Psalm 50:16-21

Godless People Quoting or Misquoting the Bible: “The good book says don’t throw stones at glass houses, or make sure we’re looking at the log in our eye before we are pointing out the mote in other folks’ eyes,” {Obama} “Scripture tells you that all things shall pass,” “This, too, shall pass.” {Mike Ditka} “God works in mysterious ways.” {Misc.} “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” {Misc.}

Ones Who Have No Right To Speak God’s Word Those Who Are Wicked (V.16) 2 Corinthians 4:7 “treasure in earthen vessels” 1 John 1:6-9 “walk in darkness” “walk in the light” 2 Corinthians 6:3 “give no offense in anything”

Ones Who Have No Right To Speak God’s Word Those Who Hate Discipline (V.17) Acts 18:24-26 “explained to him the way of God more accurately” Galatians 2:11,12 “he was to be blamed” 2 Corinthians 6:3 “give no offense in anything” Proverbs 14:16 “fool rages and is self-confident” “arrogant” Romans 2:21 “do you not teach yourself?”

Ones Who Have No Right To Speak God’s Word Those Who Cast Aside God’s Words (V.17) 2 Timothy 4:2 “preach the word” Psalm 119:97 “Oh how I love Your law!” 2 Timothy 4:3,4 “turn their ears away from the truth” Galatians 1:10 “if I pleased men I would not be a bondservant of Christ” 1 Peter 4:11 “speak as the oracles of God”

Ones Who Have No Right To Speak God’s Word Those Who View Sin Favorably. (V.18) Luke 5:29-31 Jesus ate with sinners Luke 5:32 “come to call sinners to repentance” Ephesians 5:11 “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.”

Ones Who Have No Right To Speak God’s Word Those Who Do Not Control Their Speech (VV. 19,20) James 3:8 “the tongue…is an unruly evil” Matthew 15:18-20 “out of the heart proceed evil thoughts” James 3:1 “not many of you become teachers” Titus 2:7,8 “nothing evil to say of you” 1 Peter 4:11 “speak as the oracles of God”

Ones Who Have No Right To Speak God’s Word Those Who Think That God is Like Them (V. 21) 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 “no one know the things of God except the Spirit of God” 1 Corinthians 2:16 “who has know the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?”

Apostasy Comes When Men Put Themselves In The Place Of God 2 Thessalonians 2:3,4 “above all that is called God or that is worshiped” Isaiah 55:8-11 “my thoughts are higher than your thoughts” Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man” Malachi 3:6 “I am the Lord, I do not change” 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise”

A Call For Us To Examine Ourselves 2 Corinthians 13:5 “test yourselves” Romans 2:21 “do you not teach yourself?” 1 Peter 3:15 “always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear”