Day #18: Wicked: Book, Musical, Adjective, Slang, and Verb

The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out;
the flame of his fire stops burning.
~Job 18:5

Wicked [wik-id]: evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous

Wicked. It's a book. It's a musical. It's an adjective. It's slang for 'awesome'. It's a verb. But what classifies something as wicked? Are actions the only things that can be wicked (dictionary wise)? 1 Samuel 17:28 says our hearts can be wicked, and Jeremiah 4:14 says our thoughts can be wicked, too.

Just like sinning (although come to think of it, wickedness is sin) wickedness doesn't only come about through actions. Just as sinful thoughts count as sin, wicked thoughts also counts as wickedness (and sin).

There is no justification for wickedness. Wickedness is sin, and the penalty for sin is death. Lucky for us, we have a man who loved enough to take away our wickedness and sin by dying for us.


Photo #18: Wicked: book, musical, adjective, slang, and verb. (My dad's picture from when he went to go see the production!)