Vindication
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Know what it means
Know what it means
VINDIC̵A´TION: 1. The defense of any thing, or a justification against denial or censure, or against objections or accusations The act of supporting by proof or legal process; the proving of anything to be just 3.Defense by force or otherwise; as the vindication of the rights of man; the vindication of our liberties or the rights of conscience. Webster 1828
VIN´DIC̵ATE: To defend; to justify; to support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure or objections. 2. To assert; to defend with success; to maintain; to prove to be just or valid 3. To defend with arms, or otherwise; as, to vindicate our rights. 4. To avenge; to punish Webster 1828
The wicked system must be removed
The wicked system must be removed
9 We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed; Forsake her and let us each go to his own country, For her judgment has reached to heaven And towers up to the very skies. 10 The Lord has brought about our vindication; Come and let us recount in Zion The work of the Lord our God!
Religion always judges Righteousness
Religion always judges Righteousness
18 “For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ 19 “The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
God vindicates us for His name sake
God vindicates us for His name sake
22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. 23 “I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,” declares the Lord God, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.
God wants us to cry out to Him
God wants us to cry out to Him
1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
8 The Lord judges the peoples; Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
1 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
Judgement begins in the house of God
Judgement begins in the house of God
1 God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers. 2 How long will you judge unjustly And show partiality to the wicked? Selah. 3 Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. 4 Rescue the weak and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
God will defend the righteous
God will defend the righteous
7 For the Lord God helps Me, Therefore, I am not disgraced; Therefore, I have set My face like flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed. 8 He who vindicates Me is near; Who will contend with Me? Let us stand up to each other; Who has a case against Me? Let him draw near to Me.
So how do we pray?
So how do we pray?
1 Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me. 2 Take hold of buckler and shield And rise up for my help. 3 Draw also the spear and the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me; Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.” 4 Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me. 5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the Lord driving them on. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the Lord pursuing them. 7 For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him unawares, And let the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.
What does our vindication look like?
What does our vindication look like?
Can we be sure that we will be vindicated?
Can we be sure that we will be vindicated?
14 “In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you. 15 “If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me. Whoever assails you will fall because of you. 16 “Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals And brings out a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to ruin. 17 “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.
So where are we in the scheme of things?
So where are we in the scheme of things?
What should our response be to what God is doing right now?
What should our response be to what God is doing right now?
23 So rejoice, O sons of Zion, And be glad in the Lord your God; For He has given you the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, The early and latter rain as before. 24 The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil. 25 “Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you. 26 “You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied And praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will never be put to shame. 27 “Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the Lord your God, And there is no other; And My people will never be put to shame.
28 “It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. 29 “Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.