GOD IS A GOD OF JUSTICE: YOU RECEIVE THE OUTCOME "YOU" CHOOSE

                

GOD IS A GOD OF HOLY JUSTICE: YOU RECEIVE THE OUTCOME "YOU" CHOOSE

 “...for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring...” (Acts 17:28 ASV).

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The God of Justice is my God and through Jesus, he is also my Savior. Apart from my God and Savior I can do NOTHING. “….apart from [Jesus, God’s WORD], [I]... can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV). Nonetheless, Christ LIVES “in” me and through HIM I am spiritually ALIVE. I live. “...for in him we live...” (Acts 17:28 ASV). Christ MOVES “in” me and through HIM I am a human vessel, in which God’s SPIRIT travels upon earth. I move, “...for in him we ... move...” (Acts 17:28 ASV). “In” Christ I am a NEW CREATION. I am inspired by his indwelling Holy Spirit. I have my reason for being (existing, purpose, etc.,) “...for in him we ....have our being...” (Acts 17:28 ASV).

God restored me to HIS IMAGE when he made me into a NEW CREATION. “..Therefore if any man (woman) be in Christ, he (she) is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new...” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV). “…But he(she) that is joined unto the Lord is ONE SPIRIT….” (1 Corinthians 6:17).

God’s people are to TRUST in God, the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ, his WORD. “…Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding…” (Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV).  “…the things which are impossible with men (women) are possible with God…” (Luke 18:27 KJV) “...In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths...” (Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV). God can “…do far more abundantly beyond all that [his people]… ask or think, according to the power that works within [them]…” (Ephesians 3:20 NASB). “…Only believe...” (Mark 5:36 KJV).  “…the things which are impossible with men (women) are possible with God…” (Luke 18:27 KJV).

“...For we (his people) are also his offspring...” (Acts 17:28 ASV). Through the BLOOD (life) of Jesus Christ, God, the Holy Spirit, PAID the DEBT of sin they owed. God “…spared not his own (specially created) Son, but delivered him up (as the sacrificial lamb) for ...all [of mankind]...” (Romans 8:32 KJV). “...[Jesus]... said, It is finished…” (John 19:28-30 KJV). “… I la[id]... down my life... [FOR mankind] …” (John 10:17-18 KJV).  Jesus “…[gave] ...his life a ransom for many...” (Matthew 20:28 KJV). HE PAID THE SIN DEBT FOR ALL OF MANKIND!

Thus, God, the Holy Spirit, through Jesus RECONCILES mankind BACK into a “covenant unity” relationship with HIM. God, the Holy Spirit, through Jesus RESTORES the lost and spiritually dead soul to HIS Spirit. God, the Holy Spirit, through Jesus makes mankind WHOLE again. “...God, who hath reconciled [mankind]... to himself by Jesus Christ...” (2 Corinthians 5:18 KJV). “…He restoreth my SOUL…” (Psalm 23 KJV). “…Jesus Christ maketh thee whole (body, soul, God’s SPIRIT)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV).

“… [God, the Holy Spirit]...thou are GOOD and doest GOOD…” (Psalm 119:68 KJV). “...[YOU are]...a God of faithfulness and without injustice...” (Deuteronomy 32:4 NASB). “ ...there is none good but one, that is, God,[the Holy Spirit]…” (Mark 10:18 KJV). “...The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just...” (Deuteronomy 32:4 NASB).

Christ MOVES “in” his people and through each of them. They are human vessels, in which God’s SPIRIT travels upon earth. I move, “...for in him we ... move...” (Acts 17:28 ASV).

The bible says: “… All scripture is given by INSPIRATION of God…” (2 Timothy 3:16 KJV). “…For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were MOVED BY THE HOLY GHOST…” (2 Peter 1:21 KJV).

. “...There are many ways in which God works in our lives, but it is the same God who does the work in and through all of us who are his… … (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT). “……the [HOLY] SPIRIT DISPLAYS God’s power THROUGH each of us … … (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT). “…It is God which worketh IN YOU both to will and to do of his good pleasure…” (Philippians 2:13 KJV).  ^“…That great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work “IN US” what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ…” (Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV). “…the Father … doeth the works…” (John 14:10 KJV).

