๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ -๐จ๐ฃ
โข Do you have clothes that you only use on special occasions? What makes it special and when was the last time you wore it?
โข Have you experienced playing a sport or any game against someone who broke the rules of the game? What happened?
โข What comes to mind when you hear the word โjusticeโ? Why?
๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐
๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ; ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ต:๐ญ๐ฒ
(Read also ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ต:๐ญ๐ฐโ๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐ญ๐ณโ๐ฎ๐ญ.)
The prophet Isaiah was describing the condition of their nation: there was inequity, injustice, violence, and corruption. He said that because ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ (Isaiah 59:14), the people have been separated from God. The injustice in the land has left Godโs people hopeless. But God wanted Isaiah to not only point out their transgressions. He also wanted to bring hope. Today, we will look at how God responds to unrighteousness in the world.
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ; ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ . . . ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ต:๐ญ๐ฐโ๐ญ๐ฒ
God saw the unrighteousness and injustice in the land and ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. He looked for someone who would intercede and serve as a champion of the oppressed, a protector of the innocentโbut found no one. Knowing that God sees and desires to do something against the lack of righteousness and justice in society gives us hope today. We know that out of His concern and love for His people, He will act on their behalf. Zephaniah 3:5 says that ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. How can people take comfort in this truth?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
. . . ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ; ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ป๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ. ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ต:๐ญ๐ฒโ๐ญ๐ณ
When God saw that no man was interceding to bring righteousness and justice in the land, He stepped in and upheld His own cause. By His own arm and righteousness, He brought salvation. Putting on ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ indicates that He brought judgment on those oppressing His people. To this day, we know that God is moving to bring about His righteousness and justice. How have you experienced Godโs intervention to bring justice in your situation? How did it encourage you to wait for God to bring His righteousness instead of taking matters in your own hands?
๐ฏ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
โ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ก๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ,โ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ต:๐ฎ๐ฌ
God promised to send a Redeemer for those who will repent and turn away from sin. We now know that God was referring to Jesus Christ. He died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. Even though He lived a sinless life, God poured out His wrath on Jesus in order to execute His justice. Jesus took the punishment for our sins and gave us His righteousness. Jesus alone can redeem us and bring us to right standing with God. God also promised His people that His Spirit and His words ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต out of their mouth, but will be passed on from one generation to the next (Isaiah 59:21). What the Redeemer did for us has reached us and continues to reach people all over the world. What are you doing at this time to pass on the Spirit and words of God to those around you?
๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
โข In what area of your life or society around you are you in faith that God would bring justice? Ask God for wisdom and what He wants you to do in this situation.
โข Meditate on Psalm 139:23โ24 this week. Ask God to show you any area of unrighteousness in your heart and pray that you would draw near to Him.
โข Who among your family members or friends do you think would be encouraged by todayโs message? This week, how can you encourage them to trust God?
๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ
โข Thank God for His hand that brings righteousness and justice. Pray that God will use people in places of authority to help the oppressed and bring righteousness in our nation.
โข Ask God to show you how you respond to the unrighteousness and injustice around you. Pray for grace to respond in faith knowing that He is at work and you can be His hands and feet.
โข Pray for someone you know who has experienced injustice. Ask God to give you the words that will encourage this person to trust in and wait on God.
Righteousness
Week 11
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