1. Activists Loving God through Confrontation

2.  ACTIVISTS ARE NOURISHED AND DEEPENED IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD RESPONDING TO INJUSTICE.

3. Activists Serve a God of justice.

4. JUSTICE n. 1. The quality of being just; fairness. 2. a. The principle of moral rightness; equity. b. Conformity to moral rightness in action or attitude; righteousness. b. Conformity to moral rightness in action or attitude; righteousness.

5. JUSTICE n. 3. a. The upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law. b. Law The administration and procedure of law. b. Law The administration and procedure of law. 4. Conformity to truth, fact, or sound reason: The overcharged customer was angry, and with justice.

6. Activists serve a God of justice. His justice is sung and praised in the psalms. -- Psalms 11:7, Psalms 33:5, Psalms 140:12

7. Psalms 11:7 -- For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face. Psalms 33:5 -- The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. Psalms 140:12 -- I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

8. Activists serve a God of justice. His justice is sung and praised in the psalms. -- Psalms 11:7, Psalms 33:5, Psalms 140:12 Those who truly know him understand his Justice -- Jeremiah 9:24

9. Jeremiah 9:24 -- but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.

10. Activists serve a God of justice. JUSTICE -- The order God seeks to reestablish in His creation where all people receive the benefits of life with Him. Psalms 89:14, Psalms 97:2

11. Psalms 89:14 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. Psalms 97:2 2 Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

12. Activists serve a God of justice. C. JUSTICE is the central ethical idea of the Old Testament Deuteronomy 16:20, Deuteronomy 27:19, Psalms 106:3, Proverbs 28:5, Proverbs 29:7, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 28:17, Zechariah 7:9

13. Deuteronomy 16:20 -- Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you. Deuteronomy 27:19 -- "Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" Psalms 106:3 -- Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right.

14. Proverbs 28:5 -- Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully. Proverbs 29:7 -- The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. Isaiah 1:17 -- learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 -- learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.

15. Isaiah 28:17 -- I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line;... Zechariah 7:9 -- "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.

16. Activists serve a God of justice. D. JUSTICE remains an expected standard in the New Testament James 1:27 -- Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

17. Activists Serve a God of justice. Are compelled to respond to injustice.

18. SUGGESTIONS 1. Become better informed on issues of justice. 2. Separate nationalism from Justice. Learn to feel for the world. 3. Choose a cause that is righteous and become involved. Be creative. 4. Be compelled by the love of Christ not self righteousness. 5. Buy a bracelet. Threads of Hope Video