up by my own boot straps)(look at me and all I have done)(I\u2019m a valuable person)(do as I do); heeding this world\u2019s wisdom (get all you can while you can)(do to others before they do it to you)(keep chasing that career, besides more money)etc.; heeding the whispering and destructive temptations of the devil (god of this world) (you don\u2019t need that old outdated religion)(you\u2019re ok)(wicked)<em>(II Cor. 4:4).<\/em> Blinding them to the glorious and shining light of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Only to become as the useless dirt (chaff) swept up and driven away, with no worth. Then in the time of the Lord\u2019s return, the Lord shall thoroughly clean this old world out. Whose fan is in His hand and will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. <em>(\u201cWhose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into <strong>his<\/strong> garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.\u201d Luke 3:17)<\/em> This is the path and the end of the ungodly. Fear God. <em>(\u201cAnd fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.\u201d Matt. 10:28)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Yet there is hope in God, if they would see their awful sin, repent, and look to the Lamb of God Jesus Christ which taketh away the sin of the world. Trusting only in His merit and righteousness. Yes! Amen. <em>(\u201c\u2026if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.\u201d II Tim. 2:25-26) (Also: John 1:29; John 6:47)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.\u201d &nbsp;Psalms 1:4 The Refuse of the Ungodly: Here begins the description of the void and wasted lives of the ungodly (Dead of this world). They have no time for God, consumed with self and this world. Heeding none of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}