Reflecting God's Justice and Mercy in Our Lives

Justice is generally seen as the principle of fairness, giving each person what is their due. It's a basic right if you would and the interesting thing is if you trace back the basic right you'll chase it back to the fact that we were all made in God's image. [00:03:49] (19 seconds)  #JusticeRootedInDivineImage

For every single one of us are under the hand of the Creator to whom we must sooner or later give an account of our lives. And I believe that the Scriptures are clear. Not only will you give an account for the things that you did, or didn't do. Or, I'm sorry, the things that you shouldn't have done, right, that you did do. But I believe that I'm going to give an account for the good I could have done but chose not to do. [00:10:50] (25 seconds)  #AccountabilityToTheCreator

Justice flows from God's character... He doesn't just act just. He is just. We have a concept of just because of God. He is the ruler, meaning the measuring stick, by which we see and understand and know what justice is. It is his very character. [00:14:27] (20 seconds)  #GodIsTheMeasureOfJustice

We must administer justice impartially and that's part of the part of I believe is the wrestling is that we were trying to to kind of come with a new kind of justice where we kind of take the blindfold off of one eye and go I'm impartial but in order to be impartial I need to know your color I'm impartial but in order to be impartial I need to know your gender I need to know your sexual orientation I need to know your politics that is not justice at least not the justice you of God as his people should reflect it, as his people should reflect it. [00:17:04] (38 seconds)  #TrueImpartialityInJustice

Justice is not optional. It is a core requirement for you and I. And hopefully you understand, you're beginning to hear here, justice goes both directions. [00:19:05] (16 seconds)  #JusticeIsNonNegotiable

If you don't reflect both grace and truth, you don't reflect God. If you don't reflect both the fact that God is just and the justifier, you don't reflect God. It's both. And it's our call to, in truth and grace, live in the middle. [00:25:14] (19 seconds)  #BalanceGraceAndTruth

Repent of indifference. Repent of indifference. Repent of indifference. I am justice -driven, okay? Don't say it out loud that this doesn't apply to you. Take some time and ask the Holy Spirit, and I guarantee you, He will reveal to you, as He revealed to me, there are times that you've been indifferent. [00:26:25] (17 seconds)  #RepentanceFromIndifference

Support those who are trying to faithfully serve in enforcing justice. Judges, police officers, principals, parents, there are all these folks that are put into a role of authority, are doing God's work. Now, are they, do they make mistakes? Absolutely. Like he without, you know, sin cast the first stone. Okay. Are some of them corrupt? Absolutely. And should they be held account? Absolutely. Absolutely. But I can guarantee you this, they're not all corrupt. [00:29:21] (34 seconds)  #SupportGodlyAuthority

Reflect the justice and compassion of Christ, not just of good morals, not just of so I can you know be a peacemaker between two because I don't want everybody to fight but Christ values we were we are called reflect both those aspects for Christ did not compromise the law as a matter of fact it said he fulfilled every aspect of it nor did he turn away sinners who sought mercy it was a both and another either or. [00:30:48] (29 seconds)  #ReflectChristlikeJustice

What we need more is people who really do love justice and also believe in and promote the idea of there's somebody who's the justifier and bring those two together and lives in the tension in the middle and I'm praying that that happens the God does that in you and I. [00:32:16] (23 seconds)  #LoveJusticeLiveInTension