JUSTICE AND SANCTIFICATION
JUSTICE OR MERCY
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
WHAT IS JUSTICE?
Lady Justice is most often depicted with her eyes blindfolded and holding a sword in her right hand, and with a set of scales typically suspended from her left hand, upon which she measures the strengths of a case's support and opposition. Frequently, at least in one ancient culture, this was depicted with a set of scales on which she weighed a deceased's heart against the Feather of Truth.
With God, I believe, the scales of justice means on one side of the
scales is sin and weighing on the other side of the scales
is the punishment. Once the punishment is paid then the beam of
the scales is balanced or righted and justice is done.
ROMANS 5
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The gift is not as through one who sinned: for the judgment came by one to
condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to
justification.
kai ouc wV di enoV amarthsantoV to dwrhma to men gar krima
ex enoV eiV katakrima to de carisma ek pollwn paraptwmatwn eiV dikaiwma
| 18 | So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.
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ara oun wV di enoV paraptwmatoV eiV pantaV anqrwpouV eiV katakrima outwV kai di enoV dikaiwmatoV eiV pantaV anqrwpouV eiV dikaiwsin zwhV
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These three Greek words in the above scripture and listed below all have a common "Greek stem" (dik) and have the same root meaning. (The "stem" was the original word other Greek parts would be added to tell the person and parts of speech etc.)
( dikaiwma ) translated justification
(dikaiwsin) translated justifiied
( dikaiwmatoV) translated righteousness |
ROMANS
5:
5 Hope doesn`t disappoint
us, because God`s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy
Spirit which was given to us.
h de elpiV ou kataiscunei oti h agaph tou qeou ekkecutai en
taiV kardiaiV hmwn dia pneumatoV agiou tou doqentoV hmin
Verse 5 Hath been shed abroad (ekkecutai). Perfect passive indicative of ekcew, to pour out. "Has been poured out" in our hearts.
6 For while we were yet weak, at
the right time Christ died for the ungodly
ei ge cristoV ontwn hmwn asqenwn eti kata kairon uper asebwn
apeqanen
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Verse 6 For (eti gar). So most documents, but B reads ei ge which Westcott and Hort use in place of gar. While we were yet weak (ontwn hmwn asqenwn eti).
Genitive absolute. The second eti (yet) here probably gave rise to the confusion of text over eti gar above.
In due season (kata kairon). Christ came into the world at the proper time, the fulness of the time (Galatians 4:4; Ephesians 1:10; Titus 1:3). I or the ungodly (uper asebwn). In behalf, instead of. See about uper on Galatians 3:13 and also verse Romans 5:7 here.
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ara oun wV di enoV paraptwmatoV eiV pantaV anqrwpouV eiV katakrima outwV kai di enoV dikaiwmatoV eiV pantaV anqrwpouV eiV dikaiwsin zwhV |
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8 But God commends his own love toward us, in
that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Verse 8 His own love (thn eautou agaphn).
See John 3:16 as the best comment here. While we
were yet sinners (eti amartwlwn ontwn). Genitive absolute again. Not because we were Jews or Greeks,
rich or poor, righteous or good, but plain sinners. Cf. Luke 18:13, the plea of the publican, "moi twi amartwlwi."
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As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up, |
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that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal
life. |
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. |
JOHN 3:14-16
JUSTICE WAS EXACTED
ON THE SUFFERING SERVANT--JESUS CHRIST
ISAIAH
53:
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Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him; he has put
him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the
pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.
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He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and]
shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities
These four Greek words listed below all have a common "Greek stem" (dik) and have the same root meaning.
( dikaiwma ) translated justification
(dikaiwsin) translated justifiied
( dikaiwmatoV) translated righteousness
(dikaiwsai) translated justify in the Isaiah 53:11 passage above (in the Greek Septuagint LXX). This Old Testament was often used by Paul and other N.T. writers. |
JUSTICE IS DONE WHEN THE PUNISHMENT IS EXACTED FOR THE CRIME--SIN!
FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD
ROMANS 3:23
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then,
being now
justified by his blood,
we will be saved from God`s wrath through him
ROMANS 5:8-9
SOME 7OO YEARS BEFORE JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN, ISAIAH THE
PROPHET WROTE THIS PROPHECY (The Isaiah scroll is a part, of the "Dead Scrolls". discovered in 1947)
ISAIAH 53:2-11
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and
as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we see
him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
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He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face
he was despised; and we didn`t respect him.
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Surely he has borne our infirmities, and carried
our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, struck of God, and afflicted.
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But he was wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was on him; and
with his stripes we are healed.
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All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
turned everyone to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us
all.
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He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he
didn`t open his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep
that before its shearers is mute, so he didn`t open his mouth.
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By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who [among them] considered that he was cut off
out of the land of the living for the disobedience of my people to whom the
stroke [was due]?
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They made his grave with the wicked, and with a
rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any
deceit in his mouth.
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Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him; he has put
him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he
shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh
shall prosper in his hand.
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He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and]
shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant
justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities."
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