The Under-Appreciation of God’s Justice (Part 3)

May 20, 2009 · Filed Under Sermon Study Guides, Sermons 

Malachi 2:17-3:5

  1. In your view what are the biggest injustices in our society today?  Why have you chosen these in particular?
  2. Have you ever wrestled with the justice of God?  What were the circumstances?  Read the following texts: Job 21:7-13; Psalm 73:1-13; Jeremiah 12:1-4.  Can you identify with the perspective in them?
  3. Look up the following passages.  What do you learn from them about the justice of the Father and Son:
    1. Matthew 12:15-21
    2. John 5:22-23, 30
    3. Luke 18:7-8
    4. 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10
  4. How is Jesus like a refiner’s fire or like lye?
  5. Do you find any solace in the fact that God will put all things to rights?  How does His ultimate justice comfort you?
  6. Pray for each other to be comforted by our God of justice in a world filled with injustice.  Pray for the marginalized in our world and for others who are the brunt of injustice.

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