God PICKS and CHOOSES mouthpieces who are WILLING to SPEAK his WORD as he INSPIRES them to DO so. “…I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak…” (John 12:49 KJV). “…THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK unto you, they ARE SPIRIT…” (John 6:63 KJV).

These MOUTHPIECES did not speak from the origin of their own human minds or hearts, but were MOVED by God, the Holy Spirit. “..Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, WHICH THE HOLY GHOST BY THE MOUTH OF DAVID SPAKE before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus…” (Acts 1:16 KJV).  “…But those things, WHICH GOD BEFORE HAD SHEWED BY THE MOUTH OF ALL HIS PROPHETS, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled…” (Acts 3:18 KJV).

They “…SPAKE as they were MOVED BY THE HOLY GHOST…” (2 Peter 1:21 KJV). “Moved” implies they were EMPOWERED by the Holy Spirit  like a ship is MOVED along by the wind. “…We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God SPAKE as they were moved by the Holy Ghost…” (2 Peter 1:19-21 KJV).

Human vessels, who were MOUTHPIECES, spoke as they were moved by God, the Holy Spirit. They WERE  his  willing servants. “...for in him we ... move...” (Acts 17:28 ASV). “…Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled WHICH WAS SPOKEN OF THE LORD “BY” THE PROPHET…” (Matthew 1:22 KJV). “…And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled WHICH WAS SPOKEN OF THE LORD “BY” THE PROPHET, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son…” (Matthew 2:15 KJV).

“..Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, WHICH THE HOLY GHOST BY THE MOUTH OF DAVID SPAKE before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus…” (Acts 1:16 KJV).  “…But those things, WHICH GOD BEFORE HAD SHEWED BY THE MOUTH OF ALL HIS PROPHETS, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled…” (Acts 3:18 KJV).

“…And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.…” (Numbers 11:25 KJV). “...And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man…” (1 Samuel 10:6 KJV).  “….And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them…” (1 Samuel 10:10 KJV). “…And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied….” (1 Samuel 19:20 KJV). “…And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah…” (1 Samuel 19:23 KJV). “…Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak…” (Jeremiah 1:6-8 KJV).

These human vessels spoke God’s WORD strictly under the POWER of God, the Holy Spirit. “...for in him we ... move...” (Acts 17:28 ASV). God has the power to MOVE through human vessels and SPEAK through them like he DID Jesus!! “…In this world [God’s people]... are LIKE JESUS…” (1 John 4:17 NIV). “… Jesus of Nazareth ...went around ... doing good and healing all (HOW?)...because …God [the indwelling holy spirit]… was with him…” (Acts 10:38 NIV).

“…[JESUS WAS SENT]... to preach the gospel to the poor ... to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord…” (John 4:16-21 KJV).

“…God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son “INTO” [THE] HEARTS [of his people]…” (Galatians 4:6 NASB). “…Christ [the Word of God, is]…in [each of the hearts of god’s people] …” (Colossians 1:27 KJV). “…[God’s people]...can do ALL THINGS through Christ  …” (Philippians 4:13 KJV).  “…the Spirit of God dwell in [HIS people]…” (Romans 8:9 KJV). “…He helps [his people]…” (Psalms 28:7 NLT). “…God ...does the work IN and THROUGH all of [the people]... who are his. …… (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT). “…The [indwelling]... HOLY SPIRIT DISPLAYS God’s power THROUGH each of [his people] …… (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT).  “…the Father that dwelleth in [each of his people], he doeth the works…” (John 14:10 KJV).

“…God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy [Spirit] and WITH POWER…” (Acts 10:38-39 KJV). “… Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God [the Holy Spirit]... did by (through) him in the midst of you…” (Acts 2:22 KJV). “…Verily, verily, I say unto you, He (she) that believeth on me (God, the Holy Spirit through Jesus), the works that I do (Jesus did) shall he (she) do also; and GREATER WORKS (not different works, but greater) than these shall he(she) do; because I go unto my Father…” (John 14:1 KJV). However, “….Apart from Me (God through Jesus), you can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV).

