" WHO Instructs You ? " From Psalm 94

O LORD GOD, to whom vengeance belongs --
O GOD, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth !
Rise up, O JUDGE of the earth, render punishment to the proud.
LORD, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph ?

They utter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
They break in pieces YOUR temple, O LORD, and afflict YOUR heritage.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, "The LORD does not see, nor does the GOD of Jacob understand."

Understand you senseless among the people; and you fools, when will you be wise ?
HE who planted the ear, shall HE not hear ?
HE who formed the eye, shall HE not see ?
HE who instructs the nations, shall HE not correct, HE who teaches man knowledge ?
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

Blessed is the man whom YOU instruct, O LORD, and teach out of YOUR law.
That YOU may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
For the LORD will not cast off HIS people, nor will HE forsake HIS inheritance.
But judgement will return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers ?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity ?
Unless the LORD had been my help. my soul would soon have settled in silence.
If I say, "My foot slips," YOUR mercy, O LORD, will hold me up.
In the multitude of my anxieties within me, YOUR comforts delight my soul.

Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, have fellowship with YOU ?
They gather together against the life of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. 
But the LORD has been my defense, and my GOD the ROCK of my refuge. 
HE has brought on them their own wickedness; the LORD our GOD shall cut them off.      Psalm 94:1-23

     Teaching or giving instruction in anything is an awesome responsibility, especially when it is the WORD of GOD. GOD gives gifts to all of HIS children. In Eph. 4: 11 thru 12 - And HE HIMSELF gave some to be apostles (no longer applies to this church age), some prophets (also no longer applies to this church age), some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints, for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of CHRIST....... There are many other gifts that GOD gives but I am focusing in on the teaching / instruction in GOD's WORD.

      There is nothing that GOD HIMSELF cannot teach us, but the way HE teaches and by whom may change.  Of course HIS wonderful WORD is our main and inerrant single source of all truth. And HE says also that there is no private interpretation of GOD's WORD. When JESUS CHRIST went back into heaven at the beginning of the book of Acts, HE did not leave us orphans. On the day of Pentecost, the blessed HOLY SPIRIT was deployed to permanently indwell the new church age believers.  The SPIRIT gives us the final and only interpretation of GOD's WORD.

     HE, the SPIRIT of truth, helps Pastors and Teachers to give instruction in GOD's WORD.  The believers spirit listens to what is being taught and the HOLY SPIRIT testifies with our spirit that what is being said is true. In the book of Acts there was a group of people called the Berean's who took no ones instruction at face value but would search the Scriptures to make sure that what was being taught was true.

     In the book of 2nd Timothy 4:2 thru 5 - Preach the WORD ! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers, and they will turn their ears away from the TRUTH, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry..........GOD's WORD says that in the last days that many will heap up for themselves teachers that will not teach the whole truth of GOD's WORD, but they will listen only to those that will make them feel good;  that will leave them alone in their sin that they so much enjoy.

     What kind of church do you go to ? Does the Pastor ever preach against sin ?  Does he preach on the blood of CHRIST that can wash away your sin ? Have you ever been told that you are a sinner on your way to a devils hell ? Has there ever been a time or place that you have come to GOD in prayer through the LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST and ask HIM to come into your heart and life and save you ?   WE ARE ALL SINNERS and NEED THE ONE and ONLY SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.   When I asked JESUS to come into my heart and life and change me, HE did.  I used to have a "pottie" mouth. I swore, told dirty jokes and anything else that sinners do or say. But when JESUS came into my heart, HE changed me, slowly at first, but the swearing and the dirty jokes stopped immediately.  HE has taught me so many things and I am still sitting at HIS feet, ever ready to learn more. I know that a single lifetime will not be enough time to learn all HE has for me, but I think eternity may give me all the time I'll need, and it is all because of HIS love for me AND FOR YOU !!!
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie