Dancing in the rain
Matt 5:45
Not just, lacking in justice or fairness Archaic, unfaithful, or dishonest
The Unjust doesn't feel the rain
Zeph 3:5 The just LORD [is] in the midst thereof; he will not do
iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to
light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
Why is it the unjust doesn’t feel what we feel?
Hard Heart?????
Eph 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of
their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in
them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being
past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness,
to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Jer 17:9The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately
wicked: who can know it?
Heb 4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper
than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow,
and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The Unjust doesn't know any bounds
Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in
much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Luke 18:2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God,
neither regarded man:1 3 And there was a widow in that city;
and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within
himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because
this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual
coming she weary me.
The Unjust keep bad company
Birds of a feather
Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I
thank thee, that I am not as other men [are], extortioners, unjust,
adulterers, or even as this publican.
The Unjust don’t have any hope
Prov 11:7 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish:
and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.
1Pet 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the
unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death
in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
The Unjust dosen’t have a chance
The last part of Acts 24:15 tells us that there shall be a resurrection
of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
2Pet 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of
temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of
judgment to be punished:
Rev 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy
let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be
righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with
me, to give every man according as his work shall be
Matt 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect.
There was a little old church out in the countryside: painted white and with a high steeple. One Sunday, the pastor noticed that his church needed painting. He checked out the Sunday ads and found a paint sale. The next day, he went into town and bought a gallon of white paint. He went back out to the church and began the job. He got done with the first side. It was looking great. But he noticed he had already used a half gallon. He didn’t want to run back in town and being the creative person that he was, he found a gallon of thinner in the shed out back, and began to thin his paint. It worked out great. He finished the remaining three sides with that last half gallon of paint. That night, it rained: it rained hard. The next morning when he stepped outside of the parsonage to admire his work, he saw that the first side was looking great, but that the paint on the other three sides had washed away. The pastor looked up in sky in anguish and cried out, “What shall I do?” A voice came back from the heavens saying, “Repaint, and thin no more!”
A young man wrote this to his girlfriend. “Sweetheart, if this world was as hot as the Sahara desert, I would crawl on my knees through the burning sand to come to you. If the world would be like the Atlantic Ocean, I would swim through shark infested waters to come to you. I would fight the most fiercest dragon to be by your side. I will see you on Thursday if it does not rain.”
A forwarded e-mail contained the following story ...
Wind Shield Wipers
One rainy afternoon I was driving along one of the main streets
of town, taking those extra precautions necessary when the roads
are wet and slick.
Suddenly, my son Matthew spoke up from his relaxed position in
the front seat.
"Mom, I’m thinking of something."
This announcement usually meant he had been pondering some fact
for a while and was now ready to expound all that his
seven-year-old mind had discovered.
I was eager to hear. "What are you thinking?" I asked.
"The rain," he began, "is like sin and the windshield wipers are
like God, wiping our sins away."
After the chill bumps raced up my arms I was able to respond.
"That’s really good, Matthew."
Then my curiosity broke in. How far would this little boy take
this revelation? So I asked... "Do you notice how the rain keeps
on coming? What does that tell you?"
Matthew didn’t hesitate one moment with his answer:
"We keep on sinning, and God just keeps on forgiving us."
