”Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.” | Job 37: 23

The justice of God is in itself a great barrier to the salvation of a sinner.

Because God is just, our sins must be punished.

“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;” (Romans 3: 25)

Never has there been a sin pardoned without atonement since the world began.

There has never been a sin remitted by the great Judge of heaven until justice has been fully satisfied.

How, then, can a sinner be saved?

“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” (Isaiah 45: 22)

This is the great riddle of the law and the grand discovery of the gospel.

“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: 26)

The answer is, God’s justice has been fully satisfied through the substitution of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

“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)

Through the obedience and death of our Lord on our behalf, God can be just and justify the believer.

~ Pastor Henry Mahan

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Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church Bulletin Article date: 1 August, 2021 | Previous post date: n/a