God's people are reconciled by God's justice-making through Christ. God's people are faithful when they pursue justice. Justice in the Bible is more than equal rights or giving appropriate due to each. Concern for reconciliation with God, the wholeness of the shalom community, and loving service to the victims of injustice are all integral elements of biblical justice. The cause of injustice is sin, the failure to live out the divine image in which we are created.
All human activity is perverted by selfishness and pride.
Therefore, institutions and systems with the potential for good regularly become agents of injustice. God's gracious acts of deliverance and salvation serve both as model and motivation for our response to God's initiative. Since the first break in relationship in the Garden of Eden, God has been inviting all creation into covenant. Jesus introduced a new way to enter into a right relationship with God. All who accept this righteousness in faith become partners with God in the new order where justice and peace can be experienced and demonstrated.