God, the Holy Spirit, through Jesus, the specially created human vessel, CAME to earth to MAKE things RIGHT by healing, delivering, restoring, fixing, liberating, and putting things BACK the way they SHOULD BE. “… [God, the Holy Spirit through Jesus] ...went around ... doing good and healing all  …” (Acts 10:38 NIV).

“…[God, the Holy Spirit through Jesus began]... to preach the gospel to the poor ... to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord…” (John 4:16-21 KJV)..

God, the Holy Spirit, through Jesus was a WITNESS that HIS JUSTICE had come to EARTH and he USED HIM to change society. “...the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing...” (Luke 9:11 KJV). “...And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed...” (Mark 6:56 KJV). “...Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there...” (Matthew 19:2 KJV). “...the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all...” (Luke 6:19 KJV).

“… God  … work[ed through] … [Jesus] … what is pleasing to him [JUSTICE]…” (Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV). “…the Father... [that DWEL[T] within JESUS]… he doeth the works…” (John 14:10 KJV).

The WORLD is a FALLEN world and has plunged into WICKEDNESS and SIN. This is NOT how God, the Holy Spirit, originally created the world. It was ONCE “very GOOD.”

God allowed mankind to have a human will and the fallen world is the consequence of their choices.  The human will has filled God’s world full of wicked and sinful people, which is contrary to his HOLY STANDARDS and is considered LAWLESSNESS.

SIN is LAWLESNESS, which is a CRIME against God’s HOLY RULE. Every human being who commits CRIMES against God’s HOLY RULE will receive the penalty for their sins. The penalty for SIN is spiritual death and eternal separation from God, the Holy Spirit.

God’s system of JUSTICE demands righteousness and will supernaturally WORK all things together, every single detail, to MAKE GOD’s world RIGHT again as it should be. What most people and even the bible CALLS God’s wrath, punishment, judgement, or retribution is really HOW God’s JUSTICE responds to people’s OWN human choices and actions. “... whatever a person sows, this he (she) will also reap (this is God’s JUSTICE) ...” (Galatians 6:7-8 NASB).  “...You have plowed wickedness, you have harvested injustice (God’s JUSTICE)...” (Hosea 10:13 NASB). “...So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way. (God’s JUSTICE)..” (Proverbs 1:31 NASB). “...One who sows injustice will reap disaster (God’s Justice)...” (Proverbs 22:8 NASB).

God’s JUSTICE will “always” RETURN to every person what they have RIGHTFULLY EARNED. “...Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he(she) will also reap. For the one who sows to his (her) own flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit...” (Galatians 6:7-8 NASB).  “...You have plowed wickedness, you have harvested injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your way, in your many warriors...” (Hosea 10:13 NASB). “...So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes...” (Proverbs 1:31 NASB).

God’s wrath, punishment, judgement, or retribution is really HOW God’s JUSTICE responds to people’s OWN choices and actions. “...One who [chooses to]... [sow]... injustice will reap disaster...” (Proverbs 22:8 NASB).

God’s JUSTICE is the righteous consequence for sinful crimes against God, the Holy Spirit. “...the one who sows to his (her) own flesh will reap destruction from the flesh...” (Galatians 6:7-8 NASB). “…The wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23 KJV).

If God, the Holy Spirit, warns a person about the law of reaping and sowing and a person plants the seeds of evil then gets a harvest of evil returned to them, is it God’s WRATH or his JUSTICE? “...Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he(she) will also reap. For the one who sows to his (her) own flesh will reap destruction from the flesh...” (Galatians 6:7-8 NASB).

God’s JUSTICE “seems” like wrath, because it is HIS response to wrong, injustice, ungodliness, unrighteousness, and all wickedness. God is LOVING, HOLY, GRACIOUS, and MERCIFUL at ALL times and his divine RESPONSE to sin and lawlessness is JUSTIFIED JUSTICE.

