Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Proverbs 31:5

Proverbs 31:5 lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the justice of all the afflicted.

God places a lot of emphasis on not forgetting his law, in fact all of Psalms chapter 119 the longest chapter in the bible is devoted to remembering the law, and there are many other places that God commands us to meditate on his word, his laws, his precepts, (Joshua 1:7,1:8, Psalms 1:2 etc…) Deuteronomy 17:18-19 Talking about the requirements for kings says “Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes… Now what does God have to say about perverting justice? Deuteronomy 27:19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless and the widow. For the king to forget the law and pervert the justice of the afflicted, a curse would be brought down on him, this would be more than just a trivial matter before God, and this is why it is not for kings to drink at all.

Application-1st Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Though it is lawful for me to drink wine, as a man who seeks to be a leader I will abstain from drinking, not with a condemning spirit but because it’s not for leaders to drink wine.

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