JUDGMENT & JUSTICE
READ: Matthew 23:23
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3
Doing judgment and giving justice are very important to the building of the church. Judgment and justice are weighty parts of the Law. Jesus elevated judgment and justice above other things in the Law. Jesus called them weightier matters!
Not everything has the same importance! Definitely, judgment and justice have a greater importance in the church than tithing and offerings. Judgment, mercy and faith are weightier matters of the Law. It is important that we pay attention to these things. We have books on faith. We have books on mercy and love. We must also have books on judgment and justice.
Judgment and justice are even more important than sacrifice. Why is this? The lack of judgment and the lack of justice cause offence. Offence is the beginning of all forms of disloyalty. When people are offended, they become disloyal. A lot of evil can come from people who are disloyal, disgruntled and discontented.
Most wars are caused by injustice. The First World War began because someone was murdered. This crime led to a war that killed about seventeen million people. The deaths of seventeen million people could have been avoided by the application of judgment and justice.
The French Revolution came about because there was a shortage of bread. The poor people in France felt that they were not being treated fairly. They revolted against the king whom they felt had enough food to eat and had not provided for the rest of the country. The thousands who died in the French Revolution could have been saved, if judgment and justice had been served by the King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette.