1. The quality of being just, impartial or fair.

2. The principle or ideal of just dealing or right action.

3. Righteousness in dealing with people.

4. The impartial adjudication of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments.

Injustice- Unfairness, a violation of the rights of another person, an absence of justice.

The Biblical concept of justice is usually associated with how people with power, resources and influence and/or societies, institutions and governments treat those individuals who have little or no power, resources or influence.

Widows, Orphans, Aliens (Refugees), the Poor, Prisoners, the Disabled, the Elderly. the Oppressed

Systemic Injustice- a form of imbedded injustice in an institution, society or culture

Righteousness and Justice

The Curse

Kingdom Authority

Salt and Light

“Valuing justice and valuing people is always based on beliefs about the origin and

purpose of life, human nature, right and wrong- all of which are religious in nature”.

Tim Keller

“We are one human race. We are one blood, all created from one man Adam. And we

are saved by one blood- the blood of Jesus, the Son of God who gave His life to reconcile

us to the Father- and to one another.”

John Perkins

Government spending on jails and prisons in America in 1980 was $6.9 billion in 2013 it was 80 billion.

In capital cases in America the convicted murderer is 11x more likely to get the death penalty if the victim is white rather than black.

In 1972 there were 300,000 people in prison and jails in America. Today there are 2.3 million.

The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world. We have 5% of the world’s population and 25% of the world’s prisoners.

Slavery

Terrorism (lynchings)

Segregation

Mass Incarceration

International Justice Mission

“Beneath the surface of the worlds’ poorest communities, common violence- like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, police abuse and other brutality has become routine and relentless. Like a horde of locusts devouring everything in their path…”

Gary Haugen

CORRECT OPPRESSION