1. Justice Justice vs. Corruption Taking personal responsibility to uphold what is pure, right, and true.

2. “…and justice for all,” or are there some that don’t get it? Justice: The maintenance and administration of that which is just. But who maintains it? Schools? Parents? Pastors? Judges? Everyone will stand up for justice until… 1) We find that it has been corrupted. 2) We are the ones who have to make the sacrifice. 3) We feel defeated, and there is nothing we can do.

3. The responsibility of maintaining that which is pure, right, and true belongs to all who have been given the gift of sharing their lives with others. A man’s judgment for what is pure, right, and true, is only equal to the information that he has personal knowledge of, being from God, or from the law.

4. William Blackstone, on his commentaries on the laws of England, stated: “It is better that 10 guilty persons escape than that an innocent one suffer.” Voltaire, made a similar statement: “It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.”

5. Sometimes it’s easier to look at the corruption and see how we are contributing to it; then we can start adding to the justice. With just-us, taking responsibility ourselves to do what is right.

6. If justice is what is pure, right, and true, then corruption would be: That which is not of pure motive. That which is not right; when one knows what is good and doesn’t do it. A willful wrongful act. That which is false: a lie, a willful act of not telling the whole truth or misguiding the truth. Corruption started in the very beginning when Adam and Eve ate us out of house and home. They didn’t do what was pure, right and true.

7. Corruption has ingredients that can be recognized. 1st Ingredient: Power - To have controlling influence over others. Nothing pleases a little man more than an opportunity to crack a big whip. Man has always wanted power over everything but himself. Men of genius are admired; men of wealth are envied; men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted. Power breeds corruption.

8. 2nd Ingredient: Arrogance - A sense of superiority which manifests itself in an overbearing manner. If there is anything small, shallow, or ugly in a person, giving him a little authority will bring it out. It manifests in the form of arrogance, and arrogance breeds corruption.

9. 3rd Ingredient: Prejudice – To pre-judge by one’s own opinion. Narrow-mindedness. A narrow-minded man agrees that there are two sides to every question and answer – his side and the wrong side. We may ask for information, but we are usually only interested in what confirms our own opinions. Prejudice is being down on something that you are not up on, or a lazy man’s substitute for thinking. Prejudice breeds corruption.

10. 4th Ingredient: Vanity - The quality of being conceited. These people enjoy others that come right out and admire them for how good they are. Justice is the only pill that will remove a fat head. The man that blows his horn the loudest is usually the man that doesn’t know where he is going, but he is willing to take everyone with him. The good part about a vain man is that he will not go around talking about others. Vanity breeds corruption.

11. The answer? Justice In order to uphold what is pure, right, and true, we must first determine whose standards we will go by to give us justice for all. This person or people must be just, and trustworthy with this power. I enjoy the fact that we in the United States print out the source of our justice: “In God we trust.”

12. A man wanting the character quality of justice will not have to search long, for only a just man would want it. If a man is just, his family may be preserved from corruption. His business may see prosperity; his life, integrity.

13. The remedy of justice in a corrupt world is easy to administer. * We must be pure of heart in our motives. Why do you do what you do? * We must seek what is right, and not what is always comfortable. For a man to seek what is right, he must first understand that it is not himself that he is seeking.

14. Know what it looks like. For you to uphold what is pure, right and true, you must first have knowledge of what it is. You can take on that character quality by following an example, then leading by example. Look for the best example you can find, then compare where you are with that example. True justice hinges on truth.

15. Always speak truth. There is no real greatness where truth is absent. Why lie about someone when the truth will hurt worse? People don’t seek truth because it is lost, but because they are lost. A good student of truth will keep an open Bible, an open mind, an open heart, and open eyes to see where justice is needed.

16. GROUP If you could change one thing in the world to preserve what is pure, right and true, what would it be? If you could change one thing in the world to preserve what is pure, right and true, what would it be? How would you make this change to preserve what is right? How would you make this change to preserve what is right? Do you think you can do it? Do you think you can do it?