The Attempted Demise of Justice

CitP blog, 10-7-18, The Attempted Demise of Justice

Have you ever stopped to think WHY God has said, “The just shall live by faith” (Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38).  When you read the handout from Christ in the Park this morning (included below) and see the connection between “just” and “righteous,” it will almost BLOW your mind!  Think of how interchangeable these two words are.  And think of how critical it is that we Christians CANNOT let the enemies of the Cross of Christ change or take away the absolute exactness of God’s Words and His meanings.  Our enemies would cry, “You are not being ‘fair’!”  We will not be “fair,” but “just” and “righteous”!

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Christ in the Park handout, 10-7-18

The Attempted Demise of Justice

Philippians 4:8, “Brethren, whatsoever things are…just…think on these things.”

     The concept of “just” or “justice” is one of God’s foremost operative principles.  And the enemy has been attacking this thought forever.  However, in America, we have seen this fight reach new levels.

     As is the enemy’s mode of operation, he has worked very successfully to exchange “just” with the principle of “fair” in everything.  Have you ever stopped to think, and admit, “life is not fair”?  What is “fair” about being born blind?  What is “fair” about being killed in a car wreck when one is just a baby?  What is “fair” about ____________ (all sorts of issue people face in life)”?  None of these are “fair,” are they?  BUT…they are “just.”

     In the Bible, “just” is God’s word for “correct justice, expected by the One Who sets the rules whereby mankind must live.”  It is applied to God, “O righteous Father…” (John 17:25).

        “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified by His grace

         through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.  When God hath set forth to be a

         propitiation through faith in Christ Jesus’ blood, to declare righteousness for the

         remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God: to declare, I say,

         at this time his righteousness: that He might be just, and the justifier of him which

         believeth in Jesus” (Romans 3:23-26)

     With God and the Bible, the word “fair” NEVER enters any declaration or discussion when considering whether something is “right or wrong” or “legal or illegal”…it is always “just,” “justice,” “justifier,” and “justified.”  And interestingly, “righteous” in John 17:25 is translated from the same Greek word as is “just” in Romans 3.  Incredibly, EVERY instance where we find the word “righteous” in the New Testament it is from the same Greek word that we get “just”!

     GOD IS NOT “FAIR.”  GOD IS “JUST”!  Thank God He is in all our dealings!

     No wonder, God wants us to “think on…just” instead of “fair.”

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