What is the true meaning of being wicked?

Being wicked goes beyond doing evil and rebelling against God.

Wickedness is innate in all man/woman from the fall of Adam and Eve.

Being wicked is a desire, a thought and an imagination of the heart.

Genesis 6:5 (Modern King James Version)

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

You can be kind and remain wicked, you can be charitable and remain wicked and you can accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and remain wicked. Does this mean, if you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior you are not free from sin?

No, it just means that being wicked goes beyond doing evil and rebelling against God.

Allow me to attempt to explain.

You can be a pastor of a Mega-Church and preach messages that turn many hearts to the Lord and still remain wicked, and in the end loss your soul.

Matthew 7:21-23 (King James Version)

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior does not mean you are save!

However this is what is being tought all around the world by all denominations.

Receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior is the beginning of Wisdom.

Psalms 111:10 (Modern King James Version)

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; all practicing them have good understanding; His praise stands forever.

The very next verse in the passage above on Matthew, Jesus said:

Matthew 7:24 (MKJV)

Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.

This is the same as the latter part in Psalms 111:10 "all practicing them have good understanding"

Wickedness is any motivation, imagination even asparation (a strong desire to achieve something high or great) out side the commands of Jesus Christ.

Many of Jesus disciples wanted the same thing as we want today to be great in the Kingdom of God but Jesus said:

Matthew 18:1-5 (MKJV)

At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is the greater in the kingdom of Heaven? And Jesus called a little child to Him and set him in their midst, and said, Truly I say to you, Unless you are converted and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven. Therefore whoever shall humble himself like this little child, this one is the greater in the kingdom of Heaven. And whoever shall receive one such little child in My name receives Me.

I have a two year old and I see she can do many things incorrect in my eyes and I do my best to correct her, however her greatest desire is to be with mom and dad, and even with her sisters. I cannot put it into words but she just lights up when she sees anyone of us.

I believe it is the same with someone who loves Jesus Christ, you can mess up here and there but your greatest desire is to be with Jesus Christ. Jesus said if you love me you will obey my commands.

John 14:15 (MKJV)

If you love Me, keep My commandments.

How can we follow Jesus Commands with a correct understanding?

How if we are naturally wicked? How if our every imagination is continuely evil?

God has promised all who believe in Him that they will be filled with His Spirit and He will Comfort us as long as we obey Him, not man's understanding but His revelation of the Word.

Dear Friend,

Matthew 13:49 says, "So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,"

This word "wicked" in the Greek means Poneros: 4190 ponhrovß Poneros (pon-ay-ros');

Word Origin: Greek, Adjective

from a derivative of (4192)

bad, of a bad nature or condition

in a physical sense: diseased or blind

in an ethical sense: evil wicked, bad

Notice it says, "bad nature or condition." Sin fits this category and we are all born with the disease of ...SIN. Only Jesus Christ, the Great Physician can remove this sin by His shed blood and our surrender from our will, to His will...by agreeing with Him that we are sinners and we need a Savior (Jesus) to set us free from sin which results in ...death. Permanent separation from our Creator for eternity in Hell where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth.

No. They are only words, and are often very useful. That said, some words I find very offensive when used against a person, such as 'stupid, spastic, retard, n*gger (and other words used as a racial slur), f@g' and so on. I'd rather hear someone use f*ck (the most flexible word in the english language) as every 2nd word, rather than anything that is personally derogatory or hateful. This is the kind of language people should detest - not curising and swearing.

Wicked is choosing to HONOR your own needs at the expense of someone Else's well being, or ignoring the effect your action has on the lives of others.

God offers the chance to repent and repair the wrongs done to others .

wicked is to be evil by nature and in practice.

Ge 13:13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

(They were destroyed)

FROG E, you making up word root definitions now? It has nothing to do with furniture, at ALL.

wicked, root: Middle English, alteration of wicke, ultimately from Old English wicca, sorcerer.

It's a pejorative term left over from the time when roman christianity took over Great Britain and forced all the pagans (aka, witches) to convert or die.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. (1 John 3:8, see 1 John 3:6-9)

We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. (1 John 5:18)

a wicked person is a person who is against God. God says your either for or against him, you can't be on the fence. So anyone who doesn't believe in God is wicked.

God says that the people who don't believe in him will go to hell after they die.

Wicked comes from the word "wicker" which means twisted......We are considered wicked when we twist the word of God.

"So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth". - Jesus (Matt. 13:49)

God bless...good question.

The most wicked thing is when you try to turn devout Pagans away from their true Gods and Goddesses, by preaching at them the false monotheistic doctrine of the "one god."

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