This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place. Jeremiah 22:3 NIV Just and right – mišpāṭ and ṣĕdāqâ. We know both these concepts. The first, mišpāṭ, isn’t just about…
having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. Colossians 2:14-15 NASB The rulers and authorities – The Midwestern Baptist…
Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, Titus 3:1 NASB Remind – You’ve probably never asked, “Why do these followers of the Messiah need reminding? Aren’t they new men and women in the Lord? Haven’t they given up the old life and adopted the way…
Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful than ten rulers in a city. Ecclesiastes 7:19 NIV Ten rulers – Most modern translations of the Hebrew Scriptures are based on a text complied by a group of rabbinic scholars called the Masoretes. They worked between the 6th and the 10th Centuries CE in Tiberias and Jerusalem. They…
