Bible Study: God's Justice and Guidance

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Hebrews 10:23 NKJV

23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

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Psalm 32:8 NKJV

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

Psalm 111:7 NKJV

7 The works of His hands are verity and justice; All His precepts are sure.

Psalm 115:3 NKJV

3 But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.

John 14:6 NKJV

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Romans 8:28 NKJV

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Hebrews 1:10 NKJV

10 And: “You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

The Justice of God

The moral righteousness of God is revealed in his laws and expressed in his judicial acts. God’s commands and judgments meet perfect standards of justice, and his apportioning of punishments and rewards is also perfectly just. God’s justice is impartial. Special praise is his for vindicating the penitent and the needy who have no human champions. Ultimately, all God’s ways will be seen as just and equitable.

God’s justice displays His righteousness

It conforms to his moral law

Job 34:12 NKJV

12 Surely God will never do wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.

Deuteronomy 32:4 NKJV

4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

It is seen in his perfect will

Psalm 99:4 NKJV

4 The King’s strength also loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Psalm 111:7 NKJV

7 The works of His hands are verity and justice; All His precepts are sure.

God acts with justice

Psalm 33:5–15 NKJV

5 He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. 7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. 9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. 10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. 11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. 13 The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men. 14 From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth; 15 He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works.

God’s Guidance

God’s guidance is promised to those who genuinely desire it and seek it.

God’s readiness to guide his people

Psalm 25:4–5 NKJV

4 Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.

Guidance is given through the truth and counsel of God

Psalm 43:3 NKJV

3 Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.

Psalm 119:105 NKJV

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

Psalm 119:133 NKJV

133 Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Guidance is given to the humble and penitent

Proverbs 3:5–7 NKJV

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil.

Psalm 25:9 NKJV

9 The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way.

Psalm 139:23–24 NKJV

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.