Many people fail to realize that our justice system currently does not meet the Biblical standard for justice. For our country to claim that “In God we trust” and yet be so far from what God has commanded us to do with regards to justice, is a complete turning away from what we claim to believe. God is a just God and for our country to claim its Christian roots, but yet refuse to fix a justice system that has allowed for the hunting and murder of so many innocent people, reveals a deep hypocrisy.
Because of the Biblical basis for our efforts, we feel that this issue is bipartisan. Creating a more just justice system is something every American should want, and since our Holy Scriptures speak strongly against injustice (and God curses the unjust), every member of the Body of Christ should actively be pursuing this along with all people who are fighting for this. This is not a far left or far right agenda! This is not a House or Senate agenda. This is not a black or white agenda. This is for every American. This can be done without choosing sides because our justice system is supposed to be impartial and should work for EVERY citizen. Knowing how much our God loves justice, should compel all of us and especially Christians to strive for this.
We do not take sides, because we believe both sides (House and Senate) failed to make the changes sooner. We are grateful for the George Floyd Bill being passed in the House, but why did it take so long? Why did it take us seeing a man killed on screen to finally do something about our unjust justice system? There is nothing beautiful about George Floyd having to die for this. He should be alive! Now in this season (and we are thankful for someone FINALLY deciding to do this), for the 1st time in our country’s history a Bill has started the journey to become an official national law. Let us come together to make this happen and we actually do not care which side is the hero in this. We just want to see change no matter who it comes from! Our prayer is that both sides will come together around this and make the changes necessary in our law enforcement and justice system, so we all live in a country that truly is just for EVERYONE. We all should be striving to make “a more perfect union.”
Below we share verses from scripture that support our passion for this work. May these scriptures be a blessing and enlightening to those who read them.
Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Deuteronomy 1:16-17
And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you. 17 Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike.
Numbers 35:33
So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.
Proverbs 21:15
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
Amos 5:24
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.
Isaiah 30:18
For the Lord is a God of justice…
Isaiah 61:8
For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense.
Psalm 37:28
For the Lord loves justice.
Psalm 106:3
Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
Proverbs 24:24-25
Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.
Leviticus 19:15
You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
Psalm 33:5
He loves righteousness and justice.
Deuteronomy 16:20
Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Jeremiah 9:24
I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice
Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
Proverbs 31:8-9
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
Psalm 82:3
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
Zechariah 7:9-10
Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.
Job 34:12
The Almighty will not pervert justice
Proverbs 22:8
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
Funeral for Justice 