Proverbs 11:1
"A false balance is abomination to the LORD: But a just weight is His delight."
A false balance is one that tips the scale, usually making what is being weighed appear to be more than it is. It is a form of lying for personal gain. In our depravity we do this daily, both in worldly matters and in Spiritual ones.
God's justice is always misrepresented by the false balance of our depravity. Wicked men always believe they are chosen and righteous in their flesh. It does not matter how they justify it—whether by 'good' deeds, keeping the law (as they perceive it), attending their places of worship, giving to charity, being born into a 'religious' family, making a profession of faith, or even, as some preach, being infused with righteousness by God. These are the works and lies used by fallen depraved sinners to attempt to 'tip' the scale of justice in their favor.
Any false balance or weight is a sin to the LORD—an abomination. Paul tells us to lay aside the false notion that we carry ANY weight in righteousness, "...let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us” (Hebrews 12:1).
To think that we carry any measure of weight in opposition to God's Christ is an abomination, "Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights” (Micah 6:10-11)?
When you hear the word "delight," what comes to mind? It brings to mind what the Father said of His Son while He was here on earth, "This is My Beloved Son in Whom I am well-pleased” (Matthew 3:17).
Where are we to find this Just Weight? We do not know until the Spirit teaches us that there is only one Just Weight and Balance, and that is the LORD Jesus Christ, "A Just Weight and Balance are the LORD's: all the Weights of the Bag are His work" (Proverbs 16:11).
Christ is the One Who fulfilled every law and demand of God’s justice —every jot and tittle—-not just in word and deed but in thought. When He had laid down His life as the Just Weight, the Perfect Lamb without spot or blemish, there was nothing but righteousness left to impute to the account of those for whom He paid the debt. That is why it was all settled at the cross.
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