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"Balancing Justice and
Grace - The Entrance to the Kingdom"
by Rick Joyner
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 As
we covered previously, Psalm 89:14-15 states one of the most basic truths that
we must understand about the Lord and His ways if we are going to be His
followers:
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your
throne; Loving-kindness and truth go before You. How blessed are the people who
know the joyful sound! O Lord, they walk in the light of Your countenance.
As we proceed toward the end of this age and the ultimate conflict between the
kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of God, these basic truths about God and His
ways will be increasingly illuminated and increasingly attacked by those who
serve the evil one. To stand in these times, we must sink our roots deeper and
deeper into these fundamental truths, both understanding them more and more and
walking in them more and more.
The Foundations of His Throne
The first point is that righteousness and justice are the foundation of His
throne. His throne is His seat of authority. It is the place where the kingdom
is established and ruled from. His throne rests on two great pillars,
righteousness and justice. Without both of these being woven together in our
lives, we will be imbalanced, and therefore, easily knocked over. If we are
going to know Him and represent Him as He is, we must also have our lives built
upon these two great pillars of His authority.
To walk in God's righteousness is to do what is right before Him. The famous
"What Would Jesus Do" (WWJD) should be a guiding rule in our lives. We should
mature beyond this to WIJD, or "What Is Jesus Doing," which means to walk in the
light of His countenance, or His face. The ultimate goal of our lives should be
to do all things in His presence in fellowship with Him. However, this can begin
with the pondering of all of our decisions with WWJD. If there is any question
about what He would do, we should inquire of Him so that He might teach us His
ways.
Understanding His Justice
If we do walk rightly before Him, we will also begin to understand His justice.
I have often heard Christians say that they do not want God's justice, but His
mercy. In the sense in which they are speaking I would fully agree with this. I
pray continually not to receive what I deserve, but what was purchased for me by
the cross of Jesus - the mercy, the repentance that leads to redemption, the
reconciliation, the restoration, and all of the benefits including now being a
son of God.
In the above paragraph, I say, "the repentance that leads to redemption" because
the two are always linked together. This does not mean we must be perfect before
we are redeemed, as which of us ever perfectly repented? We usually start by
just wanting to repent and need His help to even do this. Even so, we should be
maturing in all things, including repentance. The Scriptures are clear that true
redemption is preceded by a true repentance.
About Grace
God's grace is not just the forgiveness of our sins, but it is the power to
overcome the sin as well. Though the redemption is instant, the moment we trust
in the cross of Jesus, the repentance, reconciliation, and restoration can take
a lot longer, even a lifetime. All of this includes the renewing of our minds so
that we think like He thinks - hating sin and loving righteousness. One of the
most powerful articulations of this basic truth in the Scripture which was
covered previously, but is worthy of repeating again, is II Peter 1:2-11:
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge
of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us
everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him
who called us by His own glory and excellence.
For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in
order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply
moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge; and in your
knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your
perseverance, godliness; and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your
brotherly kindness, love.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither
useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his
purification from his former sins.
Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling
and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never
stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
Because His grace includes "His divine power (which) has (past tense) granted to
us everything pertaining to life and godliness," if we are walking in His grace,
His grace will be changing us in the step-by-step manner that Peter outlines.
This is how the entrance to His kingdom is supplied to us.
Our Primary Job
Walking in His kingdom and preaching the gospel of His kingdom is our primary
job at the end of the age. If we are doing this, we will represent both His
righteousness and His justice accurately.
Now in all of these things, we have discussed much more about His righteousness
than His justice, for which we are still laying the foundation. Even so, they
cannot be separated, as they are both foundations of His throne. And we clearly
see that just as the devil has done his best to confuse the matter of holiness
and righteousness, he has done the same with God's justice, which we began to
address last week. So, we must understand that God cares very deeply when people
are treated fairly.
To bring redemption and reconciliation the Lord went far beyond justice to
reveal His mercy and to extend mercy. We too began our life in Him because of
His mercy. However, if we do not proceed from embracing His mercy to also
embracing His righteousness and justice, we will pervert His mercy and His
justice and go on living in unrighteousness and presumption. Likewise, the Lord
has extended His mercy to the world for nearly two thousand years, but it is
about to experience His justice.
Again, His grace is not just the forgiveness of our sins, but the power to
overcome the sin. We "have been given everything pertaining to life and
godliness," which is God-like-ness. In His grace and His mercy, He knows our
weaknesses and gives us time to change. Even so, we must always keep in mind
that these are given to change us, not just overlook our shortcomings and leave
us in our present state. Such a belief, which theologians have called "cheap
grace," is a diabolical perversion of the truth and is meant to lead to further
depravity, not the righteousness and justice, the foundation of His throne, and
therefore, His kingdom.
Experiencing His Kindness
As we are told in Romans 2:4, "...the kindness of God leads you to
repentance..." It is actually His kindness that leads to repentance more than
fear of judgment, but if we are really experiencing His kindness, it will lead
to repentance. Who can experience His great mercy and grace and not be convicted
of doing the things that displease Him?
Therefore, to live in His kingdom and represent it accurately to the world, we
must fully embrace both His righteousness and justice, growing in the knowledge
of both. This will mean for many, deliverance from some of the Dark Age
doctrines concerning His judgment, and for others deliverance of the "cheap
grace" others have promoted in an over-reaction to these extremes. These matters
are not only worthy of a patient examination, they are essential for us to
understand if we are going to have an accurate understanding of the Lord, and
what He is doing in our times.
by Rick Joyner
http://www.morningstarministries.org/
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For this reason the subject addressed by this book is one of the most important
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With its remarkable growth and impact, it is understandable that "apostolic
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It is a call to live the greatest adventure for the most noble purpose. It is
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the cross, refusing to retreat before the great darkness of our times. It is for
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A Verse by Verse Study of
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The book of Ephesians is the most
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