Grace or disgrace?
Using justice to move the world toward unconditional love.
Start
‘'
Nonviolence is not the final objective. Nonviolence is a lifestyle. The final objective is humanity. It is life.
- Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
meaning...
NEXT
Replace something bad with something better
If justice (the passing, darker thing) is going to be used, it must be in service of the "true light," which is unconditional love. This gives us a freedom to choose, one situation to the next, whether to apply something that feels like justice or something that feels like mercy as we move the world around us in the direction of loving-kindness.
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Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
justice or mercy?
NEXT
with what result?
These words (act justly, love mercy) were originally spoken by a prophet named Micah to the Israelite people. Most of his prophecy warns that the Assyrians and Babylonians would be coming as a result of the abject injustice shown by the Israelite people and their leaders. (The refiner's fire was going to be at work.) While Micah does urge the people to stop injustice and act justly, it doesn't end there - and their hope doesn't hinge on whether or not they manage to reform themselves...
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Not punishing those who may deserve it.
The "righteousness of God," seen when God chooses his people out of his unconditional love, is when HESED becomes real.
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what about the oppressor?
So...what then happens to the "taunter," as Micah called the enemy-oppressor? If we're going to abandon the "strict enforcement of justice" as our method of dealing with those might be doing evil things, what mechanism do we have for dealing with those who are causing harm? How are they brought into contact with this HESED-based righteousness of God, and what happens to them when they are brought into such contact?
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Disgrace
Grace
Takes away the appeal ofthe justice-system.
Leaves them wantingsomething better.
NEXT
Thank You
You can move on to the next portion of the Spotlight.
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Grace or disgrace?
Using justice to move the world toward unconditional love.
Start
‘'
Nonviolence is not the final objective. Nonviolence is a lifestyle. The final objective is humanity. It is life.
- Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
meaning...
NEXT
Replace something bad with something better
If justice (the passing, darker thing) is going to be used, it must be in service of the "true light," which is unconditional love. This gives us a freedom to choose, one situation to the next, whether to apply something that feels like justice or something that feels like mercy as we move the world around us in the direction of loving-kindness.
NEXT
Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
justice or mercy?
NEXT
with what result?
These words (act justly, love mercy) were originally spoken by a prophet named Micah to the Israelite people. Most of his prophecy warns that the Assyrians and Babylonians would be coming as a result of the abject injustice shown by the Israelite people and their leaders. (The refiner's fire was going to be at work.) While Micah does urge the people to stop injustice and act justly, it doesn't end there - and their hope doesn't hinge on whether or not they manage to reform themselves...
Learn More
NEXT
Not punishing those who may deserve it.
The "righteousness of God," seen when God chooses his people out of his unconditional love, is when HESED becomes real.
Learn More
NEXT
what about the oppressor?
So...what then happens to the "taunter," as Micah called the enemy-oppressor? If we're going to abandon the "strict enforcement of justice" as our method of dealing with those might be doing evil things, what mechanism do we have for dealing with those who are causing harm? How are they brought into contact with this HESED-based righteousness of God, and what happens to them when they are brought into such contact?
Learn More
NEXT
Disgrace
Grace
Takes away the appeal ofthe justice-system.
Leaves them wantingsomething better.
NEXT
Thank You
You can move on to the next portion of the Spotlight.