Friday, February 26, 2016
10:07 AM
Social Justice
Equity or equality
First principle - made imago Dei
Genesis 1:26-27 created in God's image
Governor the garden and what God made
The lie is a barrier to human flourishing
A woman is to be respected in humanity and also being a female
First principle - One Blood
Act 17:26 - equal in value and dignity
Trinitarian principle - the One and the Many
Human beings have unity without uniformity and diversity without superiority
We are very different from one another but no one is superior than another.
Unity and diversity of the human family
●equal in dignity, worth and humanity
●diversity
Equality is established by God
Numerical uniformity
Deuteronomy 10:17
God shows no partiality and accepts no bribes
We come to a living God who has certain characters.
Justice status at court:
Sword pointing down on the words of God
Blind folded without partiality
A measurement scale