Psalm 10 speaks of the wicked “hotly pursuing the poor” – but who are the “wicked”?
They are not wicked Gentiles. They are wicked Israelites. Or, to put it more jarringly, they are wicked Christians.
How can this be?! A wicked Christian is a contradiction in terms!
Yes, that is exactly right! And that is precisely the problem!
You can’t have a wicked Christian! But we do have wicked Christians!
Remember that all baptized members of the church are “Christians.” I’m not saying that they are all regenerate. I’m not saying that they are all going to heaven. I’m simply saying that “Christian” refers to one who claims the name – not what’s in his heart, but what is on his lips!
Psalm 10 helps us with this, because Psalm 10 reminds us that God does see the heart. He sees through the outward veneer – he will not forget the helpless – our God will “hear the desire of the afflicted,” he will “strengthen their heart,” he will “do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.”
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