#7 - God is Just & Righteous

About this episode

Daniel Grace discusses the nature of God's righteousness and justice as outlined in scripture.

What is the standard of righteousness? Who decides what is right? In a world saturated with injustice, corruption, and moral compromise, there is something deeply stabilising about this truth: the God we worship is never crooked, never partial, never wrong. He doesn't measure up to a moral standard above Him. He *is* the standard. In this message Daniel Grace walks through Deuteronomy 32 and Joel Beeke's seven ways God expresses His righteousness through His justice: - **His laws** — an outflow of His character, not an external burden - **His covenantal faithfulness** — from Genesis to Revelation, He always does what He says - **His ordering of society** — God cares about justice in every deal, every relationship, every invoice - **His punishment of sin** — the perfect Judge, the perfect standard, perfect knowledge - **His salvation of sinners** — how can a just God declare the unrighteous righteous? Romans 3 answers it - **His discipline of His children** — painful, purposeful, never cruel - **His glory** — the ultimate end of everything He does The gospel is where all of this meets. Christ provided what justice required. His righteousness is credited to us. Justice and mercy…

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Grace

Topics covered

• righteousness
• justice
• God's character
• moral standards
• gospel
• salvation

Keywords

• God
• justice
• righteousness
• Deuteronomy
• Romans
• gospel
• salvation
• moral standards

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Deuteronomy 32, Romans 3

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