Tag Archive | justice

New Year’s Resolution #3

Dec31

Thus says the Lord, “Preserve justice and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come And My righteousness to be revealed.
How blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who takes hold of it; Who keeps from profaning the sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.” Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely separate me from His people.” Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.” For thus says the Lord, “To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant, To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial, And a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.
“Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord, To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath And holds fast My covenant; Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
Isaiah 56:1-7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.56.1-7.NASB19950

🌹The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, “Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered.”
Isaiah 56:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.56.8.NASB19950

New Year’s Resolution #3
Preserve justice for and display righteousness to all peoples.

For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

New Year’s Resolution #1

Dec29

Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you (your soul) may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.
Isaiah 55:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.55.3.NASB1995

“Pay attention to Me, O My people, And give ear to Me, O My nation; For a law will go forth from Me, And I will set My justice for a light of the peoples.
Isaiah 51:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.51.4.NASB1995

So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 18:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/lev.18.5.NASB1995

For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.
Romans 10:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.10.5.NASB1995

As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’
Acts 13:34 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.13.34.NASB1995

🌹Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:6-7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.55.6-7.NASB1995

Resolution #1 Seek the Lord

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
indasharonjesus.org

Do You KNOW Him?

Oct15

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known, then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—that you may do all these abominations? Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:9-11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.7.9-11.NASB1995

Do they spite Me?” declares the Lord. “Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?”
Jeremiah 7:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.7.19.NASB1995

But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.’
Jeremiah 7:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.7.23.NASB1995

What does the church look like today? What does our walk with God look like?

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 
Matthew 7:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.7.21.NASB1995

🌹but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.9.24.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Jesus, Savior, Not Judge

May12

You judge according to the flesh; I am (Jesus) not judging anyone.
John 8:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.8.15.NASB1995

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
John 3:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.17.NASB1995

But even if I (Jesus) do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.
John 8:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.8.16.NASB1995

“I (Jesus) can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 5:30 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.5.30.NASB1995

🌹So they were saying to Him,“Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”
John 8:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.8.19.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Trustworthy Word

Feb24

The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 19:7-8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.19.7-8.NASB1995

The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are sure (trustworthy).
Psalms 111:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.111.7.NASB1995

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
Psalms 23:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.23.3.NASB1995

🌹The sum of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting.
Psalms 119:160 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.160.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God Is . . .

Sep4

For the word of the Lord is upright, And all His work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Psalms 33:4-5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.33.4-5.NASB1995

God is upright, therefore His word is upright.

The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 19:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.19.8.NASB1995

God is faithful, therefore His work is faithful.

Your faithfulness continues throughout all generations; You established the earth, and it stands.
Psalms 119:90 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.90.NASB1995

God is righteous and therefore so is His justice.

For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face.
Psalms 11:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.11.7.NASB1995

Open our eyes, Lord, to see Your lovingkindness here on earth.

The earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O Lord; Teach me Your statutes.
Psalms 119:64 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.64.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Trust

Jul18

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Psalms 9:10 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.9.10.NASB1995

To seek the Lord is to find Him. To find Him is the beginning of a journey to know Him. To know Him is to love Him and to trust Him.
Jesus said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment.”
Matthew 22:37-38 NASB1995

God’s promise . . .
“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.
Psalms 91:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.91.14.NASB1995

For the Lord will not abandon His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
Psalms 94:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.94.14.NASB1995


🌹For the Lord loves justice And does not forsake His godly ones; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalms 37:28 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.37.28.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

The Everlasting God

Apr25

Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has informed Him?
With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding?
Isaiah‬ ‭40:13‭-‬14‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.40.13-14.NASB1995

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. He it is who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
Isaiah 40:21-23 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.40.21-23.NASB1995

To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
Isaiah 40:18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.40.18.NASB1995

“To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing.
Isaiah 40:25-26 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.40.25-26.NASB1995

Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,
Job 38:4 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.38.4.NASB1995

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.
Isaiah 40:28 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.40.28.NASB1995

‭Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Psalms 90:2 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.90.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

More Than Sacrifice

Mar25

Every man’s way is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts.
To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:2-3 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.21.2.NASB1995

‭He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mic.6.8.NASB1995


🌹For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Hosea 6:6 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/hos.6.6.NASB1995Hosea 6:6

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Law, Repentance, Faith

Feb22

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.
Galatians 2:16 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.2.16.NASB1995

Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.
Galatians‬ ‭3:24‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.3.24.NASB1995

No one is justified by the Law of God because no one – because of sin – can keep the law. Every living being has broken the law of God, but thank God for His law that opens our eyes to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.

‭‭For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
Romans 8:3 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.3.NASB1995

So, I urge you, to seek the Lord Jesus, for . . .
“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Mark‬ ‭1:15‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.1.15.NASB1995

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 3:2 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.3.2.NASB1995

‭‭then . . . share your testimony.

solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 20:21 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.20.21.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org