Loving Our Neighbors Well: Standing with Those Who Struggle // Rev. Steve Eng // April 27 2025

A sense of fairness and justice lies at the heart of what it means to be a human being. Scripture tells us human beings are created in the image of God and worthy of fair treatment. Children are especially good at noticing when they have been treated unfairly — just try refereeing an Easter egg hunt!Most of us have a pretty good instinct to speak up when we've been overcharged, denied something due, or been overlooked; yet God's people have a duty not only to speak up for ourselves, but to speak up for others as well (Proverbs 31:8-9). We call it advocacy. In a spiritual sense, God is our advocate (John 14:16), but as priests and ambassadors of Christ, we too are advocates for others.