Sin is LAWLESSNESS and lawlessness is a CRIME against God, and God, the Holy Spirit, ALONE. “... EVERYONE (NO EXCEPTIONS) who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness  ...” (1 John 3:7-10 NASB). “…Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just…” (Psalms 51:4 NLT). “…against thee, thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightiest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest…” (Psalms 51:4 KJV).

God’s JUSTICE “seems” like wrath, because it is HIS response against the CRIME of SIN. When a person pays retribution or the penalty for their CRIMES of SIN, which they’ve committed on their OWN volition, it may seem like a “day of WRATH.”

It is their OWN CRIMES that will JUDGE them by the RULE of God’s righteousness LAW. God’s JUSTICE demands a righteous consequence of retribution, spiritual death, and separation from God when his RULE of LAW is violated.

The WRATH of God is HIS JUSTICE which, when FACED, can be a scary and terrifying thing. It is why HIS PEOPLE are grateful for salvation that covers their DEBT of SIN with the blood of Jesus and JUSTIFIES them before God, the Holy Spirit! “...Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him...” (Romans 5:9 NASB).  “...[All people who are made RIGHT,]... were justified (by faith and the [indwelling Holy] Spirit of our God ...” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NIV).

“...God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only this, but we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation...” (Romans 5:8-11 NASB).

“… AS MANY as received him, to them GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS (daughters) OF GOD, even to them that believe on his name…” (John 1:12 KJV).

 “... so that everyone who believes will have eternal life in Him…God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten (specially MADE) Son (his WORD)…” (John 3:15-16 KJV).

“...but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that by believing you may have life in His name...” (John 20:31 NASB).

God, the Holy Spirit, through Jesus paid mankind’s debt of sin, he also freed them to choose to live a “holy” and “righteous” life. God, the Holy Spirit, could have left MANKIND to die in THEIR sins, but he is “JUST” AND “GOOD” and paid MANKIND’S debt or penalty of sin, instead! “...God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God ...through this one man, Jesus Christ...” (Romans 5:10-16 NLT). “… my righteous servant (Jesus) ... [made]... it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins…” (Isaiah 53:11 NLT). “… [He sent the] …one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT).

Thus, God, the Holy Spirit, is a God of JUSTICE, yet, in spite of his justice, he is also a God of MERCY and GRACE.

God’s JUSTICE demands death and separation from HIM, but his MERCY and GRACE through JESUS is the GIFT that pays the DEBT of SIN and SATISFIES his JUSTICE.

The JUSTICE of GOD will ALWAYS be SATISFIED and a retribution harvest, rightfully, PAID to each person according to the SEEDS they’ve planted. “...Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he(she) will also reap. For the one who sows to his (her) own flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit...” (Galatians 6:7-8 NASB).  “...So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes...” (Proverbs 1:31 NASB). “...One who sows injustice will reap disaster, And the rod of his fury will perish...” (Proverbs 22:8 NASB).

When we SEE God’s JUSTICE, we may CALL it the WRATH of God, but it is the DESTRUCTION bought on by the unrighteous human will. Unrighteous human will can SOW any SEED of choice, but they will reap a harvest of consequences demanded by God’s righteous JUSTICE. “...You have plowed wickedness, you have harvested injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your way, in your many warriors...” (Hosea 10:13 NASB).

The God of Justice is our God and through Jesus, he is also our Savior. Apart from our God and Savior we can do NOTHING. “….apart from [Jesus, God’s WORD], [I]... can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV). Nonetheless, Christ LIVES “in” his people and through HIM they are spiritually ALIVE. In him they live. “...for in him we live...” (Acts 17:28 ASV).

Christ MOVES “in” his people and through HIM they are a human vessel, in which God’s SPIRIT travels upon earth. In him they move, “...for in him we ... move...” (Acts 17:28 ASV). “In” Christ God’s people are NEW CREATIONS. God’s people are inspired by his indwelling Holy Spirit. in him, they have their reason for being (existing, purpose, etc.,) “...for in him we ....have our being...” (Acts 17:28 ASV).

“... in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring...” (Acts 17:28 ASV).