Justice
When Speaker Pelosi made her
outrageous, calloused remark about George Floyd “sacrificing his life”
for the cause of justice, does anyone really believe it EVER
crossed Floyd’s mind, as he came face-to-face with eternity, his death
would serve a greater good? There is One, however, who DID approach his
death with the certitude it would serve the GREATEST good of all—that
of providing redemption for lost sinners.
Paul wrote: “Being justified freely by his
grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set
forth to be a propitiation [satisfaction] through faith in his blood,
to declare his RIGHTEOUSNESS (justness) for the remission of sins that
are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this
time his RIGHTEOUSNESS: that he might be JUST, and the JUSTIFIER of him
which believeth in Jesus” (Romans 3:24-26).
In order for God to be the JUSTIFIER
of sinners who believe in Jesus, he first had to take JUST action in
order to provide a FULL SATISFACTION for transgressions that his
holiness demanded. Sinners who believe in Jesus are JUSTIFIED FREELY by
his grace. But what grace provided at no cost to us by humbling
ourselves, asking God to do for us what we could not do for ourselves,
required God the Father to satisfy his JUSTICE by unleashing his wrath
upon his Son on our behalf.
Jesus of Nazareth DID sacrifice his
life for the greater good of JUSTICE. The JUSTICE God exhibited on the
Cross for our sins enabled God to be JUST (righteous) when he JUSTIFIES
(declares righteous) and forgives those who believe.
Peter said it like this:”For Christ also hath once
suffered for sins, the JUST for the UNJUST, that he might bring us to
God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit”
(1 Peter 3:18). The act of JUSTICE God accomplished by laying OUR sins
on HIS Son was the greatest act of JUSTICE in human history. It now
allows God to be absolutely JUST when he JUSTIFIES a believer.
John gives believers this assurance: “If we [believers] confess our
sins, he is faithful and JUST to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). There is NO sin a
believer can commit after JUSTIFICATION that was not accounted for on
the Cross of Christ.
The JUSTICE that enables God to
JUSTIFY a believer is the same JUSTICE that provides the basis for the
cleansing of his children, to restore fellowship when they confess
their sins. God is JUST in everything he does, from JUSTIFYING
believers to CLEANSING them from their sins. The Gospel affirms his
sacrifice was the foundation for the greatest good of all!
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