Shared Values of the Old and New Testaments
Justice, Fairness and Compassion
In the Bible, “fatherless” is interchangeable with “orphans.” Now, as then, a home without a father is a home at risk. The Old and New Testaments are consistent in the values of spiritually and physically caring for widows, orphans, and the most vulnerable who are unable to do what is necessary to survive alone: God himself is a father to the fatherless and he gives justice to the widows. The world benefits, or suffers, depending upon the degree of partnership with God in addressing these issues.
Psalm 68: 5-6 (TLB) 5 He is a father to the fatherless; he gives justice to the widows, for he is holy. 6 He gives families to the lonely, and releases prisoners from jail, singing with joy! But for rebels there is famine and distress.
James 1:27 (GNV) 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God, even the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless, and widows in their adversity, and to keep himself unspotted of the world.
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