Then There Is The Plumb Line Of Popularity And Public Opinion.Man’s opinions and fads change from year to year – but God’s ways are always right.Proverbs 14:12 (KJV) There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Proverbs 28:26 (KJV) He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Rather than use the Law of God and His Holy Word the weight on the plumb line is tied to the heart of man, a fallen and sinful thing. the woman SAW that the tree was good for food, and that it was PLEASANT TO THE EYES, and a tree to be DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her and he did eat. How did man fall into sin in the first place? Rather than relying on God’s Word the Bible says: The heart left to itself is self seeking. Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV) The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Yet the problem with “feeling” is that this “feeling” can lead us into a spot far away from righteousness and God. We “feel” that this is right or “feel” that that is right. Rather than take a string and a weight and allow it to drop according to God’s Law, we tie “feeling” to the end of the string. We Too Often Rely On The Plumb Line Of “Feeling”.What was the plumb line that made that wall? What was it? In our world today we determine “upright” by a variety of weights.
“ The Lord stood upon a wall made with a plumb line”. If there were no gravity – which is a Law of God – then the plumb line would be absolutely useless. That which makes the plumb line work is the Law of God. No builder slaps walls together then stands them up without relying upon measuring tools like the plumb line, the level, and the ruler. I’ve said this before but it bears repeating: Any wall made must be made – if it’s going to be upright – with a plumb line. “ The Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb line”.
We read:Īmos 7:7-8 (KJV) Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. Too many are trying to build their lives on what they think or feel is right – and the wall is crooked.ġ The Plumb Line Must Be Used In Construction. That’s what’s wrong with our world today. Building a wall on what we think is right will surely turn out wrong. When I was done I saw how senseless that was. I tried building a wall in my back yard – I actually wanted the add a room on to our home – and figured I could build that wall straight with just my five senses. I found this out several many years ago as a young but foolish man. Without the plumb line or the level you cannot make a straight 90 degree wall. Later on in human history the plumb line was improved on by the spirit level, where an air bubble in a vicious spirit helped find the “vertical” and the “level”. With God’s Law drawing the weight to the earth, the line would be vertical to the ground. The plumb line relied on God’s Law of Gravity, as the weight (which later was a lead pointed “bob”). The plumb line consisted of two parts – a supple line and a weight tied to its end. No one knows who invented the plumb line, but it can be traced back to ancient Egypt where it was used to insure that vertical walls were perpendicular or straight. The plumb line or plumb bob is one of the most ancient of tools.
Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb line. Amos 7:7-8 (KJV) Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumbline in his hand.
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