Don’t turn away the right of a man, nor pervert it. (24/01)

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Don’t turn away the right of a man, nor pervert it. Instead, get hold of exactly what Jesus conquered to you.

  • “To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. *To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High*, to subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approves not.” (Lamentations 3.34-36).

At first place, what is our right before Jesus?

  • “But as it is written, *Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man*, the *things which God has prepared for them that love him*.” (1Corinthians 2.9).
  • “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, *who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places* in Christ:” (Ephesians 1.3).
  • According as his divine power *has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness*, through the knowledge of him that has called us to glory and virtue:” (2Peter 1.3).

There are two mistakes that we can commit:

  • to ignore the promises of the Creator (as Israel did and experienced harsh nemesis – Numbers 14.29,32);
  • to defile the promises of the Creator.

This second error is, regrettably, very common nowadays. As we can see above, the promises of Jesus to us are spiritual. Nevertheless, most of the time, we turn Jesus’ promises into something fleshy, what make us into the most miserable of all creatures (1Corinthians 15.19).

When this happens, we pass to withhold good from them to whom it is due, even when it is in the power of our hand to do it (Proverbs 3.27). In other words, we, that such as Abraham, were call to be a blessing (Genesis 12.2), refuse to bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit (and under the curse of John 15.2), preferring the net of the evil men (Proverbs 12.12). We, that were founded by Jesus so that the afflicted of His people find refuge in us (Isaiah 14.32), became a wall ready to fall suddenly over them in an instant (see Isaiah 30.13). We, that should prop each others' life (Ephesians 4.2; Colossians 3.13), (mainly the life of the weak in the faith - Romans 14.1; 1Corinthians 12.24-26), became a staff of broken reed on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand, and pierces it (Isaiah 36.6).

So, if you long for beautiful day henceforward, seek out discovering the secret of Jesus for you (Psalms 25.14), don’t distort it (wresting the Holy Scripture implies in our own destruction – 2Peter 3.16; Revelation 22.18,19) and, at the same time, be blessed and a living blessing in the life of people that Jesus put in your life.

Don’t turn away the right of a man, nor pervert it. Instead, get hold of exactly what Jesus conquered to you.

  • “To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. *To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High*, to subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approves not.” (Lamentations 3.34-36).

At first place, what is our right before Jesus?

  • “But as it is written, *Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man*, the *things which God has prepared for them that love him*.” (1Corinthians 2.9).
  • “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, *who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places* in Christ:” (Ephesians 1.3).
  • According as his divine power *has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness*, through the knowledge of him that has called us to glory and virtue:” (2Peter 1.3).

There are two mistakes that we can commit:

  • to ignore the promises of the Creator (as Israel did and experienced harsh nemesis – Numbers 14.29,32);
  • to defile the promises of the Creator.

This second error is, regrettably, very common nowadays. As we can see above, the promises of Jesus to us are spiritual. Nevertheless, most of the time, we turn Jesus’ promises into something fleshy, what make us into the most miserable of all creatures (1Corinthians 15.19).

When this happens, we pass to withhold good from them to whom it is due, even when it is in the power of our hand to do it (Proverbs 3.27). In other words, we, that such as Abraham, were call to be a blessing (Genesis 12.2), refuse to bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit (and under the curse of John 15.2), preferring the net of the evil men (Proverbs 12.12). We, that were founded by Jesus so that the afflicted of His people find refuge in us (Isaiah 14.32), became a wall ready to fall suddenly over them in an instant (see Isaiah 30.13). We, that should prop each others' life (Ephesians 4.2; Colossians 3.13), (mainly the life of the weak in the faith - Romans 14.1; 1Corinthians 12.24-26), became a staff of broken reed on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand, and pierces it (Isaiah 36.6).

So, if you long for beautiful day henceforward, seek out discovering the secret of Jesus for you (Psalms 25.14), don’t distort it (wresting the Holy Scripture implies in our own destruction – 2Peter 3.16; Revelation 22.18,19) and, at the same time, be blessed and a living blessing in the life of people that Jesus put in your life.
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