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What Does Biblical Justice Looks Like? (Part I)

  Outline   Text: Micah 6:1-3  I. God's Calling for the People of Israel to Plead Their Case (Mic. 6:1)     A.   God's witnesses         1. The mountains.         2. The hills.     B. God's Indictment (Mal. 3:5)        1. Sorcererers (v. 5a)        2. Adulterers        3. False witnesses     C. Injustice        1. Wage workers (Lev. 19:13)        2. Widows and the fatherless (Deut. 24:17)        3. Immigrants II. God's Indictment Against the People of Israel (Mic. 6:2)     A. God's calling upon the mountains and the enduring foundations of the earth (v. 2)        1. To be God's witness.        2. God's striving with the people of Israel.    B. The cause by which God's striving against the people of Israel (Mal. 3:5)        1. Oppression.        2. Injustice. III. God's Complaint Concerning the People of Israel (Mal. 6:3)      A. God's questioned  His people.         1. Mic. 6:3: "What is it that I have done to you."         2. Isa. 5:4: