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What’s Justice?

This weeks look at God’s Wish List - Justice. What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)   How do you define justice that blesses God?

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  1. #1 by Fran Kelley on October 30th, 2009 - 11:56 am

    In Matthew 25:40 it says “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Isn’t this our mission - to always be ready to offer comfort and help to any that God allows to cross our path. To me, this is living out justice.

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  2. #2 by Bill Watson on November 16th, 2009 - 12:20 pm

    The word used in Micah 6:8, mishpat, has to do with judgment or judging rightly. It seems it could, in this context, mean defending the rights of anyone by judging rightly according to God’s law, or, perhaps, in a non-biased way. In terms of how many people seem to use the word justice, it would be defending the rights of the poor and oppressed, as they are usually the ones against whom systemic judgment is perverted (though it would apply, in my world, to judging rightly in any case or relationship, even if the verdict reached was against someone seen as poor or oppressed). I think Matt. 25:40 would appear to fit the second third of Micah’s trilogy of fulfilling the expectation’s of God - loving mercy.

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