BIBLICAL VIEW | INJUSTICE (2)

1. Introduction

a) What is injustice? Injustice is...

i) Unfair treatment.

ii) The rights of a person or a group of people are ignored.

iii) Absence of fairness.

iv)Violation of right or of the rights of another.

v) Unfairness.

vi) An unjust act.

vii) A wrongful act.

2. How should we act when we are victims of injustice?

Matthew 5:39-45 New Living Translation (NLT)

³⁹ But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also. ⁴⁰ If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too. ⁴¹ If a soldier demands that you carry his gear for a mile, carry it two miles. ⁴² Give to those who ask, and don’t turn away from those who want to borrow.

Teaching about Love for Enemies 

⁴³ “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! ⁴⁵ In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.

"If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also."

"If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too."

"If a soldier demands that you carry his gear for a mile, carry it two miles."

"Give to those who ask, and don’t turn away from those who want to borrow."

"You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy.

"But I say, love your enemies!"

"Pray for those who persecute you!"

a) In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.

b) Are we getting the picture?

1 Peter 2:19-25 New Living Translation (NLT)

¹⁹ For God is pleased when, conscious of his will, you patiently endure unjust treatment. ²⁰ Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you.

²¹ For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.

²² He never sinned,
    nor ever deceived anyone.
²³ He did not retaliate when he was insulted,
    nor threaten revenge when he suffered.
He left his case in the hands of God,
    who always judges fairly.
²⁴ He personally carried our sins
    in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
    and live for what is right.
By his wounds
    you are healed.
²⁵ Once you were like sheep
    who wandered away.
But now you have turned to your Shepherd,
    the Guardian of your souls.