The God who loves good should not love evil; it should not be ambivalent about the bad, the harmful, the destructive; you must hate these things. The God of the Bible reveals himself as a God of love. But he also reveals himself as a god he hates. We examined the verses where the Bible uses words such as “Haine,” “Abomination,” and “hateful,” and saw that God hates idolatry and also sexual immorality. Today, we turn our attention to the following: God hates injustice.
God rules this world and governs righteously. ” Justice and the law are the foundation of your throne; Grace and truth precede you?(Psalm 89:14). God delegates authority and responsibility to us, beings created in his image, and he expects us to do justice on his behalf. “For me, do kings rule, and do princes decree justice?(Proverbs 8:15) e?Did he say to you, O man, what is good and what the Lord asks you to do righteousness, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?(Miqueas 6: 8).
- According to Gregg Allison.
- Justice “gives people their fair share.
- Especially when it comes to enforcing a law.
- “The Bible often refers to a specific type of justice.
- Social justice.
- Which is “the equitable sharing of economic means.
- Educational perspectives.
- Political influence.
- And other opportunities within a community.
- The Old Testament commanded the nation of Israel to care for the weak.
- The vulnerable.
- The homeless.
- He commanded his leaders to govern fairly.
- According to God’s law.
- Injustice and threatened God’s judgment.
The New Testament kills the nation of Israel, but certainly not for the purpose of justice, for what?The pure and immaculate religion, towards our God and Father, is this: visiting orphans and widows in their tribulations and himself to keep himself clean from the world (James 1:27). As for the administration of justice in society, the civil leader is “minister of God, vengeful, to punish those who do evil” (Romans 13:4, see also Matthew 25:31-46, James 2:1-13, Acts 6:1-7).
God will not tolerate anything that is below His high level of righteousness; specifically, he hates people who deceive others to enrich themselves (Deuteronomy 25:13-16); hates those who perish justice by condemning innocent and innocent people (Proverbs 17:15) Hates those who commit the last act of injustice: the murder of innocents (Proverbs 6:17).
God hates injustice because he perverts his world. God’s goal for justice is for her to reign in this world through people made in her image. He asks people to take care of others with love and alleviate their suffering. Greg Forster says: “The gospel itself requires the church to have a vision of justice that defies the greed and oppression of the world. And by freeing people from spiritual slavery from guilt and fear, the gospel exposes the wickedness of world powers that exploit spiritual slavery for selfish purposes. That is why the Church on earth is the “militant Church”. Isn’t the Church the Church if she is not at war with the injustice of the world?
In the end, God wants people to find their satisfaction in him, find peace in him, and bring peace to others through justice. John Piper says: “When we use false stairs or lie on our tax returns or distort the facts in our business, we declare that the ephemeral sweetness of sin is more desirable than God’s eternal peace. He does not honor God and therefore does not please his heart. “Deceptive balance is an abomination to the Lord, but the right weight is his pleasure. “
Jesus himself speaks of the final judgment and what will happen to all who commit acts of injustice. “For I was hungry, and ye did not feed me; I was thirsty and you didn’t give me a drink; being an outsider, you didn’t host me; being naked, you have not dressed me; finding me sick and imprisoned, didn’t you come to see me?(Matthew 25:42-43) People will know when and how this happened, and Jesus will say, “Every time you stop doing it to one of these little ones, you stop doing it to me?(45). And then comes the consequence of their injustice :?And they will go to eternal punishment?(46). The unjust do not take place in the eternal kingdom of God, but will pay the most terrible price for neglecting the needy and rebelling against God.
In Romans 1, Paul highlights a long list of sins that characterize those who turn away from God with godly hatred, and many of them relate to injustice:?Full of all injustice, evil, greed and evil; possessed envy, murder, conflict, deception and malice; To be defamatory, slanderous, god-loathed, insolent, proud, presumptuous, inventor of evils, disobedient to parents, foolish, treacherous, without natural and ruthless affection?(29-31). In a similar list in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Paul specifically says that thieves, stingers, and thieves cannot inherit the kingdom of God. God says it clearly: the unjust will be punished for their injustice.
But there is hope for the unjust. There is hope for those who have committed deliberate acts of injustice and for those who have not taken every opportunity to express their love for others. Hope is the gospel of Jesus Christ, because Jesus said, “The healthy do not need a doctor, but the sick, I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners (Mark 2:17) Jesus came into the world to save the unjust.
On the cross, the perfect, sinless Son of God suffered the greatest act of injustice when he was tortured and killed; and yet the cross was also the greatest act of justice, because the debt of our sin was paid entirely on your shoulders. Through his sacrifice, Jesus satisfied God’s wrath against the unrighteous, buying forgiveness from those who turn to him with repentance and faith. “For Christ also died, once for sins, for the righteous, to lead you to God; dead, yes, in the flesh, but invigorated in the mind?(1 Peter 3:18).