Sinful man trembles before
the greatness of God:
Bible readings: Deuteronomy 32:1-47
Excuses thrown out,
and salvation laid out!
1. Our total accountability
2. God’s majestic personality
3. Our new responsibility
Bible readings: Romans 2:1-11,
3:1-8, 6:15-23
Righteous
God punishes sin in this life and the next
1. This punishment is real
2. This punishment has a reason
3. This punishment prompts gratitude
Bible
readings: Numbers 11:1-6; 10;
18-20; 31-34
W. Bredenhof
Comforted Christians confess God’s
justice
1. The basis of God’s justice
2. The demands of God’s justice
3. The administration of God’s justice
Bible readings: Deuteronomy 7:1-11
Our confession of God’s justice
We see God’s justice:
1. Vindicated from the beginning
2. Executed eternally
3. Uncompromised by his mercy
Bible readings: Luke 16:19-31, Romans 3:1-20
Love compels us to tell the truth
about God’s justice
We’ll consider that it is:
1. Infinite
2. Eternal
3. Unchangeable
Bible readings: Psalm 7
“Is there injustice on God’s
part? By no means!”
We’ll consider:
1. What God’s justice involves
2. How God’s justice is expressed
3. Why God’s justice is maintained
Bible readings: Job 34:1-20, Romans 9:1-29
C. Stam
The confession concerning the
perfect justice of God,
1. in maintaining his covenant law
2. in executing his righteous judgment
Bible readings: Exodus 34:1-9
K. Dijk
The confession of
God’s punishment of our sin.
1. God can punish
2. God will punish
3. God must punish
Bible readings: none provided in the original source
The enigma of suffering
1. Why we ask this question
2. How God gives the answer
Bible
readings: none provided in the original
source
The justice
of the Lord
Bible
readings: Psalm 92
We confess
God’s faithfulness
Bible
readings: Romans 5:12-21
S. t’Hart
God’s mercy
is seen in his justice
1. The price of justice
2. The cost of mercy
Bible readings: Isaiah 42:1-9, Romans 3