"Confusion"

"Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge." (Psalms 14:6) It is to some a great mystery, how that darkness can be changed to Light; thinking that this is something that can be purchased by action or works of righteousness; when in truth, they shall find that only the blood of Jesus Christ can make them free from sin! This is a great debate among those that deny the Truth; as they practice to be something that they are not; only to find that the lack the one ingredient needed for the forgiveness of sin: the cleansing power of the blood of Christ! Jesus gave us examples of this throughout His teachings, and how it was about a relationship with Him, and whether or not He could say, I know you, or you belong to Me. To put this verse in a way that can be understood easily, we could say that those who are confused about what shall be required of them, are quick to shame the counsel of those that trust in the grace which has been given them by God. In other words; there is a response in those that feel justified by works to put down those that have accepted God's free gift of redemption; this is because they cannot see, or even begin to understand what the grace of God is all about; nor will they be able to until they have experienced that grace and mercy for themselves. This is something that Paul puts forth in Ephesians chapter two, as he explains how those who walk according to the course of this world, are confused in thinking that works can grant them entry into eternal life, and try to justify that their works can grant them a right standing with God. In Ephesians 2:3, Paul Says, "Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others". It is this meaning of "conversation" that is what speaks of the confusion we all once were in, because we can only understand that language that we speak, and that which we spoke prior to our conversion was all based upon the flesh and the desires of the flesh and of the mind. This is what Jesus was saying to Nicodemus in John 3:6, as He said, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit". The "poor" in whom "the LORD is his refuge" are those that have the understanding of the need for God's great mercy, and that it is only by God's mercy and grace that there will be any way to be made righteous before Him; because they know that they lack what is required; thus they are poor and needy, and take refuge in the only source of real redemption: the LORD...