Presumption

PRESUMPTUOUS.

PRESUMPTUOUS is an interesting word, which is used only twice in the KJ Bible. [Pslm 19:13 and 2Peter2:10] It comes from the verb to presume and in that form it appears 3 more times, Deut18:20, Es7:5 and Numb 14:14 . PRESUMPTUOUSLY is used 6 more times and I would encourage you to use a Young's or a Strong's dictionary to look them all up. Because , it seems that our Heavenly Father does not like it and is warning strongly against it .
The Webster dictionary seems to say that it is not always bad to presume something, although it can be. My own definition would be :
Acting on or saying things on the basis of our own conclusions, which are not always correct.
In Pslm.19 verse 13 King David, a man after God's own heart prays " Keep Thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me, then I shall be upright and shall be innocent of the great transgression" The Lord is pointing out here some very important things and we should take a close look at this .
First of all , the multiple word sins is used and talked about as them . This indicates to me that presumptuous sins can be the cause and the root of many sins, Secondly , notice that it can have dominion over us . Thirdly, it is saying then that we can not be upright, unless we are free from presumptuous sins, which is the cause of great transgressions.
In 2 Peter2:10 our Lord sheds some more light upon presumptuous sins. Talking about the " unjust ' in verse 9, God says in verse 10 " But chiefly them walking after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities."
Notice here that it has to do with walking after[or in] the flesh. And not walking in the Spirit as we are told to do . When I combine lust and uncleanness in my mind, I think of wrong and bad sexual behavior. Then it gives a picture of selfwilled [selfish] peoples who are very rebellious, despise government and badmouth dignities. It is certainly a clear picture of what is going on now in these last days !
You might think that these presumptuous sins only concern bad and unbelieving people. But notice that David a man honored by God prayed for this type of sins .I have concluded that God's Warning against Presumptuous sins is very much directed to people who think themselves to be very spiritual. For instance one like myself. Specially people who have been given the gift of prophecy .
Because it is very easy to be deceived in thinking that you always know what God is saying and know what He want you to say . But pride and your own heart is deceiving you .
In Deut.18:20 and 22 the Lord speaks about presumptuous prophets and warns the people against them. Even to day Prophets remain prone to speaking in the flesh and therefore we must judge their prophecies. It is clear that God hates presumptuous sins because they are rooted in pride and cause many other kinds of sin.The unbeliever commits this sin when he concludes that there is no God. God calls the fools .Pslm. 11;11
The believers are also prone to commit this sin because of our pride and the tendency to feel that we are better and more advanced than others
To have the Fear of the Lord and the practice of humility is a strong antidote for presumptuous sin and let us pray the prayer of King David often,
'Lord keep this servant from presumptuous sins " Amen !