Proverbs 28 - Justice, Righteousness, & Grace (notes)

Proverbs 28 - Justice, Righteousness, & Grace

Proverbs 28

• God’s Justice is greater than man’s. God’s justice is pure, man’s justice is based on revenge, God’s justice is righteous and true.
• Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully. Proverbs 28:5
• We will be given revelation about God’s justice as we seek the Lord.

God Judged Sin

• And when sin was judged sickness was also judged according to Isaiah 53.
• No sickness can stand in front of a holy God.
• When we come into God’s presence all evil, including sin that caused sickness must bow to God’s presence.

Our Body

• Is the temple of the Holy Spirit and when the Holy Spirit dwells in His Temple, all sickness must leave the temple because sin was judged on the cross.
• Can be holy and healthy.
• Is the dwelling place of God’s presence and as He dwells in us, anything evil must flee, including sickness.

Principles

• God is exalted in power and In His justice and great righteousness, He does not oppress. Job 37:23
• God wants us to give justice to the poor.
• Don’t accept bribes. Deut. 16:19
• Don’t withhold justice from the alien, the fatherless of the widow. Deut. 27:19

The Lord

• Is a God who has always been concerned with the needs and cares of the poor.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8 when all Israel heard the verdict the king had given; they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.
• I Kings 3:28
• If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8

How God Looks At Generosity:

• Psalms 112:5 Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.
• Justice means fairness or reasonableness, especially in the way people are treated or decisions are made.

Anyone

• In a position of authority must be a person of character.
• A person of Godly character will not abuse their authority.
• This is how justice is administered.
• This is why Godly government is so important to any society.
• Justice is something we all should strive to walk in.

Righteousness

• Is always behaving according to a religious or moral code.
• Is like a breastplate to the believer.
• In Jesus we are made the righteousness of God in Him.

Every Believer can live a Godly life in righteousness and deal justly with everyday situations.

When The Church

• Is righteous it will deal with situations with justice.
• Example of Acts 6.
• When the church was having problems with food distributions to the widows.
• The church picked deacons to take care of the problem.

Isaiah 53

• Demonstrates the righteousness, justice and grace of Almighty God.
• Shows how God dealt with the works of the devil.
• Is a picture of God’s justice.

Grace

• Faith is the atmosphere of Grace.
• We are entering a revival of Grace. When legalism sets in the anointing lifts from that person, place, church etc.
• Grace is favor, the difference between law & grace.
• Grace is more severe than the law ever was. For example, the law says, don’t murder, Jesus said, If I call my brother a fool, I am guilty of murder.