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Story of evil as you look at the context here in Judges 9 in both Abimelec and the man of Shechem.

But the reason I read these two verses and want to lead us to pray according to them is because

both in the end receive justice from God for their evil actions.

Like in this battle of evil, justice is ultimately served.

And in this we see the perfect justice of God in ways that we don't always see in the moment.

And this is all over scripture, there are times it seems like injustice is prevailing.

There are times when it seems like evil is prevailing, advancing, even prospering.

And yet God in His Word reminds us over and over and over again. He is just and His justice will be

served. Evil will not have the last word. And this is both.

Humbling and encouraging. It's humbling, right? Because in our own sinful hearts, we are evil.

We have sinned against God. If justice was the only part of our story before God,

then we would all be in hell right now. Like we don't want our evil to have the last word.

And we praise God for his design in our salvation that in no way compromises or limits or negates

his justice. God is just Romans chapter 3 says in one of the greatest paragraphs in all the

Bible verses 21 through 26. He is just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

Oh, let's just go ahead and start praying. God, we praise you.

Yes. Oh, yes. God has chosen in His mercy and His love to pour out the justice we deserve

in our sin upon His Son on cross that we might be saved from our sin saved from the

just judgment we deserve to experience God's mercy forever. Yes, this is humbling and it's

encouraging that we know when we face evil in our lives, when we see evil around us in the world

that we can know it will not ultimately have the last word. God will have the last word and he is

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