21. Embracing God’s Justice: Letting Go of Perfectionism and People-Pleasing

God is just. He is fair and impartial, bringing justice into a world of chaos and sin. He upholds what is right … and expects us to do the same.

 

In this episode, we will take a look at what it means for God to be just, how that is portrayed in the Bible, and how it affects us as his children.

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Deu 10:17 ESV - For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

 

Rom 10:12 ESV - For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

 

Psa 145:17 ESV - The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

 

Deu 32:4 ESV - "The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

 

Rom 6:23 ESV - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

Rom 1:18 ESV - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

 

1Jo 1:9 ESV - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

 

Psa 103:8 ESV - The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

 

Jhn 3:16 ESV - "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

 

Rom 3:23-25 ESV - for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

 

Eph 2:8-9 ESV - For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

 

Mic 6:8 ESV - 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?