0463. The Marks of the Ungodly

The Marks of the Ungodly

"The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

"Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

"For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish" (Psa_1:4-6).

The ungodly or the lawless one is like unto the chaff which the wind driveth away; he shall not rise or stand in the judgment, nor have part in the congregation of the righteous; his ways shall perish.

Of course, the verses under consideration speak of every man who is not in Christ, but they also speak of that supreme one, the man of sin, the antichrist. If the man of verses 1-3 is primarily Christ, then the man of verses 4-6 is pre-eminently of the antichrist. If what is true of Christ is also true of those who are in Christ, what is true of the antichrist is certainly true of those who are under the sway of the antichrist.

There is certainly a day coming when the antichrist will be revealed; and, when he is revealed, he will be such an one as described in these verses.

All the ungodly of the earth, who grace and mercy spurn,

Will pale before the wrath of God, and all His judgments learn;

Together with the lawless one, they like the chaff will burn,

When God His congregation saves, one blessed, happy morn.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR