ACTS Class Synopses
Teacher R.T. Nusbaum
Course: Poetical Books: Psalms continued
Quarter: Summer 2009

Date: July 30, 2009
Title: 14 Psalm 43A
Synopsis: Many times, modern day Christians approach things on a “criminal court basis” rather than a “civil court” basis. Civil court does not deal with what is right or wrong, but what is just. It is issue orientated rather than judging the people's moral character. This court is not judging the widow or poor person's moral state, but the situation at hand. If we judge falsely, we are meeting out another judgement than what God is doing. Our measure is false. God, our Father, never punishes His own, He only chastises them. He already did all punishment in His Son in our place.
Keywords: Judgment
Justice
Civil Court
Criminal Court
Chastisement
Punishment