Pursuing True Justice (Deuteronomy 16:20)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Deuteronomy 16:20, David Platt calls us to conform our lives to that which is biblically right and just. We hope you'll join us for Secret Church 25 on April 11. For six hours, we’ll dig deep into the book of Matthew and pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters. If you register by April 2 and live in the US, UK, or Canada, we’ll make sure your printed guided scripture journal gets to you in time for the event. Sign up today at radical.net/sc25 Exp...

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0:00.0	Hey, it's David Platt. I am really looking forward to Secret Church 25 on April 11th, and I hope you'll
0:06.2	join us for six hours digging deep into the book of Matthew, praying for our persecuted
0:11.5	brothers and sisters. And if you register by April 2nd and live in the U.S., the UK, or Canada,
0:17.5	we'll make sure your printed scripture journal gets to you in time for Secret Church.
0:22.3	I really don't want you to miss this. Sign up today at radical.net slash SC25.
0:29.1	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:35.8	Deuteronomy chapter 16, verse 20, justice and only justice you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
0:47.2	This is a great verse that summarizes God's justice and God's desire for his people to do justice. This passage specifically is talking
0:59.7	about appointing judges and officers in towns as God's people will enter the promised land,
1:06.1	to judge people rightly, to not show partiality, to not accept or make bribes, but to work and to act
1:15.8	justly. And this is something we see all over scripture. Justice is mentioned hundreds of
1:23.4	times, and it's oftentimes mentioned alongside righteousness, and we don't have time to
1:29.5	dive in here into a whole biblical definition of justice. I would say that the most broad
1:37.4	definition of justice would be doing that which is right and good for all people as exemplified in God's character and expressed in God's
1:49.7	word. In other words, God is the one who defines justice. And that's important because
1:55.9	the world has all kinds of different definitions of what justice is, but it's God's character and God's
2:02.8	word that tells us what justice is. The whole point is God calls his people to do justice,
2:12.2	to do that which is right for others. And so I want to encourage you today to think about God's command for us as his
2:21.8	people to do justice, to treat others rightly. This is really summarized in Jesus's command to love our
2:32.8	neighbors as ourselves, to do what is good and right for the people
2:38.0	around us.
2:39.3	And all throughout Scripture, as we've already prayed about in Deuteronomy, God prioritizes
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