What is Biblical Justice (Chantilly)

Proverbs 28:5 CSB –  The evil do not understand justice,
but those who seek the Lord understand everything

Psalm 85:10 CSB – Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.

Luke 19:42 CSB – Jesus knelt beside his city and wept, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes”

Colossians 2:8 CSB – Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.

Matthew 25:31-36 CSB – “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. ³² All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

³⁵ “‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me; I was in prison and you visited me.’

Understanding Justice

Matthew 25:31 CSB – “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne

Matthew 25:32a CSB – All the nations will be gathered before him

Matthew 25:32b – 33 CSB – … and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.

Matthew 25:34-40 CSB – Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

³⁵ “‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me; I was in prison and you visited me.’

37, “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or without clothes and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit you?’

⁴⁰ “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Matthew 25:41-46 CSB – “Then he will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels! ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink;⁴³ I was a stranger and you didn’t take me in; I was naked and you didn’t clothe me, sick and in prison and you didn’t take care of me.’

⁴⁴ “Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help you?’

⁴⁵ “Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

⁴⁶ “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Psalm 73:2-3, 13-14 CSB – 

But as for me, my feet almost slipped;
my steps nearly went astray.
³ For I envied the arrogant;

I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?
¹⁴ For I am afflicted all day long
and punished every morning.

Job 27:2 CSB – As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,
and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

Deuteronomy 32:4 CSB – “The Rock, His work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.”

Psalm 89:14 CSB – “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.”

Where Does Justice Come From?

Luke 13:1-2 CSB – At that time, some people came and reported to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. ² And he responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered these things?

Isaiah 55:8-9 CSB – “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not my ways.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
⁹ “For as heaven is higher than earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Genesis 4:7 CSB – If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin [evil] is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”

Luke 6:45 CSB – Jesus said, An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart,…

Jeremiah 8:11-12 CSB – They have treated the brokenness
of my dear people superficially,
claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
¹² Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,”
says the Lord.

Understand Justice. Pursue Justice & Justice Alone.

Deuteronomy 16:20 CSB – Pursue justice and justice alone….

Pursue Justice—Chase Jesus Daily

Romans 3:22,26 CSB – The righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe….

God presented him [Jesus] to demonstrate his righteousness [justice] at the present time, so that he would be just and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

John 14:31 CSB – Jesus said, …, I do as the Father commanded me.

John 10:27 CSB – My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.

Proverbs 21:15 CSB – Justice executed is a joy to the righteous but a terror to evildoers.

Pursue Justice – Love Mercy

Micah 6:8 CSB –   Mankind, he has told each of you what is good
and what it is the Lord requires of you:
to act justly,
to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly with your God.

James 2:13 CSB – For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

2 Corinthians 8:9 CSB – For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

James 2:13b CSB – Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Pursue Justice – Care for Those in Need—in the name of Jesus

Matthew 25:35-36, 40 CSB – ‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me; I was in prison and you visited me.’

⁴⁰ “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Proverbs 29:7 CSB – The righteous person knows the rights of the poor,
but the wicked one does not understand these concerns

Deuteronomy 10:17-18 CSB – For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God, showing no partiality and taking no bribe. ¹⁸ He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the resident alien, giving him food and clothing.

Matthew 10:43 CSB – And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

Mark 9:41 CSB – And whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ —truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

Pursue Justice – Pursue Lost People

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 CSB – For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,