Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice they take delight in approaching to God. I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works for they shall not profit thee. Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. This the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness of me, saith the LORD.
It doesn't matter what man sees or thinks of us - what matters is how God looks at us - & He always sees us through the Gift of His Son & His Sacrifice.No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
Man may raise many accusations against us, but we are not to retaliate in anger or judgement, because it is Almighty God Who is on our side, & Who fights our battles for us. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.' This should have been Israel's experience & joy, yet as we know, they failed miserably, often departing from serving God to the worship of idols.Īnd for the Christian, we have a similar Scripture in the NT: Romans 8:31-34, 'What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
I believe the way to understand this passage, particularly, 'every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn', is that all who would stand against Israel accusing her will not prevail, as her heritage in God & performing the Will of God, will be a witness of condemnation to their false witness.
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