RRR_Justice
Justice, well, we could try to define justice. We could think about justice as the absence of injustice. That's always an interesting way to think about things. The opposite of dark is the presence of light? That in a totally dark room lighting, just a small candle, takes all of the total darkness out. However darkness has a power to it. In a totally dark room, you and I both know that, that little candle's light; yes, it shines bright down in that corner. But it does not light up and illuminate the whole room.
Justice is not a concept.
Although it is an idea and a concept; justice is a result. Justice is the action that takes place and is a result of what is happening in the life. So justice is an outcome, and justice is also the input to achieve that outcome. Justice is not as easily understood, nor defined as we might believe.
We have certain paradigms in our minds that we believe define justice, and therefore, we believe and think that we understand justice.
But there is so much human emotion and feeling tied in to justice. But many times that's not justice, it's revenge.
And very clearly in the Bible, God says that vengeance belongs to him and him alone, and we have trouble understanding that in our sense of self, our ego our pride, our human and our humanity and our way of believing in ourselves. And there is nothing wrong in believing in yourself, but if you don't temper that belief in yourself with an understanding of almighty. God, before whom you bow. What hope have we for justice?
We know justice. We know justice in the sense of most of us root for the underdog, it's almost the American culture to root for the underdog, or at least at one time it used to be, however, nowadays.
There's a subtle shift, we no longer really cheer on the underdog. Do we want what(?) the winner we want the Nietzsche Superhuman, we don't want to have to go through rooting for the underdog and climbing to success, we just want success.
We want to train for and achieve perfection, and guess what(?) we are imperfect, and you are imperfect, and anyone around you who likes to try to believe and support and exist in a perfection; is lying to themselves because it is human to be imperfect. And imperfection means that we are by nature under Dogs and we are by nature, inclined to be seeking after justice.
Justice means rectifying. justice means sanctifying or being set aside. Justice means that you are in a position where what was wrong against you can be made right.
It does not mean that the judgement that said that you were guilty was in error? In fact, that judgement was probably correct. What it does mean is that in justice there is a sense that there can be a restoration, a redemption, and that's really the story of the Bible.
Isn't it?
And that's really the story that you want to pass to your disciples, about the Jesus that you're bringing them back to, isn't it, that he redeems us with his precious blood. And that, when we confess and repent of our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive forgive us, since he doesn't wag his stern Justice, well, we could try to define justice. We could think about justice as the absence of injustice. That's always an interesting way to think about things.
The opposite of dark is the presence of light? That in a totally dark room lighting, just a small candle, takes all of the total darkness out. However darkness has a power to it. In a totally dark room, you and I both know that, that little candle's light;
yes, it shines bright down in that corner. But it does not light up and illuminate the whole room. Justice is not a concept.
Although it is an idea and a concept; justice is a result. Justice is the action that takes place and is a result of what is happening in the life. So justice is an outcome, and justice is also the input to achieve that outcome. Justice is not as easily understood, nor defined as we might believe.
We have certain paradigms in our minds that we believe define justice, and therefore, we believe and think that we understand justice. But there is so much human emotion and feeling tied in to justice. But many times that's not justice, it's revenge.
And very clearly in the Bible, God says that vengeance belongs to him and him alone, and we have trouble understanding that in our sense of self, our ego our pride, our human and our humanity and our way of believing in ourselves. And there is nothing wrong in believing in yourself, but if you don't temper that belief in yourself with an understanding of almighty. God, before whom you bow. What hope have we for justice?
We know justice. We know justice in the sense of most of us root for the underdog, it's almost the American culture to root for the underdog, or at least at one time it used to be, however, nowadays.
There's a subtle shift, we no longer really cheer on the underdog. Do we want what(?) the winner we want the Nietzsche Superhuman, we don't want to have to go through rooting for the underdog and climbing to success, we just want success.
We want to train for and achieve perfection, and guess what(?) we are imperfect, and you are imperfect, and anyone around you who likes to try to believe and support and exist in a perfection; is lying to themselves because it is human to be imperfect. And imperfection means that we are by nature under Dogs and we are by nature, inclined to be seeking after justice.
Justice means rectifying. justice means sanctifying or being set aside. Justice means that you are in a position where what was wrong against you can be made right.
It does not mean that the judgement that said that you were guilty was in error? In fact, that judgement was probably correct. What it does mean is that in justice there is a sense that there can be a restoration, a redemption, and that's really the story of the Bible.
Isn't it? And that's really the story that you want to pass to your disciples, about the Jesus that you're bringing them back to, isn't it, that he redeems us with his precious blood. And that, when we confess and repent of our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive forgive us, since he doesn't wag his stern finger against us and condemn us and say that there is no redemption.
No, he allows by grace for redemption that any human finds so remarkable that may be an essential painting of justice.
The opposite of dark is the presence of light? That in a totally dark room lighting, just a small candle, takes all of the total darkness out. However darkness has a power to it. In a totally dark room, you and I both know that, that little candle's light;
yes, it shines bright down in that corner. But it does not light up and illuminate the whole room. Justice is not a concept.
Although it is an idea and a concept; justice is a result. Justice is the action that takes place and is a result of what is happening in the life. So justice is an outcome, and justice is also the input to achieve that outcome. Justice is not as easily understood, nor defined as we might believe.
We have certain paradigms in our minds that we believe define justice, and therefore, we believe and think that we understand justice. But there is so much human emotion and feeling tied in to justice. But many times that's not justice, it's revenge.
And very clearly in the Bible, God says that vengeance belongs to him and him alone, and we have trouble understanding that in our sense of self, our ego our pride, our human and our humanity and our way of believing in ourselves. And there is nothing wrong in believing in yourself, but if you don't temper that belief in yourself with an understanding of almighty. God, before whom you bow. What hope have we for justice?
We know justice. We know justice in the sense of most of us root for the underdog, it's almost the American culture to root for the underdog, or at least at one time it used to be, however, nowadays.
There's a subtle shift, we no longer really cheer on the underdog. Do we want what(?) the winner we want the Nietzsche Superhuman, we don't want to have to go through rooting for the underdog and climbing to success, we just want success.
We want to train for and achieve perfection, and guess what(?) we are imperfect, and you are imperfect, and anyone around you who likes to try to believe and support and exist in a perfection; is lying to themselves because it is human to be imperfect. And imperfection means that we are by nature under Dogs and we are by nature, inclined to be seeking after justice.
Justice means rectifying. justice means sanctifying or being set aside. Justice means that you are in a position where what was wrong against you can be made right.
It does not mean that the judgement that said that you were guilty was in error? In fact, that judgement was probably correct. What it does mean is that in justice there is a sense that there can be a restoration, a redemption, and that's really the story of the Bible.
Isn't it? And that's really the story that you want to pass to your disciples, about the Jesus that you're bringing them back to, isn't it, that he redeems us with his precious blood. And that, when we confess and repent of our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive forgive us, since he doesn't wag his stern finger against us and condemn us and say that there is no redemption.
No, he allows by grace for redemption that any human finds so remarkable that may be an essential painting of justice.
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