5. Biblical Justice

Let’s start with Biblical justice, shall we?

Biblical justice is often thought of as only a religious philosophy, something that only applies to the individual who is religious and only for them, but something that cannot and should not be applied to anyone or anything else. But this is an inaccurate assumption. It’s the only one of the two ideas of justice that is unchanging, truly based on love, and includes the ideas of forgiveness and grace. Without a choice, without abiding by one's choice, without sacrifice, can there truly be love? Love is a choice, is it not?

Biblical justice is often defined as a relational term, because through love true justice can be enacted, and through love grace can be given. Relational is defined as “concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected.” According to Biblical Justice (according to my findings), we are all brothers and sisters, created in the image of God. Note: We are not all brothers and sisters in Christ or a part of God’s kingdom in the family of God; that is for those who have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. We, all humans, are equal, and we all deserve to be treated just as if our lives hold intrinsic value—we are all granted the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

In other words, we are to live with Godly principles. We are to live in a just and right relationship with God, our creator, and in turn, with our fellow man.

Holy crap! There’s another command before “love your neighbor.” Why does the world never speak of that first and greatest commandment?

Biblical justice requires a desire to be with God and to read, study, and follow God’s commands.

All this, being equal, treating each other with respect and equity, and being just, of course, is until our fellow man uses their free will to choose to reject and defy God and His principles of Biblical Justice and, instead, live in sin and apart from God. These people, then, begin to create their own perceptions and concepts of morality, good and evil, right and wrong, ethical and unethical, and “justice,” all apart from God, from Biblical Justice, and, in my understanding, usually in a vain attempt to avoid condemnation and a selfish desire for superiority (they attempt to unjustly gain advantages over their fellow man and to blame shift responsibility and accountability).

Even then, we should still love them and trust that God will enact His justice on them based on their choices—there will always be consequences for our choices: some good, some bad.

So, biblical justice is God giving the individual what the individual deserves, and this is by their own choosing. They want God to leave them alone; then he will honor that choice for all eternity.

Love does not mean there is no correction or discipline, though.

As the saying goes, “Spare the rod, spoil the child.”

Or, as the Bible states it in multiple verses, we are to confront, correct, teach, and, if necessary, rebuke those living in sin and transgression against God.

Trust me, though, you will be hated by the world for this.

The world scoffs at Biblical justice—in fact, the world spits on it—because Biblical justice means God’s justice; it means following God’s Word and His ways to make things right. And the problem with this is not just that we must believe in God, but we must also read the Bible to find what His Scriptures state is right.

Biblical justice demands of believers to not just sit back, sit out, shut up, not judge, and just accept wickedness, but it demands of believers to get up, step out, speak up, follow God’s commands to judge rightly, and confront wickedness and evil.

But don’t be like the world and immediately make it public and slander their reputation just to suit your own agenda.

For it states in Galatians 6:1 to “…restore him in a spirit of gentleness…”; at least, for the first few attempts. After that, well, read Titus 3:10-11 and Romans 16:17. Just some food for thought there.

Now the scary and hard thing about this is stated in Isaiah 5:20, “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” The popular vote does not change what is good or what is evil.

I’ve heard it said that the world encourages people to change their moral code to coincide with their chosen behavior, rather than changing their chosen behavior to coincide with their moral code.

We warp and misinterpret Scripture and mold God to fit our lives, rather than molding our lives to fit God’s Word.

2 Timothy 3:1-4 probably answers this best, “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last day. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God…”

Now, you don’t have to be a believer in God or the Bible to see what has been done and accepted by society and culture. It’s been especially evident in the years thought about when this was written: 2010 - 2021

As it states in Proverbs 12:15, “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.”