Ramsey Creek Baptist Church

God teaches us that it’s best left up to Him to avenge, because we find it extremely difficult to react in justice rather than in revenge. You can’t read Scripture & come away with any other conclusion but that God loves righteous justice. So when earthly authorities aim to dispense justice according to what God says is good, then God - in Romans 13 - calls Christians to submit to that kind of authority. But when those in authority carry out their wicked purposes under the disguise of “law”, it gives evidence to the fact that they aren’t really aligned with God (1 John 1:6). But no matter what the lawmakers do, God is the rock of refuge for the Christian. - "No matter the news, the purpose of the Lord will stand" - WorldWatch News. wicked person in [v. 8-11]. - dull - fools - thoughts are futile God in [v.8-11]: o He hears because He planted the ear o He sees because He formed the eye o He rebukes because He is the only righteous judge o He knows who men really are The