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Truth and justice
The document discusses the importance of truth and justice. It provides definitions of truth as conformity with facts and justice as giving people what they deserve. It notes that truth cannot be silenced or kept hidden and will lead to justice. Several biblical stories and verses about justice emphasizing fairness, protecting rights, and defending the oppressed are presented.
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Truth and justice
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- 2. Truth means conformityto fact or reality; that which is true concerning any matter or subject.
- 3. Some Observations AboutTruth Truth is not a NUMBERS GAME What the majority claims as truth is not necessarily the truth.
- 4. Some Observations AboutTruth Truth can never be SILENCED Truth cannot be kept. It will surely find its way out.
- 5. Some Observations AboutTruth Truth will SNOWBALL The moment truth is revealed, it would stick to the hearts of the people, and the people will stand up for it.
- 6. Some Observations AboutTruth Truth bears JUSTICE Justice without truth isn’t justice. These two always go together.
- 7. Justice is generallydefined as giving one what he or she deserves
- 8. Justice is generallydefined as giving one what he or she deserves This meaning is accomplished when… 1. Giving others what is due them… Justice is achieved when the rights of a person are respected and protected.
- 9. Justice is generallydefined as giving one what he or she deserves This meaning is accomplished when… 2. The order of things is fair. Justice happens when people play their respective roles in society and when those who are in authority do not abuse their power.
- 10. Justice is generallydefined as giving one what he or she deserves This meaning is accomplished when… 3. Good deeds are recognized and wrong doings are punished. Justice is evident when good people are not condemned for doing the right thing and when bad people do not get away with their offenses.
- 11. Some Observations AboutJustice Justice is not always EQUALITY Different people have different needs. Some people have greater needs than others; therefore, giving more to someone else seems to be just.
- 12. Some Observations AboutJustice Justice does not mean REVENGE Taking the law into our own hands is never a justifiable act.
- 13. Some Observations AboutJustice Justice cannot always be identified with the legal order. It is possible that even laws can be unjust specially if they were written to protect only the interest of those in power and not those in need.
- 14. The Three Elementsof Justice RIGHTS TRUTH REASON
- 15. The Three Elementsof Justice RIGHTS When people are deprived of the things they deserve, injustice reigns.
- 16. The Three Elementsof Justice TRUTH Justice is “truth in action.” Once truth comes, out justice can be served
- 17. The Three Elementsof Justice REASON To uncover the truth, the use of reason is necessary.
- 18. The Symbol ofJustice Blindfold Scales Lady Justice Sword “Justitia”
- 19. What is therole of Truth and Justice? To Protect and Preserve Human Dignity rights opportunities value
- 20. The Judgment ofSolomon Solomon was the greatest king that ever reigned in Israel and was also one the wisest men that ever lived. When he first came to the throne, God appeared to him one night in a dream, and asked what gift He should bestow upon him.
- 21. The Judgment ofSolomon Solomon prayed that He would give him wisdom to govern his people. God was pleased that he had asked wisdom instead of riches, or conquests, or long life. He told Solomon that because he had done so, not only would He make him wiser than any man who ever lived, but that he should be rich and famous above all kings of the earth. If he would obey Him in all things, long life should also be added to the other good gifts which were to be his.
- 22. The Judgment ofSolomon In those days it was the custom for kings to sit in some public place, where their subjects as had wrongs to complain might plead their cause before them, and obtain justice. One day two women came before Solomon. One of them told him that she and the other woman both lived in one house, and each had a very young child. In the night the child belonging to the other woman died, and its mother exchanged it for the living one, putting her own dead child in her neighbor's bed as she lay sleeping, and taking the living child to herself..
- 23. The Judgment ofSolomon In the morning, the mother of the living child discovered that the dead child was not her child but the woman whose child was dead would not give up the one that she had stolen. The two women stood there before the king, each one contending that the living child was hers, and that the dead child belonged to the other. .
- 24. The Judgment ofSolomon Solomon asked for a sword, when it was brought, he told them to divide the living child in two, and give half of him to each of the women. The woman who had falsely claimed the child made no objection to this decision. But the real mother could not bear it. Rather than have her son killed, she was willing to lose him altogether and she cried out not to harm the child and to give the child to the other woman.
- 25. The Judgment ofSolomon The king saw at once which of them the child belonged and he said, "Give her the living child, for she is its mother.” All the people of Israel, when they heard of this judgment of Solomon, knew that God had indeed given him wisdom to do justice among his subjects and they held him in great awe and reverence.
- 26. Biblical Verses onJustice Leviticus 19:15 Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly. Deuteronomy 16:20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you. Job 37:23 The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
- 27. Biblical Verses onJustice Psalm 106:3 Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right. Psalm 140:12 I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. Proverbs 28:5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
- 28. Biblical Verses onJustice Proverbs 29:7 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 10:1-2 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.