1. God is Just
Chapel October 20, 2016
(Remember to turn the sound on your phone down, and to start the timer when
you speak- No more than 20 minutes.)
(Remember what Brother Paul said: God still speaks through rocks and
donkeys. You are dirt; you are nothing apart from Jesus. You cannot make
anything great happen. God alone saves, and works wonders beyond
comprehension. Remember: communicate JESUS to your hearers, and the
cross upon which He died. Remember: GOD IS FAITHFUL; HE WILL
PROVIDE.)
"Thus says the LORD, 'Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the
mighty man boast of His might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let
him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the
LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I
delight in these things,' declares the LORD."
~ Jeremiah 9:23 & 24 ~
(Introduction)
Hello, my name is Rachel Jindra. A number of you who are part of the
extended care program here at ODCS already know me as "Miss Rachel."
Before I begin speaking I want to pray and ask God to bless us as we open
up His word.
(Pray for both those who are saved, and those who are not saved)
I want to acknowledge from get-go that for an nice amount of
information I share with you, I am indebted to a dear man I admire named
brother Paul Washer. He preached a sermon that was very helpful to me as I
prepared to speak to you all today, called "God the Just and the Justifier of
the Wicked."
Those of you who have access to a Bible, please turn to Romans 3. We
are going to be looking at verse 26, where Paul writes,
"So that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in
Jesus."
From God is just, and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

2. Today we are going to be answering three questions. I want you all to
repeat after me the questions as I name them. Hold up your hand and show
me with your fingers the number of the question I am on as I name them.
Are you ready?
(Remember to use your own hand as well)
1) Who is God?
("Who is God?")
2) What has God done?
("What has God done?")
3) What should we do?
("What should we do?")
These questions are important because you want to keep these in mind
whenever you learn about the Bible. God has given us the Bible so that we
can answer these questions correctly:
First I am going to answer the question, "Who is God?" So far, you all
have learned several attributes, or characteristics, of God during chapel. I am
going to answer the question "Who is God?" Romans 3 says that God is
just... How many people in here think they know what it means for God to
be just? Let me see your hands...
(Students raise their hands)
Here is what it means for God to be just. I found Blue Letter Bible to be
helpful for me to write out a definition for you: For God to be just means that
He upholds His law. Basically, God is righteous in the way He deals with
people, according to what they think, say and do. God rewards
obedience, and God punishes disobedience.
Romans 3 teaches us God's law enables us to see that we are great
sinners, in need of a great Savior. In fact, it is necessary for you to
understand who you are without Jesus in order for you to truly appreciate who
God is, and what He has done for you by sending Jesus to die. I will give
you an example: I have here a light...
(Do light demonstration. Have the lights turned on before turning on the star.
Tell the students to not scream; the lights will be off only for a short
amount of time. Turn on the star, and then ask for the lights to be turned off,
so that the star shines brightly in your hand. Dark, tell the students to note how
brightly the star shines in the dark, compared to when it was in the light.)

3. What the law of God does is it allows us to see the darkness of our
own sinful hearts, so we can appreciate the glory, beauty and majesty of
who God is and what He has done for us on the cross.
Please again look at Romans 3; this time we are going to be reading
verses 10 through 12. Children, this describes you if you do not know Jesus.
"'There is none righteous, not even one; There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God; All have turned aside, together they have
become useless; There is none who do good, There is not even one.'"
Children, the Scriptures teach that not one of you is good. I can say the
same thing about myself, as well as every other teacher in this school. We are
described this way because we are sinners.
The Bible also teaches that even the best things we do are like filthy
rags. Isaiah 64:6 teaches us that, "... all our righteous deeds are like a
filthy garment..."
(Do demonstration with white pillow case. Give the illustration about your mom
telling you to put a white pillow case away in the closet. There is black ink on
your hands; so when you attempt putting away the pillow case away, you've
actually ruined the pillow case. Your hands are unclean, and your attempt in
doing something right failed.)
Our own sinfulness ruins every one of our good works. Even after a
person becomes a Christian, the best things he does are still imperfect.
Everyone deserves to go to hell, even for the best things that we do.
Now we are going to answer the second question, "What has God done?"
Repeat after me: What has God done?
("What has God done?")
What God has done, is He has provided a way for us to be forgiven by
sending Jesus to die. Without Jesus dying, we could not be forgiven for
the things we have done wrong. Otherwise, the sin would go unpunished,
and God would no longer be just.
Let's say that I murdered somebody, and I am brought before a judge.
Would it be right for the judge to say, "Oh, your sin is no big deal, I forgive
you. You can go free."
(Wait for children's response...)

4. No, if that judge is just, that means he punishes sin. He is going to send me to
jail. Since God is just, He punishes sin. Hebrews 9:22 says, "...without the
shedding of blood there is no forgiveness."
What has God done? Well, I want to talk about what happened on the
cross. We deserve hell for the things we have done against God. But on the
cross, Jesus drank my hell for me. God poured out His wrath, or his
anger, against me and my sin, upon His only Son.
When I say pour, I don't mean God poured just a little bit of wrath on
Jesus, like the little bit water I pour into this cup here.
(Pour water into the cup)
When I say pour, I want you to think of the floods that destroyed the earth
when Noah was alive. I want you to think about the floods of water that surged
over Pharaoh and his army as they were crossing the red sea to try and kill the
Israelites. The anger Jesus drank on the cross was greater than the waters
that destroyed the earth, and the waters that drowned the Egyptians.
Let's review: Who is God? God is...
(Point to children and wait for response)
What has God done? He has provided a way for me to be forgiven by
sending Jesus to take my punishment on the cross. He rose again on the third
day, and is alive this very day. Now we are going to answer the third
question: What should we do?
Jesus answers this question in Mark 1:15, when He says, "The time is
fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe the gospel."
I am sure you all have heard of the word repentance before. This is what
repentance looks like.
(Give illustration by literally walking. Show the children that at one time, you
were walking away from God, and then repented. Turn the other direction to
show what repentance looks like. When someone repents, they turn from their
sin, showing they desire God instead. They say, "I don't want' to live for myself
anymore; I want to live for God."
God wants you to fully trust in Him for life. Going back to Romans 3:26, it
says He is both just, and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. God
has punished sin by dying on the cross for you. Because Jesus died, what He
commands you to do, is to turn away from your sin, and place your faith in the

5. Lord Jesus Christ. In you doing so, God will forgive you, and you will have
eternal life.
(Pray)

6. Lord Jesus Christ. In you doing so, God will forgive you, and you will have
eternal life.
(Pray)