“Social justice is a political philosophical concept centered around the right to equality among people in various social dimensions.”
Romans 13:4c (NIV) “[A ruler] is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.” The Role of Government
Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV) “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey The Role of everything I have commanded you.” the Church
Micah 6:8 (NIV) “What does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” The Role of the Church
Exodus 23:1-9 (NIV) “Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness. 2 “Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd, 3 and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit. 4 “If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it. 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it. 6 “Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit Individual the guilty. 8 “Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent. 9 “Do Justice not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.”
Personal Responsibility No false reports (v. 1) No favoritism in lawsuits (vs. 2-3) No bias because of a personal grudge (vs. 4-5) No injustice to the poor (vs. 6-7) No bribes (vs. 8) No oppression of foreigners (v. 9) Individual Justice
James 5:4 (NIV) “Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Individual Almighty.” Justice
Structural injustice would be 1. a law that, if rightly applied, results in unjust outcomes or 2. a law that is consistently applied in different ways to different people, and Structural therefore results in unjust Justice outcomes
Matthew 14:1-12
2 Cor. 8:13-15 (NIV) “Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. 14 At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, 15 as it is written: “The one who gathered much did not have too much, Cosmic and the one who gathered little did not have too little.” Justice
“You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.” Matthew 5:13-16
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