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 guiltof 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 defenseagainst 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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