Lesson 2 - Justice

Learning Point

In Matthew 1:19,  Joseph is referred to as a “just” man for not exposing Mary after it was made known to him that Mary was pregnant and he knew he could not be the biological father of the baby. The root of the word “just” in Greek means to be right and “justice” means to make right.  As fathers we are called upon to be just when faced with the many modern challenges inherent with raising children. To be just will often times cause us to consider whether we would rather be right than to do the right thing. Joseph would have been perfectly entitled to let Mary suffer the consequences of her mysterious pregnancy. He would have been right if had done so yet he chose a different path, the right path, by doing the right thing.