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Church's role against injustice
Acts 16 - Series 04/Episode 52 - Sun 06th Sep 2026 - Church's role against injustice - Acts 16:16-40_ - EXPERIENCES AT PHILIPPI - Psalms 149:06-09
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Acts 16:35-40 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, "Let those men go." (36) So the keeper of the prison reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go. Now therefore depart, and go in peace." (37) But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us openly, uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and get us out." (38) And the officers told these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans. (39) Then they came and pleaded with them and brought them out, and asked them to depart from the city. (40) So they went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they encouraged them and depart
The Lord sends us into this world, where there is injustice, unrighteousness, cowardice, deception and oppression in high places. Matthew 10:16-20 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. (17) But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues. (18) You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. (19) But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; (20) for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
Paul confronted the evil in the system in the enablement of the Holy Spirit. God sees the violence on earth against the innocent. Paul saw the situation as God saw it, and so he stood up against evil. Most of us would have played it safe and allowed the issue to pass. The question is, are we being led by the Holy Spirit or by human wisdom? Psalms 58:1-2 To the Chief Musician. Set to "Do Not Destroy." a Michtam of David. *Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? (2) No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth._ / _Ecclesiastes 3:16 Moreover I saw under the sun: In the place of judgment, Wickedness was there; And in the place of righteousness, Iniquity was there.
This is the heart of God towards the injustice that happens on the earth. Isaiah 59:14-16 Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter. (15) So truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice. (16) He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
The Lord's heart breaks that no one would stand in the gap before Him on behalf of the evil in the land. Ezekiel 22:29-30 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger. (30) So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
The judgement of God will surely fall on all those who do evil. Isaiah 59:17-19 For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. (18) According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay. (19) So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. / Ezekiel 22:31 Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads," says the Lord GOD.
Paul is showing us the position of the church when we see injustice happening in our circumstances. The judgment of God against the evil of the nations has been committed to the church. Psalms 149:6-9 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand, (7) To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments on the peoples; (8) To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron; (9) To execute on them the written judgment-This honor have all His saints. Praise the LORD!_
Learning: There is much work for the church to do in our land and in our times.
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