Psalm 7:14-16 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil;
he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out;
he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
16His trouble recoils on himself,
and his violence falls on his own head.”

The Picture

The picture the Lord is giving me of this today has to do with a marriage relationship, which could have to do with a marriage to Christ and/or to spouse, but for which the final contract has not been signed, i.e. the final agreement between the two parties has not yet been solidified by the human. Although literally the appropriate paper work may be on file, in reality the contract has not been solidified because the unfaithful never fulfilled their marital responsibility to be faithful to their spouse or to God.

The marriage bed (either in relationship with Christ or with spouse) is not where it should be. It is defiled by the unfaithful spouse. The patterns are there. They are obvious. The same routines keep getting repeated over and over again. The habits are there. They are undeniable. And this has to do with what is dishonorable, corrupt, vile, immoral, unethical, dishonest, crooked, and perverted. For this is a person who is flighty, wild, self-serving, self-indulgent, selfish, uncontrollable, and who will not listen to reason.

So God is waiting and/or the faithful spouse is still waiting for the unfaithful spouse to fulfill their marital responsibility. God and/or the faithful spouse is encouraging the unfaithful spouse to put things in the right order, where they need to be; to no longer wander; to no longer be a creature of habit who keeps returning to their vomit because they prefer their sinful habits to a genuine relationship with the Lord and with their spouse. But the unfaithful will not listen to reason, and so they continue on the same sinful life course.

Psalm 7:10-13 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“10My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
11God is a righteous judge
and a God who feels indignation each day.
12If one does not repent,
God will sharpen His sword;
He has bent and strung His bow.
13He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He ordains His arrows with fire.”

Repentance is Required of God

Now, I realize that what I am reading here is in the Old Testament, but the New Testament, under the New Covenant God has with His people, teaches the same thing. We are not saved from our sins and on our way to heaven based off a profession of faith in Jesus Christ only. We must be walking the walk and not just talking it. Death to sin and obedience to God are necessary and required ingredients of faith which saves and which promises eternal life with God. For God saves the upright in heart, not the unrepentant.

Now, this is not to say that we will be perfect or that we will never sin again (see 1 John 2:1-2) once we believe in Jesus. But the Scriptures do teach us that faith in Jesus Christ must result in us dying with Christ to sin and us walking with Him in obedience to His commands, in life practice, or we are not genuinely saved, and heaven is not our eternal destiny. It is kind of like the marriage between a man and a woman. If one spouse remains unfaithful to the other, then that is not a biblical union between a man and a woman.

So, just like marriage vows are only as good as they are kept, and not defiled, our marriage to Christ must also be faithful. Just saying “I do” is not enough. Again, this is not saying that we must be perfect and that if we ever should fail that we are now doomed. But we must repent, i.e. turn from and die to our sins and now obey God and His commands as a matter of life practice for us to be in genuine relationship with our Lord. But if we refuse, and we go our own way, then we will face the judgment of God on our lives.

The Gospel Message

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to Him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) Him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to His commands, in His power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls Him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in Him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

The Wicked vs The Righteous
An Original Work / November 12, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart’s desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart’s desire
And I long to worship You

[A Prayer of Devotion to God Alone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZv3jzOTE70

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