Tag: justice
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Perfect Justice
2 Samuel 8:15 “So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.” Everywhere we turn today, people are demanding justice. We saw it in the trial concerning the death of George Floyd. We saw it in the demands of the Black Lives Matter movement. We hear it in…
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The Upside-Down World
1 Samuel 2:9 “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness for not by might shall a man prevail.” In the end, everything will be made right. That should encourage the heart of anyone who is suffering unjustly today. This world is a place where…
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A Cry for Justice
2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” So many people are crying out for justice today. After the George Floyd incident, we saw thousands of people marching not only in the cities across…
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The Way of Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 “All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on…
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When Justice Waits
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 “God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our…
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Contemplating Death
Romans 6:23 “The wages of sin is death” Have you ever heard about someone receiving multiple life sentences, or multiple sentences for various offenses that total far more than the natural lifespan of a convict, e.g., 155 years? How about multiple death sentences? It doesn’t make much sense, but if nothing else, it’s an assurance…
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Manifestations of God
John 17:6, 18 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. . . As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.” God is invisible . . .…
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Doing the right thing
Psalm 119:121 “I have done what is just and right. . .” How many decisions do you make each day? It seems that all of life is a series of them. It starts when we rise in the morning, for our first decision is when to get up. But then each action from that point…
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Where justice and love meet
Psalm 52:1 “Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.” How discouraging and disheartening would be the things that we see so often around us – but for God. When you see the destruction that drug dealers are wreaking on so many, when you see…
To Encourage You 