BiG Idea:
Jeremiah 22:3
3 This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the resident alien, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
Proverbs 21:15
15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous but a terror to evildoers.
Proverbs 31:8–9
8 Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed. 9 Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.
Psalm 33:5
5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the LORD’s unfailing love.
Psalm 103:6
6 The LORD executes acts of righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Psalm 106:3
3 How happy are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
Psalm 146:7–9
7 executing justice for the exploited and giving food to the hungry. The LORD frees prisoners. 8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are oppressed., The LORD loves the righteous. 9 The LORD protects resident aliens and helps the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
Amos 5:24
24 But let justice flow like water, and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.
Isaiah 1:17
17 Learn to do what is good. Pursue justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause.
Micah 6:6–8
6 What should I bring before the LORD when I come to bow before God on high? Should I come before him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? 7 Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand streams of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the offspring of my body for my own sin? 8 Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the LORD requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.
Biblical Righteousness describes a right
Biblical Justice includes retribution and
2 Samuel 21:1a
21 During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years…
2 Sam 21:1b
…so David inquired of the LORD. The LORD answered, “It is due to Saul and to his bloody family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
2 Sam 21:1c
The LORD answered, “It is due to Saul and to his bloody family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
Joshua 9:19–20
19 All the leaders answered them, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them. 20 This is how we will treat them: we will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
2 Samuel 21:2–3
2 The Gibeonites were not Israelites but rather a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for the Israelites and Judah. So David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. 3 He asked the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you will bring a blessing on the LORD’s inheritance?”
2 Samuel 21:4–6
4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We are not asking for silver and gold from Saul or his family, and we cannot put anyone to death in Israel.” “Whatever you say, I will do for you,” he said. 5 They replied to the king, “As for the man who annihilated us and plotted to destroy us so we would not exist within the whole territory of Israel, 6 let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us so we may hang them in the presence of the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the LORD’s chosen.” The king answered, “I will hand them over.”
The resurrection changed everything
2 Samuel 21:7–9
7 David spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of the oath of the LORD that was between David and Jonathan, Saul’s son. 8 But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, who were the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, and the five sons whom Merab, daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite 9 and handed them over to the Gibeonites. They hanged them on the hill in the presence of the LORD; the seven of them died together. They were executed in the first days of the harvest at the beginning of the barley harvest.
2 Samuel 21:10
10 Rizpah, Aiah’s daughter, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock from the beginning of the harvest until the rain poured down from heaven on the bodies. She kept the birds of the sky from them by day and the wild animals by night.
Romans 12:19
19 Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God’s wrath, because it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay,, says the Lord.
2 Samuel 21:11–14a
11 When it was reported to David what Saul’s concubine Rizpah daughter of Aiah had done, 12 he went and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh-gilead. They had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies the day the Philistines killed Saul at Gilboa. 13 David had the bones brought from there. They gathered up the bones of Saul’s family who had been hanged 14 and buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan at Zela in the land of Benjamin in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. They did everything the king commanded…
2 Samuel 21:14b
…After this, God was receptive to prayer for the land.
Following Jesus means
This week I will:
Pursue Jesus by:
Point to Jesus by:
Memorize: Romans 12:19
ext Week: 2 Samuel 22