Scripture and Justice

August 6^th, Scripture and Justice

After Christ ascended, Jesus’ apostles, disciples and his followers would gather together. They were fearful and the Roman and Jewish authorities were after them. They met in secret and had to care for each other. They were breaking the man’s law but following God’s law and the Way of Christ in those early days.

·       Acts 2:44-45 “All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.”

‘Individual human beings are the foundation, the cause and the end of every social institution.’ – Pope John XXIII

·       Exodus 23:6-8 “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.”

·       Micah 6:8 asks, "what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"

·       Isaiah 1:17 encourages, "Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, and plead the widow's cause."

·       Psalm 82:3 reminds, "Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute."

·       Acts 2:44-45 New International Version “All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.”

I encourage you to watch the video on Scripture and Justice  here: https://youtu.be/w2b7Bc-fOz4