Our Almighty God is not prejudiced, He is not unjust, nor is He oppressive.
Our Great God has immense compassion for the poor, the orphans, the widows, the oppressed, the afflicted, and the outcasts.
GOD’S UNCHANGING SOCIAL COMPASSION
God’s unchanging concern for His people to reflect, support, and seek a just social treatment of fellow humans is a constant theme in the Scriptures.
From the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) to the Prophets (the last 17 books of the Bible), and everywhere in between: God speaks with a consistent voice about the desire He has for justice, mercy, and compassion.
The Apostles Paul & Peter often spoke on God’s behalf concerning societal moral issues.
They spoke of the moral contamination of a society when the sins of homosexuality, debauchery and other forms of immorality are unchecked. They spoke of God’s concerns for society: while there was an openly gay Emperor. Yet Paul & Peter each went on to affirm that we still were to honor any Emperor, even Nero, as King: despite their more perfidy. Paul addressed wide rages of social issues as they related to God’s just laws, such as in:
1 Timothy 1:9-10 (NIV) We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
In the Old Testament, we find even more explicit descriptions of the evils of society that God’s Word addresses. Here is a brief survey of just what those key prophets, whom God prompted, proclaimed about God’s will for a just society.
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