Every Way Of Man Is Right In His Own Eyes
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: But the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Moses laid down a principle before they entered the promised land
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
In The Time Of Judges each did as they saw fit.
In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
A Lesson From Eden
The first two human beings were told by their Creator not to eat or touch a certain tree.
but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ”
In Eve’s eyes the tree was good and desirable..
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
…and so she ate.
Saul loses the Kingdom
Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”
But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.
But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”
Doing Right The Wrong Way
The Ark put on a cart.
2 Samuel 6:1-8
There was a right way to move the Ark. It was to be carried not put on a cart. 1 Chronicles 15:11-15
Right Way To Worship God
Gen 4:1-8
Abel offered a better sacrifice - Heb. 11:4
Cail acted on preferences and presumptions
Do The Right Things
Josiah was 8 when he became king. 2 Kings 22:1-2
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.
We do not do what is right in our own eyes Hosea 14:9
Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
God chides Israel - Ezekiel 18:29
Yet the Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
David sums it up in the Psalm 25:8-9
Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.