A Cry for Truth, Justice, and Peace

Introduction

Psalm 120 1-7 “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. “Lord, rescue me from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.” What will he give you, and what will he do to you, you deceitful tongue? A warrior’s sharp arrows with burning charcoal! What misery that I have stayed in Meshech, that I have lived among the tents of Kedar! I have dwelt too long with those who hate peace. I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.”

A. For Truth

B. For Justice

C. For Peace

For Truth

Psalm 120 1-2 “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. “Lord, rescue me from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.””

A. Destroyer of Trust

B. Destroyer of Relationships

For Justice

Psalm 120 3-4 “What will he give you, and what will he do to you, you deceitful tongue? A warrior’s sharp arrows with burning charcoal!”

A. Avenger of the Righteous

B. Executor of Justice

For Peace

Psalm 120 5-7 “What misery that I have stayed in Meshech, that I have lived among the tents of Kedar! I have dwelt too long with those who hate peace. I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.”

A. Dwelling Among the Unrighteous

B. Blessed are the Peacemakers

Conclusion

Isaiah 6:5 “Then I said: Woe is me for I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Armies.”

Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;”

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

2 Corinthians 5:21 “He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

Romans 10:9-10 “If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.”