Psalms 119:113 I hate the double-minded, but I love your law. You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.
Psalms 94:11 the LORD—knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
Isaiah 55:7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
Mark 7:21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
2 Corinthians 10:5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
Double-minded people are people who know about God but are not fully determined to worship and serve him only. There are those who want both God and what the the world has to offer. They want all the benefits from God but without committing to Him with their whole life – every part of their life. They turn blind eye to their sin.
Being complacent in study of His word – leaves an opening to have wrong thoughts and understanding of what it means to humbly serve, honor, glorify, worship, follow and obey Him. Neglecting food from His word starves the soul of meaning and purpose of life, both this side of eternity and eternity forever.
How are we to gain knowledge and understanding of God without His word? How are we to know what pleases Him? How are we to know right from wrong, true and false, or pride, greed, selfishness – Sin! How are we to know what is pure, holy, and God honoring? How are we to know His plans and purpose? How are we to find hope, joy, peace, strength, refuge, courage? How are we to know what true love is?
Apart from His word in our lives we are left to the cunning warped thoughts of others and societies that embrace their folly. Just because the culture approves of certain laws and rights does not make it right before God. “Our ways are not His ways and our thoughts are not His thoughts.”
Paul said “so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.” James put it this way about a double minded person in their faith. “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”
Peter put it this way: “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.”
We should make no room for complacency and neglect of God’s word and the application of it in our lives.
