Good News About Injustice Bible Study

Gary A. Haugen

• Editore: IVP Bible Studies
• Anno: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780830848461
• Argomento: Teología y religión
• Categoria: Religión

God's heart for justice resonates through Scripture. With Good News About Injustice, Gary Haugen helped thousands of Christians catch this vision and be empowered to join God's work around the world. Now the Good News About Injustice Bible Study guides you deeper into biblical texts and themes that have informed Haugen's groundbreaking book.These five easy-to-use studies will challenge and enrich your understanding as you encounter what God's Word says about justice and what it means for you today.As companions to the IVP Signature Collection, IVP Signature Bible Studies help individuals and groups explore and apply biblical truths found in classic books. Each session features quotations from Good News About Injustice matched with Scripture passages, reflection questions, and application ideas that will equip readers to connect the text to their own lives. A leader's guide is also included.

THE CENTERPIECE OF OUR HOPE is the revelation from the Almighty that he is a God of justice. As the prophet Isaiah declared, “The LORD is a God of justice. / Blessed are all who wait for him!” (Isaiah 30:18). Justice is fundamental to the holiness of God. “For I, the LORD, love justice,” declares our Maker (Isaiah 61:8).

But what does this mean?

To say God is a God of justice means he cares about the right exercise of power and authority. God is the ultimate power and authority in the universe, so justice occurs when power and authority are exercised in conformity with God’s standards. In fact, in the Old Testament the Hebrew words for justice and righteousness are almost interchangeable, both indicating a conformity to God’s standards of holiness or moral excellence. Ultimately, the sovereign God of the universe will establish justice over all peoples and spirits because at that time all power and authority in the cosmos will be exercised in accordance with God’s standards of moral clarity.

Our God loves justice. This is the great hope that allows Christians to be a mighty force for justice in a tired, despairing world.

SESSION GOAL To learn to love people who are vulnerable in a way that emulates the God of justice.

READING Good News About Injustice preface and chapters 1 and 4

REFLECT

• How would you define or describe justice?

• How does it give you hope knowing that God loves justice?

STUDY

READ 2 SAMUEL 12:1-14.

¹The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. ²The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, ³but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.

⁴“Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

⁵David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! ⁶He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

⁷Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. ⁸I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. ⁹Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. ¹⁰Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

¹¹“This is what the LORD says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight. ¹²You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

¹³Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”

Nathan replied, “The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. ¹⁴But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the LORD, the son bo...

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Getting the Most Out of Good News About Injustice Bible Study
• Introduction: Discovering the God of Justice
• Session One: Hope in the God of Justice: 2 Samuel 12:1-14
• Session Two: Hope in the God of Compassion: Exodus 33:12–34:7
• Session Three: Hope in the God of Moral Clarity: Ezekiel 22:23-31
• Session Four: Hope in the God of Rescue: Luke 10:25-37
• Session Five: Worshiping the God of Justice: Micah 6:1-8
• Leading a Small Group
• Suggested Resources by International Justice Mission
• Notes
• About the Author
• More Titles from InterVarsity Press
• Copyright