My rights end where yours begin. Human rights according to the Bible relate the terms justice, judge and civil laws as as an excellent legal standard.
Injustice is very painful. Injustice by people in authority is extremely excruciating. Not so long ago, I was denied justice by the powers that be albeit I had all the necessary documents to prove recompense. I had taken the matter to the courtrooms of heaven even as the worldly structures failed us.
We finally got justice through constant knocking on the same biased doors but in a surprisingly supernatural and Godly intervention. A story for another day.
Justice in the Bible is clear on God’s just and caring nature and his call for his people to seek justice for the most vulnerable to injustice. https://thelovetablet.com/2022/11/01/7-ways-to-detect-that-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/
Human Rights Facets According To The Bible
- The God of Justice: God not only punishes iniquity, but renews the victims of injustice. His justice is both retributive and reparative.
- Biblical justice is characterized by various facets:
- Impartiality: Biblical justice requires equality for others. Jesus shocked people by treating all classes of people with equal love and respect- Samaritans, Jews, lepers and many more.
- Defense: Believers and governments are to treat all equally, and not show partiality to anybody, to advocate for provision of basic needs and offer empowerment in helping others gain self-sufficiency.
- Benevolence: Robbery is always an injustice. We all have moral obligations to both God and others in using our resources unselfishly and to bless others according to our abilities.
- Commitment: Families, governments, civil societies, communities and corporate institutions must collectively and personally be responsible in ensuring fairness for all.
- Jesus comes to bring justice: The glory of Christ as the judge of all nations proves God’s first covenant for us- God will redress every wrong.
- Retributive and distributive justice is everyone’s responsibility through our love and persistence.
- The greatest commandment is love.
- Faith is a sure guarantee to justice. The parable is told of a widowed woman who pleaded with an unjust judge to grant her justice in her case over and over again but he refused her. She kept going back to him and finally, he relented just to get her off his order of the day.
- The church must call the society to more just social relationships. It must stand for the truth.
- Transformation of power- which has been used to exploit and abuse. Believers must not use power in a way that exploits others. https://thelovetablet.com/2022/10/25/enjoying-life-golding-life-like-the-golden-hymns/
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Leviticus 19:15: You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. Deuteronomy 16:19: You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. Psalm 41:1: Blessed is the one who gives active consideration to the weak and the poor. Proverbs 29:7: The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. Psalm 67:4: He is Lord far beyond Israel and will “judge the peoples with equity. Matthew 22: 36-39: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 5:5: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Matthew 5:7: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Matthew 5:9: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God. Luke 18:7-8: Jesus said, “And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly”. Isaiah 1:17: Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. Proverbs 21:15: When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. Amos 5:24: But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Micah 6:8: He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Isaiah 30: 18: Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. Psalm 33:5: He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. Isaiah 61:8: For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Psalm 106:3: Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times. Leviticus 19:15: “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. Romans 12:19: Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” Ecclesiastes 3:17: I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work. Zechariah 7:9: Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another. Proverbs 28:5: Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely. Proverbs 21:3: To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
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