The Just King
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 15 December 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
As we begin to wrap up our week celebrating Jesus our King, today we’ll celebrate the justice of God. What does it mean for God to be just? Does that stir up fear in you or peace? As we take a closer look at what God’s justice means for us, I pray you are filled with immense gratitude and worship today. God has looked on us with so much love. And Jesus, our just King, has done so much on our behalf.
Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 30:18, and today's worship is King of Kings by Hillsong Worship.
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| 0:00.0 | As we begin to wrap up our week celebrating Jesus, our King, today we'll celebrate the justice of God. |
| 0:12.0 | What does it mean for God to be just? Does that stir up fear in you or peace? As we take a closer look at what God's justice means for us, |
| 0:23.1 | I pray that you're filled with an immense gratitude in worship today. |
| 0:28.1 | God has looked on us with so much love. |
| 0:31.6 | And Jesus, our just king, has done so much on our behalf. |
| 0:36.6 | Welcome to the First of team podcast. |
| 0:58.9 | Our version of today comes from Isaiah 30, verse 18. |
| 1:00.8 | Scripture says, |
| 1:04.6 | Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, |
| 1:09.3 | and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. |
| 1:12.6 | For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him. |
| 1:16.6 | Often, the word justice is taken as synonymous with punishment. |
| 1:23.6 | Our societies have justice systems. |
| 1:28.3 | We demand justice for the oppressed by punishing the wrong-newer. |
| 1:33.3 | We see justice as the necessary counter to our world's inherent depravity. |
| 1:39.3 | And to be sure, justice is an incredibly important component to life. |
| 1:45.9 | But we serve a king, who, while entirely just, is also completely merciful. |
| 1:53.0 | We serve a God who doesn't shy away from consequence and conviction, |
| 1:58.1 | but looks for every opportunity to give good gifts to his children. |
| 2:03.9 | Isaiah 3018 illustrates this heavenly tension in saying, |
| 2:08.5 | Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. |
| 2:16.4 | For the Lord is a God of justice, blessed are all those who wait for |
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