Topic: Justice

0:00 SPEAKER_00: Every country has a justice system.

0:03 SPEAKER_00: This usually includes some form of government and a police force all working toward the country's goal.

0:10 SPEAKER_00: And in some ways, God actually mirrors this, perfectly administering justice.

0:16 SPEAKER_00: Welcome to episode 13 of talking about topics where thoughtful and meaningful topics are discussed and compared with both earthly and Christian viewpoints every week on Sunday.

0:30 SPEAKER_00: This week's topic is on something that makes up every country's police force and government, which is justice.

0:39 SPEAKER_00: First viewpoint on justice earthly.

0:42 SPEAKER_00: First of all, what is justice?

0:45 SPEAKER_00: Well, Merriam Webster's dictionary defines justice as the administration of what is just, the administration of law.

0:55 SPEAKER_00: Now every government has laws, so they all have their own way of administering justice.

1:02 SPEAKER_00: But one important word sticks out to me, which is just.

1:06 SPEAKER_00: Just is defined as having a basis in or conforming to fact or reason.

1:13 SPEAKER_00: Morally or legally right.

1:15 SPEAKER_00: So, including the definition of just, justice means the administration of what is morally or legally right.

1:25 SPEAKER_00: Now pay attention to the next point I'm gonna make.

1:28 SPEAKER_00: Things that are morally right in some countries aren't right in others.

1:33 SPEAKER_00: Here's an example.

1:35 SPEAKER_00: In America, it is immoral for a citizen under the age of twenty one to purchase alcohol, yet in Russia the law is different where an 18-year-old can purchase alcohol without any legal problems.

1:49 SPEAKER_00: As you can see, there is no worldly accepted moral basis.

1:53 SPEAKER_00: It's very unstable since people believe what they want to believe.

1:58 SPEAKER_00: Since morals are unstable, it's the same with justice.

2:02 SPEAKER_00: There is no worldwide accepted justice system.

2:06 SPEAKER_00: Now, when people think about justice, a word commonly gets confused with it.

2:11 SPEAKER_00: This word is revenge.

2:13 SPEAKER_00: Hear me when I say this.

2:15 SPEAKER_00: Revenge is different from justice.

2:18 SPEAKER_00: Don't believe me?

2:19 SPEAKER_00: Here's the definition of revenge.

2:22 SPEAKER_00: To inflict harm or injury in return for a wrong.

2:26 SPEAKER_00: According to this definition, there is no limit to the consequence as there is with justice.

2:33 SPEAKER_00: Justice is setting someone at the state they deserve, while revenge is just doing bad things in retaliation against a previous action done by them.

2:43 SPEAKER_00: Comparing these two, justice is more formal while revenge is usually controlled by rage.

2:51 SPEAKER_00: Second viewpoint on justice Christian Now the worldly definition is correct, even for the Christian viewpoint, but Christianity outlines what justice looks like.

3:04 SPEAKER_00: In Exodus twenty one, verses twenty two through twenty five, it says When mine strive together and hit a pregnant woman so that her child come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as judges determine.

3:26 SPEAKER_00: But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

3:39 SPEAKER_00: This passage displays fairness an eye for an eye, a life for a life.

3:44 SPEAKER_00: It's almost like payment.

3:46 SPEAKER_00: Now a question people may have is if the Bible says this, why doesn't God enact it?

3:54 SPEAKER_00: Murderers kill people, and God sometimes just lets them live.

3:58 SPEAKER_00: If God is the perfect judge, which we discussed during the lynching episode, why isn't he giving people what they deserve?

4:05 SPEAKER_00: Well, God is merciful.

4:07 SPEAKER_00: Exodus thirty four verses six and seven in the Bible says The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, The Lord the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.

4:39 SPEAKER_00: This passage says that God has mercy toward us.

4:43 SPEAKER_00: He forgives our sins when he has no reason to.

4:47 SPEAKER_00: One way God's mercy was displayed was the crucifixion.

4:51 SPEAKER_00: God sent his son Jesus to die on the cross to pay for our sins, past, presence, and future.

4:58 SPEAKER_00: In the book of Romans, we all know that we have sinned and our sin leads to death.

5:03 SPEAKER_00: God covered that punishment for us.

5:06 SPEAKER_00: Now if God is merciful, why do bad things happen?

5:09 SPEAKER_00: It's because we still deserve punishment.

5:12 SPEAKER_00: God's justice system may be confusing, but it will always lead to something good, no matter how bad it is.

5:22 SPEAKER_00: Thank you for listening to episode 13 of Talking About Topics.

5:27 SPEAKER_00: Topic justice.

5:28 SPEAKER_00: I really hope it was meaningful and that you enjoyed.

5:32 SPEAKER_00: If you have any critiques, comments, or topic suggestions, feel free to email talking about topics podcast at gmail.com.

5:42 SPEAKER_00: I would really love if you could share this episode with people you may know, or just random people on the street.

5:49 SPEAKER_00: I don't know.

5:50 SPEAKER_00: Anyone who might enjoy it.

5:52 SPEAKER_00: And remember that God does administer justice, but he throws in mercy with it as well.

5:59 SPEAKER_00: With that, thank you for listening.

6:01 SPEAKER_00: See you in the next one.