We all long for true justice.  Proverbs 29:2 tells us “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.”  A big problem that we have in our world is a disagreement of what true justice is.  It is tough to bring good change to a world when there is no consensus on what that change should be.  It shouldn’t be that hard, because our God has given us an absolute standard of right and wrong, of what is just and unjust, in His Word, the Bible.  The problem is that His …

There are two things that people all over the world tend to put their trust in: religion and wealth.  The last two messages from the book of Revelation addressed why people follow religion and the source of the many different religions they follow.  We saw what the ultimate end of those religions are in Revelation 17.  Now, in chapter 18, we see the fall of the second object of people’s trust and passion: wealth. Wealth in itself is not evil, but wealth as a passion, as a goal, is.  In fact, God calls greed equal to idolatry and here in …

False religion is like fake medicine.  It is taken by someone who is dying hoping to be made well.  Worse than just being sick, the person taking fake medicine believes they are getting better.  They think they are okay and therefore are not seeking help. Dr. John MacArthur Jr. writes “All the false religions of the world are attempts to run from the true God. They’re all satanic counterfeits sending men in the opposite direction from God. Isaiah 53, verse 6 sums it up: “All we like sheep have gone astray, turned everyone to his own way.” We’re like sheep …

Justice requires judgment.  Evil cannot ultimately coexist with justice and righteousness.  Contrary to popular belief, however, God is not eager to judge.  He is actually very slow to do it.  In the Bible, in 2 Peter 3:9 we read, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”  God is waiting for more people to receive the gift that Jesus provided.  He is waiting for more people to turn to Him.  Justice, however, cannot wait forever.  There has to …