Psalm 10 :8 to 10 uses words like lurking, ambushing, watching, and ensnaring about the wicked who are involved in trapping and taking violent advantage of the poor and the innocent.
In nations of every level of development, the poor and the vulnerable are entrapped into financial and social arrangements which they can't easily get out of , which makes them seriously disadvantaged.
The wicked search out the vulnerable in order to take advantage of them. Great numbers of people are entrapped in what is virtually slave labour and even human trafficking . People are entrapped by debt, by drugs, by unfair contracts, by unfair changes of legislation or rules set then changed by governments and financial institutions. The wicked seek political and financial authority to overpower whole communities !
Christian discernment lies in recognizing the entrapped situation: Whether believers are called to advise those in debt or dependency, or called to teach young Christians to have discernment in life choices and in the decisions which have to be made in everyday life.
The poor and the innocent were once supported to some degree by the influence of trustworthy respectable people in authority , in schools and churches, in local government and in the media; where the highest moral and spiritual values were expected and could be relied upon.
In nations where moral values are mocked and spiritual values strongly contested, every believer needs a mature understanding of the teaching of Jesus Christ and an ongoing personal relationship with him in the body of Christ.
In nations of every level of development, the poor and the vulnerable are entrapped into financial and social arrangements which they can't easily get out of , which makes them seriously disadvantaged.
The wicked search out the vulnerable in order to take advantage of them. Great numbers of people are entrapped in what is virtually slave labour and even human trafficking . People are entrapped by debt, by drugs, by unfair contracts, by unfair changes of legislation or rules set then changed by governments and financial institutions. The wicked seek political and financial authority to overpower whole communities !
Christian discernment lies in recognizing the entrapped situation: Whether believers are called to advise those in debt or dependency, or called to teach young Christians to have discernment in life choices and in the decisions which have to be made in everyday life.
The poor and the innocent were once supported to some degree by the influence of trustworthy respectable people in authority , in schools and churches, in local government and in the media; where the highest moral and spiritual values were expected and could be relied upon.
In nations where moral values are mocked and spiritual values strongly contested, every believer needs a mature understanding of the teaching of Jesus Christ and an ongoing personal relationship with him in the body of Christ.
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