February 27, 2024
Read Leviticus 14, Psalm 58, Galatians 1
Many people decry the idea of Hell. They ask, “Why would an all-loving God send someone to Hell?” This is a wrong-headed question to ask. God doesn’t send anyone to Hell. We are already headed there, but when we hear that Jesus stepped in and paid the penalty for our sins on the cross, we have the opportunity to accept His grace gift and pardon from Hell. The reality of Hell is a just reality. Of all the evil done in the world, would we not expect God to punish those who do evil? God is indeed a just God, who enacts his judgment on everyone justly. May I take this sober moment to remind you that we are all sinners and have broken God’s law. Let this be a humble reminder that we all need a Savior.
Psalm 58 is a cry for justice from King David. He specifically aims his cry against the rulers or leaders in Israel. “Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men?” v. 1. David says that this is not a new thing, the wicked have been wicked for their entire life. “Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies” v. 3. David uses a couple of illustrations like a snake that is full of venom and that won’t heed the snake charmer. He wishes that they would vanish like water that flows away. The last lines of the Psalm end in an uplifting hope that David has in his God. “The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 Then men will say, ‘Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth’” vv. 10-11.
What else do you see in these chapters? What words, phrases, or themes stand out to you?
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