Let's say that you are a parent and one of your kids does something bad, but the other kid is nice enough to step in and take a spanking for his sib. If you spank the innocent child, have you committed a just act? I would argue that no, justice is when the guilty party receives his/her punishment. Simply needing *someone* to be punished isn't justice, it's vengeance.
So Jesus died for us? How is that just? God punished him, instead of us? But I thought that God always was just. How does this make any sense?
Deuteronomy 32
" 4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he."
Romans 3
25God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished 26he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus."
2006-09-17
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