Timeless Biblical Truth.
Believers may live where the godless ignore God’s law and oppress His people but God will judge the godless and deliver His people.
- Those who deny God’s existence and His moral laws follow their own perverse and corrupting way (14:1-3).
- Cause: The foolish denied God’s existence (14:1a).
- Effect: The fool’s nature is completely corrupt (14:1b-3).
- The fool will persecute the righteous being ignorant of their future terror and shame (14:4-6).
- Present: The ignorant fool will persecute the righteous (14:4).
- Future: The wicked fool will come to experience great terror and shame (14:5-6).
- The righteous believer longs for God’s deliverance (14:7).
Questions for Second Milers
- Why would someone say there is no God? See 2 Corinthians 4:3-4. How does God regard such a person? How should we approach such a person? How are they sometimes made aware of God? See Romans 1:19-20.
- What is the logical outcome in daily life of this attitude toward God?
- What moral standards does God desire for humanity? What does He find?
- Define “refuge”. For whom is God a “refuge”?
- What does this “no knowledge of God” produce? How has your knowledge of God deepened recently by Scripture and experience?
- What is the effect of the unbeliever’s injustice and corruption on others? What is the believer’s hope? Is this hope reflected in your prayer life?
- Have you experienced the effects of the unbeliever’s outlook and lifestyle? Do you think such an outlook has or will affect our children and grandchildren?
- Based on its content, make your own title for this psalm.
Lanny Tanton is the Pastor at The Bible Church of the Lakes in Horseshoe Bay, Texas – just outside of Marble Falls. Pastor Tanton welcomes you to our website and hopes that you’ll enjoy reading these insightful blog posts. Please contact us if you have further questions!!



