They will die like men

Today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, and Psalm 82 is a fitting call to confession. God stands among the gods, or the mighty ones, the ones with power. He judges the powerful leaders for judging unjustly, for letting the wicked consume the poor and defenseless, the fatherless and the afflicted. Abortion fits this description. It is so abhorrent, all the foundations of the earth are unstable. God acknowledges the power our leaders have – He gave it to them. But they have overstepped their bounds and think they can give people rights that God does not give them. God is judging us as a nation for our sin by confounding the wise and pulling us to moral and legal decay. We deprive the unborn of life, so God is depriving us of spiritual vitality. We are strong as a nation, but we will die like men. God alone (His Son and Christ, actually) will judge the earth, and inherit the nations.

1/22/12

Psalm 82

    "God stands in the congregation of the mighty; 

          He judges among the gods. 

    2      How long will you judge unjustly, 

          And show partiality to the wicked?       Selah

    3      Defend the poor and fatherless; 

          Do justice to the afflicted and needy. 

    4      Deliver the poor and needy; 

          Free them from the hand of the wicked. 

    5      They do not know, nor do they understand; 

          They walk about in darkness; 

          All the foundations of the earth are unstable. 

    6      I said, “You are gods, 

          And all of you are children of the Most High. 

    7      But you shall die like men, 

          And fall like one of the princes.” 

    8      Arise, O God, judge the earth; 

          For You shall inherit all nations."