Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: Compassion Ministries, Mentor's Guide, MG16

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D O I N G J U S T I C E A N D L O V I N G M E R C Y : C O M P A S S I O N M I N I S T R I E S

b. 1 John 2.17

c. 1 Cor. 7.31

4. The risk is simply too great: we face the danger of losing our convictions for the sake of making changes that, in the long run, won’t last anyway, Matt. 16.24-26.

D. A biblical alternative: the Church in the world as agent of the Kingdom of God

Mic. 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?

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1. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is the maker of the entire universe, including all beings and persons and things, Ps. 24.1-2.

2. The world, which was made good, was cursed as a result of the voluntary rebellion of the devil and the first human pair.

a. Placed under bondage to sin and its effects: the loss of freedom

b. Exposed to the corruption of decay and death: the loss of wholeness

c. Thrown into the grips of cruelty, alienation, and greed: the loss of justice

3. In Jesus Christ, the reign of God has been reasserted, Mark 1.14-15.

a. His incarnation is the inauguration of the Kingdom of God.