Opening Illustration: Making the Soccer Team Try-Outs:
If someone asked you what is required to be a Christian what would you say?
Micah 6:6-8
justice n. —the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments.
So the question is: What is the justice we can give?
There are three areas in the Christian life where we can give justice.
Against Evil done to Others:
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
Against Sin:
Only for the believers: God handles justice for the unbelievers and believers alike.
Against our Enemies:
Illustration: Sibling justice:
Most of us define our justice as the ability to right when people wrong us by wronging them.
