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This doesn't mean that there is no hell or condemnation of those who reject God without repentance.

The Last Judgment of Matthew shows that Christ puts the sheep that he sends to heaven on one side and the goats that he sends to eternal fire on the other side.

Jesus rewards those who acted with mercy in relation to other men and punishes those who didn't act with mercy with some of his smallest brothers. "For they will obtain mercy, and they are blessed are the merciful" he says.

This doesn't mean that a man or woman is saved by God alone, without doing anything. Hitler would reach heaven without regret if that were the case.

God forgives all the sins of man, no matter how bad they may have been, because of the Redemption effected by Jesus on the Cross. This implies repentance. God forgives the man who asks for it, even if it is accompanied by mercy.

Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you, so forgive me, my son, when I have repented of my sins..." Lk 15 is 11-32. The thief is forgiven by Jesus. 23, 39-43. "A contrite and humiliated heart You, Lord, do not despise" is the words of the psalm.

There is more joy in Heaven for one person who is a bad person than there is for ninety-nine people who are righteous. 15, 7). The Prophet Nathan was sent to David to repentance.

There are 1-14 and Ps. 50) When there is repentance, forgiveness follows. 2, 4-9).

God shows his infinite mercy when he shows repentance in the Old and New Testaments.

The principles of justice, mercy and humility are fundamental to the Christian life. We see them through the works of Jesus, but they are hard to find in our culture. It's one more reason to look into how we can live faithfully in a world where everything is more and more heated.

We are to be known as people of justice, mercy, and humility as Christians.

What does justice mean to you?

Doing justice means knowing and seeking God's justice and righteousness in our own lives. The Lord Jesus focused on the oppression of the people and not on our privileges. It is more than just a thought, it is something we act on, living justice, not only in what we say but in what we do.

Our God is a God of justice. Every concept of right and wrong has been passed down by Him through the centuries. Justice and justice are the foundation of your throne, and love and fidelity go before you, according to the prayer. "justice" and "love" are the same sentence in this verse.

Justice is done with love and with the desire to honor and glorify God. Christians are supposed to be loving, but should not judge others for their behavior or say what is right or wrong.

It is true that sins such as legalism and haughtiness come from abuse of justice. The Bible teaches that justice is done in order to heal our relationships with each other and with God. Living the truth of the scriptures is what true justice is all about. It is done with love and is spoken with humility.

God requires that we do justice, not to be superior to others, but to be a living example of the truth of the gospel.

What does love mercy mean to you?

To love mercy means to love mercy that has been shown to us and to love mercy to others in the same way.

Our God is both a God of justice and a God of mercy. Without his mercy, we would be dead in our sins. God chooses to show us mercy and grace every day, even though he represents everything that is just.

The Bible states that we have all sinned and that we are short of the glory of God. We don't deserve mercy, grace or forgiveness. We all stand accused before a just God.

We are not consumed because of his mercy, and his compassion never fails in any way. God chooses to show us mercy over and over again.

Justice and mercy go hand in hand as we strive to give to others, serve others, and forgive those who ask for it.

All of us are guilty before God, and only in Christ are we found blameless. We show mercy because we've been shown mercy.

How can Christians walk with their faith?

When we acknowledge that God is just and that we are healed through His mercy, we walk with him. He flows from our lives into those of others.

Humility is an action. We must walk with Christ in humility.

Humility is a hard thing to show. We live in a world that glorifies the best. Humility goes against everything we are taught to have meaning.

Jesus gives an example that is different. The Apostle Paul reminds us in Philippians 2:7-9.

In Matthew 20:25-26, Jesus said that if someone wants to be great, they have to do the opposite of what the world calls greatness. We should become servants of others, not seek power or glory.

He reminded his disciples that he himself did not come to be served, but to serve.

There are 26 black men who have been killed by white police or white men who took the law into their own hands from 1997 to 2020. This isn't even the beginning of the problem. There are many. This list does not include the names of the 38 black women murdered by white police officers or white men who took the law into their own hands, women like Renisha McBride, Breonna Taylor, and Atatiana Jefferson.

The list is too long. We don't know many of these names. Some are familiar to us.

There is only one conviction of a police officer who has been accused of crimes.

