You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth.
9 But [alla] they shall proceed [prokopto] no [ou] further [epi]: [pleion] for [gar] their [autos] folly [anoia] shall be [esomai] manifest [ekdelos] unto all [pas] men, as [hos] theirs [ekeinos] also [kai] was. [ginomai] KJV-Interlinear
9 But they
will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, as also
that of those two came to be. NASB
God has a leash on history. No one can shorten or lengthen it. And that is especially true for spiritually dysfunctional people.
Whether the person is an unbeliever or a spiritually negative believer, makes no difference.
Both Jannes and Jambres, although notable in history in their connection with the ten plagues in Egypt, opposed truth, but their opposition had its limits. God allowed them to go so far, and then no further.
In the last century, Hitler and Stalin and Mao and many others tried as they may, to destroy people and life in general, but their attempts had a limit and they were all contained and eventually eliminated.
Even in our current year, Osama, the notable terrorist who had eluded capture for so many years, finally got his due and is now at the bottom of the ocean somewhere.
Evil raises its head and sooner or later it gets chopped off.
And those folks had the resources of Pharaoh, of nations, of religion, and yet they still all ended up cut off.
This is not limited to only historical figures, but certainly applies to lesser people who will never make it in the history books.
The gossips, the deceivers, the maligners and more, all great and small, will end up the same exact way, in failure and cut off.
If you number yourself with that group, then you know your destiny. If you believe that you are better, but are in effect negative toward Gods will, then you are exactly like them and no better.
Any and all disregard for Gods mandates, any indifference toward the spiritual life as it is portrayed properly in the scriptures, any rejection or attempt to pick and choose, all of these and more, are exactly the same. They are wicked and evil to the core, even if seemingly innocent.
The destiny of evil is always the same. Their true identity and purpose will be revealed and their efforts regardless of their resources or lack of them, will fail.
Even though evil runs a seemingly long course, from years to even decades, the result will always be the same, suffering for many and failure for those who instigate it all.
For those who persevere through it all and stick with their true purpose in doctrine, then the suffering will all be turned for blessing and rewarded beyond imagination.
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Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
