Who Is God? Part 10

God is Just Deuteronomy 32:4, Job 37:23, Psalm 89:14 The Three Aspects of Divine Justice 1. The MEANING of God's Justice 1 Peter 1:17 3 Things God’s Justice Means ● God cannot be anything but just ● God does justice naturally – Psalm 37:28 ● God has never wronged any – Ezra 9:13; Romans 9:20 2. The MEASURE of God’s Justice 3 Types of Divine Justice ● Remunerative – Romans 2:6; Luke 17:10 ● Retributive – Exodus 34:7 4 Clarifications of Retributive Justice ➔ God sometimes uses evil people as instruments to do evil work ➔ God lets people go on in sin, and prosper, to render them inexcusable – Romans 2:4 ➔ God sometimes punishes openly, that His justice might be taken notice of ➔ God lets people prosper all while His cup of wrath is filling – Jeremiah 25:15, Matthew 10:28 ● Redemptive Justice – Psalm 72:2 3. The MEAT of God’s Justice 3 Important Principles about God’s Justice ● God’s ways are sometimes secret - but never unjust – Matthew 3:17 ● God is never unjust because whoever perishes, his destruction is on himself – Hosea 13:9, Psalm 81:10 ● God will eventually set all things right – Acts 17:31 The 3 BIG B’s √ Believe! √ Be Baptized! √ Belong! A+ Christianity