Justice is Sexy!

Justice

·         The quality of being just: righteousness , equitableness  or moral rightness( to uphold the justice of a cause)

·         The moral principle determining just conduct

·         The quality of being fair and reasonable     

“Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.” Isaiah 1:16-17

The idea of justice has become Cool or Sexy in our culture! In fact there are hundreds of thousands Social Justice Groups in America. They have Justice groups to protect donkeys!  To Protect against Sex Trafficking and so on! The Church is and should be at the forefront of this movement!

God=Justice

“The Lord is a God of Justice.” Isaiah 30:18

God is for the very lost people that need Justice the most!

“The Lord is righteous, he loves justice.” Psalms 11:7

“The Lord is beyond our reach and exalted in Power; in justice and great righteousness.” Job 37:23

“The Lord will be exalted by his justice, and the Holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.” Isaiah 5:16

When we as Christian think about Justice we have to think of a bigger idea than Right vs. Wrong! We must see the very image of God and who God is and then asks ourselves some questions in the light of that!

As followers of Christ, we have to take a serious stand for Justice it is in our very image. The call to justice is a large part of what God wants us to do. He wants for us to fight for his people and show his love and grace. Often we are the source and cause of injustice in the world around us, whether it’s through the way we treat others, how we talk about people(to their faces and behind there backs), the choices of how we chose to live our lives with no regard for how it affects others and so on. In order for us to take a stand against injustice we must start with ourselves!

“While women weep as they do now; I’ll fight. While little children go hungry as they do now; I’ll fight. While men go to person in and out, in and out as they do now; I’ll fight. While there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girls upon the streets, while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I’ll Fight I’ll fight to the very end.” William Booth

Confessions of Grace

I have to Confess
Grace is more scandalous than Teenage Pregnancy
Grace is racy like the concept of Christian and Homosexuality
Yet God still gives away Grace like water out of a tap
Grace is more Captivating than drugs to an addict
It is more luring than the web to a porn addict
Grace is more potent than our guilty plea at Christ murder trail
Grace is something we can never earn
Yet we treat it as something we deserve   

I have to Confess
The measure of  my faith is different from yours
The measure of my faith has been laid  out before a thorn
The measure of my faith once was how well I could hide my sins
And how well I cast a stone
The measure of my faith once was how many times I hid behind a church pew
Not willing to share my Grace with you
The measure of my faith was all about he Grace I took
And did not deserve


I have to Confess
My faith now must be shared
I must show Gods grace
Because grace is for all
Its for the addict like me
Its for the lost soul that I once was
Its for the hate filled and lost loved
Its for the fatherless child
Its for all

I have some Grace to Confess
Grace from God takes away all condemnation
Grace erasers the sins that we hide to show how strong our faith is
Grace is for the addicted, the gossip, the greedy and the needy
Grace is for the who cheats on his wife
Grace is free to the ones that choose to believe
Grace is for the Apathetic its for the drunk on the corner
Grace is for the Judged and Judgmental
Grace is Straight and the Homosexual

I have to Confess
I once looked for people I could judge
I looked to see if I could call out there sins
And say hey that's worst than me
I would cast stones
As if I was the one with out sin
But I realized that I am a sinner
So grace I took
And now I share

I have to Confess
If I call myself a Christian
I must confess to the Grace
For Christ came for people like you and me
He came for weak and the healthy
He came for the poor and wealthy
His grace is for the all
Grace is for the prostitutes, the sinners and the whores
Its for people that hide sin behind closed doors
So if I claim this faith I must share this grace

I have to confess
I am a sinner
My hands are stained in crimson
My eyes are painted in lust
My lips are chapped with the lies that I have spit
My body filled with the death of images,drinks and drugs that show have condemned and sent me to hell
But Grace saved me from the mess that I made
Grace that is so racy it comes to the sin
It cleans the dirty body if you let it in

I have to Confess
I no longer hide behind the lies that I have told
For the Grace that God has given
The Grace that came into the mess and made me whole
I must confess that with out Grace
I would be dead
For drugs and drink and lies and sin would have made my soul black
But Grace came into my mess


I have some Grace to Confess
Grace is more racy than Sin its self
Grace is more scandalous than tabloid front cover
Grace is for the sinner and the saint

So I must share this Grace with you

Grace is racy and scandalous
But Grace will make you whole