but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
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… with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. Or Isaiah 11, 4, 6, and 9, but with righteousness, he will judge the poor and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. And he will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips, and he will slay the wicked. You know, there is such an emphasis today on the desire for justice and social justice. Do you know where that comes from? It comes from the fact that we are all created in the image of God. Even unbelievers retain a remnant of that image of God inside of them. The reason we long for justice is because we are created by a God who is a God of justice. And we have that longing. The only problem is we can't bring that justice ourselves. We ought to strive for it, but we can't bring it ourself. God has to bring it and he will satisfy that desire we have ultimately when Christ comes and rules in justice. Look at verse six, and the wolf will dwell with the lamb and the leopard will lie down with the young goat and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together and a little boy will lead them and they shall not hurt or destroy in my holy mountain for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. We sang that song, the lion and the lamb. It comes from this passage. That is the coming …
… who would bring peace into the land. Or I think of these words in Isaiah chapter 11, verses three and four, delight the king that they yearn for would delight in fearing the Lord. He won't judge by appearances nor decide by hearsay. He will judge the needy with righteousness. There it is with compassion. and empathy and care for them and decide with equity for those who suffer in the land. That's the kind of king they were yearning for and hoping for. This became a part of the messianic hope of the people of God. And I think what I consider politics today or what it looks like in America and other parts of the world, it's part of what I pine for today as well. I don't care if you're Republican or Democrat, that really doesn't matter to me. There are things I think Democrats say and do that I think are right and things Republicans say and do that I think are right. And I think each of them play an important role in our society, but it doesn't matter to me whether you're Republican or Democrat. …
… He will not judge by what his eyes see, nor make a decision by what his ears hear, nothing superficial, but with righteousness He will judge the poor and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth." You don't need to worry about that. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked. And righteousness will be the belt about His loins, and faithfulness the belt about His waist. Isaiah gives a lot of other wonderful aspects of the kingdom we don't have time to look over, but we know that when the king comes, every knee will bow to him. All nations will see his glory. Perfect justice and fairness will reign. Righteousness and truth will dominate. Peace everywhere, economic blessing, long life, no wars, safety, joy, followed by a a new heaven and a new earth." That's what Paul is telling us by reaching back to these passages. But for a moment, let's consider them. First of all, just a footnote, I've been hearing some discussion about the fact that we as evangelicals have an urban mandate to, I don't know what, to redeem cities. …