Knowing the God of Righteousness and Justice

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Knowing the God of Righteousness and Justice

• Jeremiah 22
• Pages 780-781

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The 21st Century World

• Half the worlds pop lives on lt2 per day
• 3 richest people in the world control more wealth
  than all 600 million in the poorest countries.
• 1.2 billion people lack access to safe water
• Nearly 5,000 children die every day from
  diarrhoea
• Unfair international trade rules cost the
  developing world 700 billion a year
• By 2020, climate change could expose 75-250
  million people in Africa water shortages
• 12 million AIDS orphans in Africa

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Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the
strong boast of their strength or the rich boast
of their riches, but let those who boast, boast
about this that they understand and know me
(Jeremiah 923-4 TNIV)
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Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the
strong boast of their strength or the rich boast
of their riches, but let those who boast, boast
about this that they understand and know
methat I am the LORD who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth for in these I
delight (Jeremiah 923-4 TNIV)
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You cannot know God truly without sharing his
passion for kindness, justice and righteousness.
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The 21st Century World

• Half the worlds pop lives on lt2 per day
• 3 richest people in the world control more wealth
  than all 600 million in the poorest countries.
• 1.2 billion people lack access to safe water
• Nearly 5,000 children die every day from
  diarrhoea
• Unfair international trade rules cost the
  developing world 700 billion a year
• By 2020, climate change could expose 75-250
  million people in Africa water shortages
• 12 million AIDS orphans in Africa

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You cannot know God truly without sharing his
passion for kindness, justice and righteousness.
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Jeremiah 22 a message to the powerful

• Jer 223 - Do what is just and right (lit
  exercise justice and righteousness)
• Jer 924 I am the LORD who exercises kindness,
  justice and righteousness

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Jeremiah 22 a message to the powerful

• Jehoiakim - the king who used his power to
  exploit his people
• Josiah the king who used his power to defend
  the weak.

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Jeremiah 22 a message to the powerful

• Jehoiakim - the king who used his power to
  exploit his people
• Josiah the king who used his power to defend
  the weak
• is that not what it means to know me, declares
  the LORD.

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You cannot know God truly without sharing his
passion for kindness, justice and righteousness.
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What can we do?

• Some of us
• Become active in peaceful campaigning for trade
  justice and improved environmental stewardship
• Use your skills to go and get involved
• Write letters to request increased availability
  of fairly traded products and environmentally
  sustainable policies.

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What can we do?

• All of us
• Embrace the economics of enough
• Actively reduce your carbon foot print
• Purchase Fairly Traded products
• Pray as you watch / read the news
• Give financially

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The churchs purpose is to witness to the love
and justice revealed in Jesus Christ, by the
power of the Spirit, for the transformation of
human life.

• René Padilla,
• International President of Tearfund