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Understanding God Through Justice and Testimony
Sep 1, 2024
Lecture Notes: The God of Justice
Introduction
The session discusses the God of justice.
Importance of speaking positively and aligning with God's word.
Concepts of Confession and Testimony
Confession:
Greek origin: "Homo legeo" (to speak the same).
Romans 10:10 - Confession leads to salvation.
Importance of confessing positively, aligned with God's word.
Testimony:
To bear witness to things seen and experienced.
Confession can lead to negative testimony if based on lies or adversarial influences.
Confession vs. Testimony
False confessions can arise from external pressures.
Testimony is based on personal experience while confession might not be.
Confession could be rehearsing God's or adversary's words.
Judgment and Justice
Judgment:
Decisions and positions taken in life.
Linked to the concept of justice in the heavens and earth.
Justice:
God's response to judgment and life's pressures.
In the courts of heaven, justice is based on truth and righteousness.
Parable of the Wheat and Tares (Matthew 13)
Enemy sowed weeds among the wheat.
Farmer's wisdom to let both grow until harvest for proper separation.
Taught as an analogy for justice and judgment.
Importance of focusing on the good (wheat) rather than the bad (tares).
Witness and Evidence
The difference between being a witness and providing evidence.
Witness:
Someone who has seen or heard events.
Evidence:
Can testify without words; scriptures act as evidence of God's promises.
Jesus as a Testimony
Jesus's works testify of Him.
Believers as witnesses by hearing and seeing Jesus's works.
Spiritual Warfare
The devil seeks to flip the jury by pressuring believers.
Believers need to hold fast to their testimony of God's goodness.
Apostle Paul's Confession (Romans 8):
Nothing can separate believers from God's love.
Testifying in trials as a demonstration of faith.
The Role of Hardship
Hardship as a test of confession and judgment.
Apostle Paul's testimony of resilience under persecution.
Conclusion
God uses life's challenges to build a testimony in believers.
Importance of not bearing false witness against God despite trials.
Encouragement to focus on evidence of God's past goodness in current trials.
Key Verses
Romans 10:10:
Confession leads to salvation.
Matthew 13:
Parable of the Wheat and Tares.
John 5:39:
Scriptures as testimony.
John 10:25-29:
Believers as witnesses.
Romans 8:31-39:
Unshakeable faith in God's love.
2 Corinthians 4:7-9:
Enduring trials without despair.
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