John Fischer The Catch

by Marti Fischer

We are a people who love knowledge. We study the Word, support causes, fund ministries. But there’s a growing disconnect between what we know and what we do. We’ve mistaken justice for charity. We’ve settled for awareness when the gospel calls us to action.

But Scripture is clear: justice is not an extra—it’s a command. A defining mark of those who truly follow God.

“Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
Plead the case of the widow.”
— Isaiah 1:17

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The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. (Proverbs 29:7)

A quick perusal of the use of the word “justice” in the Bible reveals something that is key to the nature of God. “For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing” (Isaiah 61:8). Numerous times He is called a God of justice. Now about half the time this is tied to championing what is right and the judgment of wrongdoing, but half the time it is tied to the innocent, the poor and to foreigners — in other words, people who are not likely to receive just treatment. “Do not pervert justice or show partiality” (Deuteronomy 16:19).

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