When it Comes to Our Lifestyle, Why Not Simply Emulate Christ?

God Wants Justice and Mercy, Not Religion, God Wants Justice and Mercy, Not Religion, and We’re Falling Short

by Minister Paul J. Bern (Isaiah 58, verses 5–11)

What’s the Social Gospel? How can this benefit myself and others? Find out the inspiring truth at Rev. Paul Bern’s Faith Based Community, or at https://business.google.com/site/l/01832834538876848585

For this week’s message I have been inspired to write about the true meaning of the twin brothers of the Spirit of the Lord known as justice and mercy. I saw an item of general human interest on the evening news on one of the local channels here in Atlanta about a man, one Sonny Bharadia, who has been locked up for 17 years for a crime he did not commit. It has only recently come to light that the DNA evidence in his case points to another man who is already serving a life sentence for murder in a separate case. And yet the state prison system here in Georgia is refusing to hear the evidence and release the man (to view the whole story, click here). This is injustice at its absolute worst!

So I took this to the Lord in prayer, as I often do, and inquired as to what part of the Scriptures I should use to deliver a message condemning the…