A brief thread about justice vs. peace, from a Christian perspective https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏾" title="Down pointing backhand index (medium dark skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (medium dark skin tone)">

Christians, first and foremost, we are citizens of the kingdom of God and we can’t allow God’s kingdom to become “liberal” or “conservative.”

Jesus is our Lord and Scripture (the whole counsel of it) is our platform.

So, about justice and peace, look at these two COMPLEMENTARY words from the Lord...

[Matthew 5:9] “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”

[Jeremiah 6:14] “They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.” (study this in its context)

Christians, please don’t pit these two against each other.

Peace is the GOAL.

Justice is a PREREQUISITE MEANS to peace.

We see this most clearly in the Gospel.

We have peace with God only to the extent that the justice demanded by our sin has been satisfied in Christ and affirmed in our repentance.

We were guilty, but...

(and this is crazy. I’ll shout just thinking about it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (medium dark skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (medium dark skin tone)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏃🏾‍♂️" title="Man running (medium dark skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Man running (medium dark skin tone)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💨" title="Dash symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Dash symbol">)

...the peace we now have with God makes Him HAPPY!

Once the demands of justice were met, He GLADLY, not begrudgingly, welcomes us friends and family rather than enemies.

So...

To those who are calling for peace, are you willing to work for justice?

And to those who are working for justice, are you eager to make peace?