Isaiah 58 Ministries May
12, 2013
Pastor: Leah Svensson
Scriptures: Isaiah 59:4; Isaiah 58:1; 3, 6, 12, 13; Isaiah
9:6-7; Isaiah 56:1-2;1 Chronicles 18:14, Proverbs 21:1-3, 6-7; Psalms 81:1-2;
Proverbs 8:12-16 ; Jeremiah 23:4
J U S T I C E
Justice only comes from God. Proverbs
8:15 Jesus died to forgive our
sins and give us a sound mind and body. A
mind free from the guilt of sin because we no longer sin.
John3:4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
John3:4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
In the Declaration of Independence some ordinary
people decided to take it upon themselves to create a new government. Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted
among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the
Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
Why? Because they were Christians commanded by God
to live sinless before him. The colonies
tried to make good laws for the wholesome good of everyone and the King would
not allow them to bring forth the justice God commanded. They were denied justice;
the King repeatedly abused his power and was tyrannical. Jesus set us free from the dictates of mortal
men. All men are under the absolute power and authority of God. to assume among the powers of the
earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of
Nature's God entitle them……………………………
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
God initiated
the death penalty, it was established by God to bring forth justice, and God’s vengeance
upon those who war against others in society.
For all sin is an act of violence and act of war. Bad people pre-mediate
to murder, rob, kill, destroy. God
kills as an act of self-defense, as a mother. God kills as an act of
protection, out of a heart of love for his children. When society uses the
death penalty it is an act of defense against those who wage war within
society.
Who can
bring forth such justice? Only people
who have had their sins forgiven and who no longer sin. The judges we have today and the juries we
have today cannot bring forth justice; they are all guilty of sin. Because they
are guilty of sin they sympathize with the guilty and are cold hearted to the victims.
The LORD Considers
the Heart
Like the
rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.
But the LORD weighs
the hearts.
Is more
acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Is the fleeting fantasy
of those who seek death.
Because they refuse to do
justice.
Isaiah 59:4 No one calls for justice;
no one pleads a case with
integrity.
They rely on empty
arguments, they utter lies;
they conceive trouble and
give birth to evil.
Isaiah 58
True Fasting
1 “Shout
it aloud, do not hold back.
Raise your voice like a
trumpet.
Declare to my people their
rebellion
and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.
3………….. you
do as you please
and exploit all your
workers.
4 Your fasting ends
in quarreling and strife,
and in striking each other
with wicked fists.
6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of
injustice
and untie the cords of the
yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
13 “If you keep your
feet from breaking the Sabbath
and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the LORD’s
holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
David’s Administration
1 Chronicles 18:14 So
David reigned over all Israel, and administered judgment and justice to all his
people.
Psalms
82:3 Defend the weak and the
fatherless;
uphold the cause of the
poor and the oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and
the needy;
deliver them from the hand
of the wicked.
with my mouth I will make
your faithfulness known
through all generations.
2 I will declare that
your love stands firm forever,
that you have established
your faithfulness in heaven itself.
And find out knowledge and discretion.
Pride and arrogance and the
evil way
And the perverse mouth I
hate.
I am understanding, I have
strength.
And rulers decree justice.
All the judges of the
earth.
Isaiah
9:6 For
to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be
on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince
of Peace.
7 Of
the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s
throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding
it
with justice and
righteousness
from that time on and
forever.
The zeal of the LORD Almighty
will accomplish this.
Salvation for Others
“Maintain
justice
and do
what is right,
for my
salvation is close at hand
and my
righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed
is the one who does this—
the
person who holds it fast,
who keeps
the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”
Jeremiah 23:4 I will place
shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or
terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the LORD.
“when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch,
a King who will reign wisely
and do what is just and right in the
land.
6 In his days Judah
will be saved
and Israel will live in safety.
This is the name by which he will be
called:
The LORD Our Righteous Savior.
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