T-25.VIII

Justice Returned to Love

Justice is redefined as Love’s mercy: as punishment and specialness are exposed as ego substitutes, the Holy Spirit restores vision of shared innocence and salvation through forgiveness.

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★ ZenithLet Love decide: justice and mercy are one, and vengeance disappears.	★ Zenith
Pillar
Be a true witness to innocence, and justice returns to love.
▲ MilestoneEgo justice needs a victim; love’s justice cannot punish.	▲ Milestone
Supporting
When specialness runs, “justice” becomes vengeance; impartiality can’t survive deprivation.
Justice cannot be shared while the mind still ranks in terms of more and less.
One true witness to innocence returns justice to love.
Witness innocence, not wrongdoing; vengeance collapses when sin isn’t real.
Vengeance-based justice needs sin; love’s justice corrects and releases.
True justice asks no sacrifice; the ego preserves sin by making victims.
Minor
More and less breed envy; justice returns when inheritance is equal.
Give everything to the Holy Spirit; withheld thoughts keep justice delayed.
Wrathful “justice” is projected guilt; true justice is innocence.
Impartial vision witnesses innocence and lets justice return to love.
Heaven’s justice gives every Son the same inheritance of peace.
Offer it to the Holy Spirit; withholding keeps you from the gift.
Mercy makes justice loving: correct mistakes, not avenge; forgive yourself.
Echo
Prefer His taking what you’d keep alone; willingness lets gain harm no one.
With shifting allegiance, little faith is enough to learn salvation’s principle.

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