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OPPRESSION
To oppress means to treat somebody in a cruel and unfair way, especially by not giving them the same freedom, rights as other people. It is also when someone is made to be able to think only about sad or worrying things. Do you know many of us are guilty of oppression? By the way we sometimes treat our spouses and children, the labourers or workers who work for us, the way we treat our pastor or our members. Etc.
It is unfortunate to say that there are Christian sadists who enjoy oppressing people. God abhors oppression that was why He promised to deal squarely with all oppression. Psalm 103:6 says, “The Lord Execueth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed”. He also warned us against oppression of any kind. Whether a stranger. “Thou shalt neither vex a stranger nor oppress him …” Ex. 22:21; 23:9. Your neighbour-“And if thou sell ought to thy neighbour or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another” Leviticus 25:14. Your hired servant- “Thou shall not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates”. Deuteronomy 24:14. The poor and the afflicted-“rob not the poor, because he is poor; neither oppress the afflicted in the gate”. Proverbs 22:22. A man and his wife- “and houses, and they covet fields, and take them away by violence; and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage”. Micah 2:2. The widow- “and oppress not the widow… and let none of your imagine evil against his brother in your heart” Zech. 7:10. Are you an instrument of oppression in the hand of the devil? Make up your mind to stop today. Make it a choice to be an instrument of justice, peace equal right and harmony.
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