Judges 21:25 KJV
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
The last verse of the book of judges repeats a well worn phrase in the book, "…every man did that which was right in his own eyes." My thought this morning was, "No kidding!" The only possible way to explain the weird, worldly and wicked events recorded in here is, "every man did that which was right in his own eyes."
But an interesting thing is that they very frequently attempted to include God in what they were doing what was right in their own eyes, or in their attempts to clean up the mess they made doing what was right in their own eyes. (Most of the time those attempts were just them doing what was right in their own eyes again.)
I got to thinking; that is exactly where we are today. Very few people believe God has the right to lead our lives - to tell us what is right. Still fewer believe that there is a resource to know what God says is right and wrong. The Bible is denied by most and, even among those who in some way claim to respect the Bible few believe it is without error and an absolute in discerning right and wrong in our day. What we are left with is a crowd of people doing as they will, choosing their own right and wrong. In some cases they interject the name of God in their actions. But the plain truth is most people just do what they want and blame God for the trouble it causes.
There is only one solution. That is to have a king. No, not one who leads on the earth, but one who is of heaven; One who commands the heart. The Word of God has the answer man needs. But not until Jesus, who is the living Word, rules our hearts will His written word, the Bible have the force it is intended.
We need a king: King Jesus.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
The last verse of the book of judges repeats a well worn phrase in the book, "…every man did that which was right in his own eyes." My thought this morning was, "No kidding!" The only possible way to explain the weird, worldly and wicked events recorded in here is, "every man did that which was right in his own eyes."
But an interesting thing is that they very frequently attempted to include God in what they were doing what was right in their own eyes, or in their attempts to clean up the mess they made doing what was right in their own eyes. (Most of the time those attempts were just them doing what was right in their own eyes again.)
I got to thinking; that is exactly where we are today. Very few people believe God has the right to lead our lives - to tell us what is right. Still fewer believe that there is a resource to know what God says is right and wrong. The Bible is denied by most and, even among those who in some way claim to respect the Bible few believe it is without error and an absolute in discerning right and wrong in our day. What we are left with is a crowd of people doing as they will, choosing their own right and wrong. In some cases they interject the name of God in their actions. But the plain truth is most people just do what they want and blame God for the trouble it causes.
There is only one solution. That is to have a king. No, not one who leads on the earth, but one who is of heaven; One who commands the heart. The Word of God has the answer man needs. But not until Jesus, who is the living Word, rules our hearts will His written word, the Bible have the force it is intended.
We need a king: King Jesus.
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