Title: God and Justice
Scripture: 1 Kings 21:1-29; 22:29-40
Speaker: Reid Kapple, ReidK@ChristCommunityKC.org

>> We should be thankful for and afraid of judgement.

“There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.”
-George Burton Adams

“Power at its worst is the unmaker of humanity—breeding inhumanity in the hearts of those who wield power, denying and denouncing the humanity of the ones who suffer under power...This power ultimately will put everything around it to death rather than share abundant life with another.”
-Andy Crouch, Playing God

“Violence thrives today, secretly nourished by the belief that God refuses to take the sword…It takes the quiet of a suburb for the birth of the thesis that human nonviolence is a result of a God who refuses to judge. In a scorched land–soaked in the blood of the innocent, the idea will invariably die…if God were NOT angry at injustice and deception and did NOT make a final end of violence, that God would not be worthy of our worship.
- Miraslov Volf

>> How do we respond?
- Repent
- Stand
- Trust