The officer responsible for Oscar Grant's death was sentenced to two years. He was released after 11 months. Oscar Grant's life was only worth 11 months of punishment. None of the other officers have been convicted of any of the murders.

We should not forget about Renisha and George. The opportunity for justice was lost in the case of Martin. The man who killed Renisha was sentenced to 17 years in prison because she knocked on her door and asked for help. We have to wonder if there will ever be justice or mercy for people of color who have been killed by people who are trained to protect them. Some say justice will never be done, others say maybe.

The civil rights movement protests, the Eric Garner protests, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the murder of Michael Brown are just some of the events that have happened in our society. History repeats itself over and over again. Over four hundred years of slavery, captivity and oppression of people of African descent have taken place on this land. From the theft of our native land, the confinement in slave ships in inhumane conditions, the sale to the highest bidder; the stripping of our language, the elimination of our cultural customs, the substitution of our religion for another, the separation of our families, the rape of our women by the white master of slavery and the hanging of our men/women from trees : from slavery to Jim Crow, passing through the Black Codes, segregation, mass incarceration and modern lynchings in the streets.

It's too much, just too much, to take and I've regretted it many times.

How long, Lord, how long; how long, Lord, how long can your people stay? It is too much, the trauma is too much to think about, too much to bear, and so it spills over my cheeks because I can't take the anger. I can't take the pain. I can't take the trauma anymore.

When, Lord, when will justice come?

I wonder why there is so much injustice ringing in our ears and blinding us. We live in the Bronx in the neighborhood of Mott Haven. We see a lot of justice issues. The people of Mott Haven have nothing to eat.

In the Mott Haven community, only 45% of our children graduate from high school, and only 22% of them are prepared to go to college. Our people are dying because of health disparity.

People living on the Upper West Side or in Brooklyn or in Westchester/Yonkers have a higher quality of healthcare than people living in Mott Haven. The injustice that has ravaged the hearts and souls of people who have lost hope is the wealth disparity.

The rich get richer, but the poor get jailed. The poor of Mott Haven make up the second largest population of people in New York. "Lord, can your people bear more?"

We are plagued with problems of injustice. How can we address these issues?

What is our responsibilities? In the 21st century, what is God saying to us? I believe that the Scriptures are clear about God's view of injustice.

There is a lot of confusion in the world of Christianity regarding the clarity of Scripture, but I think this is not one of them. God has told us many times what he requires of us.

The prophet Zechariah sent us a message this morning.

Zechariah preached 18 years after the return of the captives from Babylon, and we know that. He and Haggai worked together to encourage the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem to rebuild their temple work.

The people of God were given instructions from heaven to receive visions and oracles from a prophet named Zacharias. Two men, Sharezer and Regem-melech, are sent to ask the Lord if they should continue their yearly fast. The Jews would keep certain fasts. When they returned from captivity, they asked if they should continue their fasts, especially since the temple was being rebuilt.

The Jews added a fast in the fifth month to commemorate the destruction of the temple by Nebuchadnezzar's armies. Isn't it amazing that we always think we can improve what God has already done? The people were asked if they should continue consecrating themselves and praying as they had done all the time the temple was in ruins. They had given up food, they had given up things of pleasure, and they had abstained from sin, but they had not given themselves to the LORD.

The Bible says that the word of Almighty came to me. Zechariah was charged with speaking the oracles of God.

He spoke what God gave him to speak, not what he decided he should speak or what people might want to hear. The mark of a true prophet is that he speaks the oracles of God no matter what people think. A true prophet speaks from an understanding of God's justice and the fall of humanity.

The mark of a true prophet is speaking truth to power and knowing that God is with us.

There is no way that so many black and brown men and women have died at the hands of police officers. We are called to speak with a prophetic voice, to speak for justice for all peoples, and even more so, to speak out for those who are the forgotten.

Poor people of color living in conditions that are a breeding ground for police abuse are the ones that we are called to speak for justice and to speak of God's mercy. In most of the cases I have presented, the people were poor and forced to lead a substandard life. We are called to speak out against the injustice we see and know about.

Laymen and priests had to listen to the same word of the Lord, as God told them to speak to all of the inhabitants of the country. God rebuked and rejected the fasts that the people had made.

God told the people that the fasts they had performed for 70 years were not acceptable to him because they were not for him. Their fasts were not done for the glory of God, but for their own pain and distress.

