What God Says About Quid Pro Quo. Part [1] 12/21/2025 (Evening thought)

Deuteronomy 16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

We are living in an age where in some instances, not all, the system of justice is perverted, an age where the rich and the infamous have curry favored some judges, in so much that folks on the lower echelons of society are in many ways being treated differently to those who have the money and influence to grease judges’ hands. In some cases, persons are thrown in jail for minor offenses, while individuals at the top of the totem pole are released for much more egregious crimes.

This grim state of affairs will not continue forever because the prophet Isaiah says that God is taking notice. And in the fulness of time, He will act and He will do so in a very strange way that most persons are not expecting. When justice is perverted to suit one’s will, when populations are not given a fair shake in the courts of law, it is just a matter of time before society will begin to crumble.

And once the horses have left the barn, it could be quite difficult, if not impossible to rein them back in, because, nations that have permitted the wheels of justice to go off the rails, usually never regain their stature, or prominence as in former years. This happened in ancient Babylon, it occurred with papal Rome, it happened in Herod’s day, and the same disease could now be seen in many nations around the world, where you have a two-tiered system of justice, one for the rich, and another for the poor, with the poorer classes, often receiving the short end of the stick.

Deuteronomy 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

Forward Ever, Backward Never. Part [23] 12/20/2025 (Morning thought)

John 7:After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.

They sought out His enemies, for they were in harmony with their spirit and work. They misinterpreted His words, falsified His statements, and impugned His motives. They sustained their course by gathering up every item that could be turned against Him; and such indignation was stirred up by these false reports that His life was in danger. The news spread swiftly that by His own confession Jesus of Nazareth was not the Messiah.

And thus in Galilee the current of popular feeling was turned against Him, as, the year before, it had been in Judea. Alas for Israel! They rejected their Savior, because they longed for a conqueror who would give them temporal power. They wanted the meat which perishes, and not that which endures unto everlasting life. With a yearning heart, Jesus saw those who had been His disciples departing from Him, the Life and the Light of men.

The consciousness that His compassion was unappreciated, His love unrequited, His mercy slighted, His salvation rejected, filled Him with sorrow that was inexpressible. It was such developments as these that made Him a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Without attempting to hinder those who were leaving Him, Jesus turned to the twelve and said, “Will you also go away?”

John 6:27 Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!