The Arrogant Have Forged a Lie

The Psalmist was being persecuted for his walk of faith. He was experiencing reproach, contempt, ridicule, and false accusations from the arrogant and from the wicked who forsook the commandments of the Lord. But he was a companion of all those who feared the Lord, who walked in the ways of the Lord and in his righteousness, and who kept the commandments of God. But despite the persecution he was facing, he believed God dealt well with him.

But he had not led a perfect life. There was a point in time when he wandered from the faith, and when he went astray, but that was in the past. Now he was committed to serving the Lord with his life. Now he wanted to obey the Lord and to walk in his ways, and so he prayed to the Lord that he would have good discernment and knowledge, and that the Lord would teach him his statutes (his commandments), that he might obey them fully.

But even though he was now walking in the ways of the Lord, in obedience to the Lord and to his commandments, by the grace of God, in the power of God, and not of his own flesh, and he was no longer going astray, there were people, the arrogant, who had forged a lie against him, who were trying to destroy him and to give him a bad reputation so that others would reject him and would think ill of him, for reasons of their own we do not know.

Perhaps it was because his teachings were “stepping on toes,” and were bringing conviction to people’s hearts and minds. For he was speaking the truth that they did not want to hear nor to accept. For they did not want to hear that we must die to sin and follow our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands, as part of faith which saves, and that if we walk in sin, and not in obedience to our Lord, that we will not inherit eternal life with God.

At least, that is where many are today, many of whom profess faith in Jesus Christ. They are still wandering in their sins, still living in sinful addiction, and so they want to hear the sugar-coated messages which tell them that God will not judge them for their idolatries and adulteries, and that heaven is still secured for them, even though they ignore the Lord’s commands and they pursue the lustful desires of the flesh, and they don’t obey God.

And so they speak lies against the righteous who are following after the Lord to walk in his ways, who take the teachings of the Scriptures to heart, to obey them, and who are no longer walking in sin, making sin their practice, but for whom holy living is their practice, although they may not be perfect people in absolutely every respect, for they are still clay in the hands of the Potter being molded into the likeness of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

But no matter how we are treated, and by whom, we who are followers of Jesus Christ, in truth, must be those who are walking in the ways of the Lord, obeying our Lord’s New Covenant commands, following the Lord wherever he leads us. Sin must no longer be what we practice, but now righteousness and godly living should be our practice. For if sin is what we obey, and not God, we will not inherit eternal life with God. God says!

[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:1-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]

Seek the Lord

Based off Isaiah 55
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”


The Arrogant Have Forged a Lie
An Original Work / July 22, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love