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• 1. The quality of being just. 2. The rendering
  of what is due or merited also, that which is
  due or merited. 3. Conformity to the law. 4. The
  administration of law. 5. A judge. 6.
  Theologically - An attribute of God and of His
  laws and judgments. 7. The abstract principle by
  which right and wrong are defined.
• (Funk Wagnalls Desk Dictionary, pg. 354).

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• I. God loves justice (Psalm 3727-29 Isaiah
  618,9).
• A. God desires it more than sacrifice (Proverbs
  213).
• B. Jesus viewed it as a weighty matter of the law
  (Matthew 2323).

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• II. God hates the Perversion of Justice
  (Deuteronomy 1618-20).
• A. Even if a crowd does so (Exodus 231-2).
• B. Even if His leaders do so (I Samuel 81-3).
• C. Such is Wickedness (Proverbs 1723).

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• III. Justice must be without Partiality...
• A. Based on wealth (Exodus 233).
• B. Based on Race (Deuteronomy 2719).
• C. Based on Status (Leviticus 1915-16).

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• IV. Justice means...
• A. The innocent must go free (Exodus 236-9).
• B The guilty must not go unpunished (Proverbs
  1118-21).

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• V. In Death...
• A. Jesus was deprived of Justice (Acts 833-35).
• B. He led Justice to Victory (Matthew 1218-21).