DEVOTION
PROVERBS
JUSTICE
Prov 17:23
23 A wicked
man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.
NIV
It would
seem natural for us to see this as describing the politicians of today, maybe
even those of throughout the ages, but it may well be speaking entirely of
something else. Of course we have to see in the first place that anyone who does
accept a bribe, whether it be in secret or not is wicked, but the one who does
so in order to pervert justice from being done is truly wicked in every sense.
Although there is human justice that has been prevented through the use of
brides, it is the justice of God which we should be seeing here. What kind of
bribe would we dare accept in secret that we would think would pervert his
justice? Of course there are people, maybe even people who say they are
Christians who have actually accepted a bribe from Satan himself in the secret
of their hearts. Satan bribes people all the time, but he tries his very best
to bribe those who believe in God. He bribes them with gold, with power and
fame. He bribes them in the secret place of their heart, while they present the
façade of being a follower of Christ, thinking by their confessing Jesus they
have escaped the justice of God, but it is Satan who is trying to prevent God’s
justice from being displayed through the power of the cross. We need to be
aware of the schemes of the evil one, who is roaming around seeing who he might
devour. We need to see those temptations for what they really are; an attempt
to prevent the Justice of God from being applied to our lives, Jesus is the
Justice of God being completely satisfied. We need to tell Satan to get thee
behind me. Let us see the justice of God in our lives.
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