God's Heart for the Justice

Series: God's Heart for the...

Psalms 89:14

14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

Deuteronomy 32:4

4“The Rock, his work is perfect,
for all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and upright is he.

What is justice?
God’s will to support what is right and correct what is wrong.

1. Response To Sin

Romans 1:18

18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

2. Rejection of Double Standards

Proverbs 20:23

23Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD,
and false scales are not good.

3. Defense of Vulnerable People

Psalms 82:3

3Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

Isaiah 1:17

17learn to do good; seek justice,
correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.

1. A Stable Standard

2. Fuel our desire to see justice
in our world

3. Give us hope in the midst of discouragement.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

14For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

- A Lack of Awareness

- A Lack of Awareness
- Partisan Tribalism

- A Lack of Awareness
- Partisan Tribalism
- Individualism