Justice and Injustice

Isaiah 53

There is not a day that doesn’t go by that we hear the words Justice or Injustice. These are the buzzwords of our day and because we they are used so much we tend not to give them the attention they deserve. These words are important and should never become commonplace. They become common or cheapened when they are used to support some movement or organization that has personal or ill begotten motives.

We are familiar with the phrase And justice for all or the Social justice movement and we somewhat don’t take these seriously because there is some type of ethnic, racial, gender, sexual or religious undertone to them that has brought more division than unity. In fact to even have an opinion on one side of the other automatically makes you a target of cancel culture as they try to suppress any opposition to what they call their core values or beliefs. It’s time that we turn back to the Bible to get a true meaning of what justice and injustice is in order to take it serious enough to do something about it.

Isaiah 53 foretells of the greatest injustice done by man 700 years before it happened. It is the prophecy of the messiah, Jesus Christ, being crucified on the cross. Isaiah describes accurately what would happen as if he were standing there that day when Jesus died. Not only did he foretell his death but he also foretold his innocence, his being without sin and having no guile. In other words what was committed that day by the Jews and Romans was the greatest injustice that was ever done. An innocent man was crucified. But not just any man. Man crucified the Son of God!

When we take the time to consider this point then it can put us into the right frame of mind as to understanding what injustice really is. Noah Webster in his 1828 dictionary define injustice as iniquity; wrong. In essence, through our iniquities we wronged God! We sinned against him! We sinned against his love, mercy, and compassion towards us and because the wages of sin is death God took it out on his son instead of ourselves. But what was an injustice on our behalf, was a work of Justice on his.

God was just in what he did by sending his Son into the world. Isaiah said “It pleased the Lord to bruise him and make him an offering for sin.” This is how God could be just in judging sin and yet merciful in granting us a pardon. Only in the wisdom of God could this be accomplished. Now that God has brought justice to an injustice we as believers are “Justified by faith and we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1)

This is why the cross is the only answer to the moral dilemmas of our day. It is at the cross by which sin is judge and man can be made right with God and one another!

Pastor Robby