This research will show how both retributive and remunerative justice has been demonstrated in the covenants God has made with his people throughout history, and how in the exercise of divine justice God is just when He punishes violations of His covenants and when He rewards those who obey them. Project Summary God's righteousness is an attribute closely related to God's righteousness. God's righteousness is realized in His retributive righteousness. In many circles God's retributive justice has been overemphasized to the detriment of God's retributive justice. This is what happened before Martin Luther saw the truth of justification in Romans. Luther was so concerned with God's retributive justice that he took excessive steps to punish himself for his sin. When examining God's covenants there are clear guidelines for keeping the covenant, and when those guidelines are broken God's retributive justice is meted out to the covenant breaker. However, God's retributive justice is still at work for those who have kept His covenants. Those who keep God's commandments are blessed by demonstrating rewarding righteousness. This study will focus on biblical passages that focus on both aspects of God's justice, ending with a discussion of God's final manifestation of both retributive and retributive justice in the incarnation and death of Christ. Preliminary Bibliography Bird, Michael F. “Incorporated Righteousness: A Response to Recent Evangelical Discussion Concerning the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness in Justification.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 47, n. 2 (June 2004): 253-275. Bibliographic Summary Bird's article raises a controversy over whether or not God's retributive justice is necessary. He rightly opposes the claim that God's response to sin is something He wanted but could have wanted differently. Preliminary bibliography Burk, Denny. "God's Justice (Dikaisune Theou) and Verbal Genitives: A Grammatical Clarification." Journal for the Study of the New Testament 34, n. 4 (Spring 2012): 346-360. Sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav (accessed 10 November 2013). Bibliography Summary Burk's article will help in a brief etymological section on the Greek word for justice and the normative meaning in the New Testament. Preliminary bibliography Chester Stephen J. “Paul and the introspective conscience of Martin Luther: the impact of Luther's Anfechtungen on his interpretation of Paul”. Biblical Interpretation 14, n. 5 (2006): 508-536. Religion and Philosophy Collection, EBSCOhost (accessed November 13, 2013). Bibliographic Summary This article, by Stephen Chester, will be used in a section on Martin Luther's pre-Reformation view of his guilt and sinfulness in the section on retributive justice.