2. Truth means conformity to fact or
reality; that which is true concerning
any matter or subject.
3. Some Observations About Truth
Truth is not a
NUMBERS GAME
What the majority claims as truth is
not necessarily the truth.
4. Some Observations About Truth
Truth can never be
SILENCED
Truth cannot be kept. It will surely
find its way out.
5. Some Observations About Truth
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 About Truth
Truth bears JUSTICE
Justice without truth isn’t justice.
These two always go together.
8. Justice is generally defined
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 generally defined
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 generally defined
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 About Justice
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 About Justice
Justice does not mean
REVENGE
Taking the law into our own hands is never a
justifiable act.
13. Some Observations About Justice
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.
15. The Three Elements of Justice
RIGHTS
When people are deprived of the things they
deserve, injustice reigns.
16. The Three Elements of Justice
TRUTH
Justice is “truth in action.” Once truth
comes, out justice can be served
17. The Three Elements of Justice
REASON
To uncover the truth, the use of reason is
necessary.
18. The Symbol of Justice
Blindfold
Scales
Lady Justice
Sword “Justitia”
19. What is the role of Truth and Justice?
To Protect and Preserve
Human Dignity
rights
opportunities
value
20. The Judgment of Solomon
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 of Solomon
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 of Solomon
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 of Solomon
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 of Solomon
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 of Solomon
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 on Justice
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 on Justice
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 on Justice
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.
