The Daily Fountain Devotional Thursday, September 22, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Thursday, September 22, 2022
Thursday, September 22,2022
TOPIC: NEVER JOIN THE MULTITUDE IN COMMITTING EVIL
TEXT: Exodus 23:1-9
1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
The Daily Fountain Devotional Thursday, September 22, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
The deeds of a mixed multitude end in death and hell. Christians must not approve whatever the multitude approves but must depart from every iniquity. God's word in the Bible is His standard for holiness and righteousness. If we must move with God, we must agree with His words and replicate the same in action. In our society today, in family disputes, community disputes, marriage crises, political wars, leadership tussles, etc., we must agree with prophet Isaiah that. "No one enters suit justly, no one goes to law honestly, they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies... " (Isa. 59:4).
Therefore, justice is turned back. This is the situation of our nation. What do we do?
Our text today has the answer - the antidote! Never utter false reports, resist being a malicious witness, bluntly refuse following a multitude to do evil or pervert justice of the poor, reject partially, keep far from a false charge and be merciful to help lift people's burdens. Say no to bribery for a bribe blinds the officials and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. This is the truth and God's standard!
Prayer: God help us not to walk in the way that seems good unto men but ends in disaster in Jesus' name. Amen.