Message Notes for September 20, 2020

Series: Justice

Title: God’s Heart of Justice

Micah 6:6-8 “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” 8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

A change of heart has an outward action:

• To Act Justly

• To Love Mercy

• To Walk Humbly

What is the takeaway from understanding God’s view of justice?

Isaiah 58:1-12

1) God is serious about justice.

Psalm 89:14, Zechariah 7:9-10

• Equal treatment
• Caring for the vulnerable
• Being generous in caring

2) Living justly defines our relationship with God.

Matthew 25:40, Isaiah 58:2-4 

3) Justice flows from sincere worship of God.

Isaiah 58:6-7

Family/Group Study Notes for Week of September 20, 2020

Series: Justice; Title: God’s Heart of Justice

• What does justice mean to you?  How do you see justice played out in our world? How do you think God views the way we see justice?
• Read Micah 6:1-8.  What is God saying in this passage?  What is His concern with the people?  How were they expressing their religious life?  What would God say to us today?
• In these times of racial unrest, how does justice apply?  
• When there is such a wide range of those who have and those who don’t, how does justice apply?
• Read Isaiah 58:1-12.  What is God saying in this passage?  What does justice look like?  What is keeping the people from a relationship with God?  Why is justice so dear to the heart of God?
• What can you do to live more justly?  
• What can you do to love mercy?
• What can you do to walk humbly with God?
• Gather with each other and pray for our world and God’s desire for justice.