January 9, 2022

What Is Social Justice?

Anthony Gammage

Sermon Quotes

Leviticus 19:36
[36] You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 24:22
[22] You shall have the same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the LORD your God.”

Deuteronomy 16:18–20
[18] “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. [19] You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. [20] Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you

Colossians 4:1
[1] Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Genesis 1:27
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 9:6
[6] “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

Deuteronomy 32:4
[4] “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Psalm 146:7–9
…who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free; the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Revelation 15:3
[3] And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!

Zechariah 7:9–10
[9] “Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, [10] do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”

Psalm 68:5
[5] Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Luke 4:18–19
[18] “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, [19] to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”