The Way to Justice

Scripture uses the word righteousness to mean justice, revealing that a truly righteous people are those made just by God and committed to doing justice. Jesus blesses those who hunger and thirst for righteousness and those who suffer for it because both pursuits display God’s grace at work. Yet many who demand justice want exemptions for their own sins and judgment only for the sins of others, resulting in lawlessness masquerading as rights and freedom. Protest, pressure, and power tactics cannot produce a just society. God’s way is regeneration, not revolution; justice in the world begins with righteousness in the heart. Only transformed men can build a transformed society, and only the grace of God can make a man righteous.