Quotes about Justice
faciamque in eis ultiones magnas arguens in furore et scient quia ego Dominus cum dedero vindictam meam super eos
— Jerome
whether the victory be won in peace or in war, God gives the same reward to those who win it.
— Jerome
In times of adversity Satan will seek to plant the thought in our minds that God is angry with us and is disciplining us out of wrath. Here is another instance when we need to preach the gospel to ourselves. It is the gospel that will reassure that the penalty for our sins has been paid, that God's justice has been fully satisfied. It is the gospel that supplies a good part of the armor of God with which we are to stand against the accusing attacks of the Devil (see Ephesians 6:13-17).
— Jerry Bridges
God's government is perfect and just. His moral law is "holy, righteous and good" (Romans 7:12). No one ever has a valid reason to rebel against the government of God. We rebel for only one reason: We were born rebellious. We were born with a perverse inclination to go our own way, to set up our own internal government rather than submit to God.
— Jerry Bridges
not have swooped down upon Jacob and his family to avenge the crime of Jacob's sons except that God restrained them through a fear that could not be rationally explained.
— Jerry Bridges
Furthermore, even a deep, penetrating sense of our sinfulness does not do justice to the reality of our predicament. Our need is not to be measured by our own sense of need, but by what God had to do to meet that need.
— Jerry Bridges
Though the absolute sovereignty of God over our lives is consistently taught throughout Scripture, it is not the uncaring sovereignty of a despot but of a God who is just as loving and caring as He is sovereign. But we have to by faith believe that truth when His ways are different from that which we desire.
— Jerry Bridges
The second truth we must keep in mind is that God is never the author of sin.
— Jerry Bridges
God is perfectly holy, then we can be confident that His actions toward us are always perfect and just.
— Jerry Bridges
Third, we must never use the doctrine of God's sovereignty to excuse our own sinful actions or decisions that hurt another person.
— Jerry Bridges
Historically, God has not spared the righteous when He judges a nation (though He is well able to do so if He chooses, see Exodus 9:5-7).
— Jerry Bridges
God still holds us accountable for the very sins that He uses to accomplish His purpose.
— Jerry Bridges