His fast was a formality and he didn't have any hunger or thirst for the Lord. They were warned that they needed to live righteous lives and follow the instructions of the prophets.

I think God is upset with the church's apathy, like he was upset with the people of Israel.

The prayers and fasts of the people were not successful. When the people prayed and fasted there were no miracles.

There will be no justice for black men and women who lose their lives at the hands of a racist society that perpetuates the thought that the life of a black man or woman is worthless; there will be no justice until the white evangelical church that supports the mantra "Make America Great Again" repents and stands in solidarity with its black brothers and sisters in Christ and declares that "Black Lives Matter". There will be no justice for black men and women until this group of the church becomes active, persistent in calling for justice, pushing hard for policy change, and using its white privilege to achieve real transformation. I believe that our just God dislikes this type of carelessness.

The church has not responded to any of the murders I have mentioned. Only one police officer has been convicted, and he only served 11 months of his sentence.

The church's cry is not found. Secular organizations like the National Action Network and the NAACP are working together while the church is in a state of decline. I don't discount the fact that there are individual pastors who are involved in activism, but God calls the universal church to speak out about justice and mercy.

The scriptures tell us that God wants us to love mercy, do justice, and walk humbly before him. This requires action on the part of the preacher, on the part of the lay leaders and on the part of the believer. We can't just talk about how bad things are and the images we've seen from other places.

Our land is in a crisis and this is a wake-up call for the church. My question is if we will take the call. There is a threat to justice everywhere.

After God spoke to the people of Jerusalem about their faulty rituals, he spoke again through Zechariah and told them exactly what he needed them to be.

These are the things that God requires of the church of him in the 21st century. God says we must show mercy and compassion for each man with his brother. We have to know what justice, mercy, and compassion mean to God before we can do that. The nature of who God is is what makes justice possible. God does not favor one over another.

God doesn't allow sin to be unpunished. God doesn't take bribes and doesn't change the way justice is done. What is the meaning of justice? Being justice is the quality of being fair and right. Ensuring that the same cases are treated in the same way is called justice.

The universal church's history goes back to the time of the prophets who spoke of justice and truth to the powers. The voice of justice, mercy and truth that the church once had seems to have been lost.

The church seems to have lost its ability to speak out on issues that affect the lives of people who are not rich. The Church seems to have lost its voice in calling for justice for the families and communities of those who have been killed.

If we want to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, we need to speak out against issues that might offend certain groups at the expense of others. The church is being called to speak with a prophetic voice and to do what is right.

The people were told that they should show mercy to everyone. The nature of who God is is also ingrained in mercy. God's loving-kindness is what makes for mercy.

God does not give us what we want, but he gives us what we need. In the wake of the recent events in Minneapolis, Tennessee, Georgia, and police brutality against an elderly man in Buffalo, college students in Atlanta, and our own church member Ashley here in the Bronx, I would propose that it might be difficult for those of We affected by these murders and incidents of brutality be merciful. No one had to pay attention to the three men.

In some communities, their deaths did not matter. In some communities, no one would confront the preacher and ask why he didn't respond to the young people's deaths.

In other communities, the deaths of Eric, Michael, Jonathan, Breonna, George, Tamir, andSandra are a cause for prayer and mourning.

The differing reactions are a stark reminder that our faith communities are not all that different. The contexts in which we seek the face of God are vastly different than the ones in which we worship the same God. What does it mean to show mercy to a neighbor? When we are divided, what does it mean to be a church.

It is possible to seek the face of the just God, who is more than capable of delivering us from such transgressions.

Since God is the only judge, we can look to him for mercy for our mistakes, and we can count on him to deliver a solid verdict that is wrapped in his loving kindness to us. The death of his Son on the cross was the greatest demonstration of his mercy towards us. He used his discretionary power as a judge to forgive our sins and hang us all on Jesus Christ. Understanding how God views justice and mercy makes it possible for God's people to be kind.

It is God's perfect creation that we enter with deep feelings of suffering and sorrow for others. We should grieve and mourn with each other over the loss of life in such a terrible way.

It is the perfect work of Christ that allows us to enter into those deep feelings and pains in order to help ease the burdens of our brothers and sisters. God calls that compassion. That is the way of Jesus.

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