Justice Has Been Served!

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Most people probably didn’t feel this way after finding out what happened to the Casey Anthony trial. Is our Judicial System really a just system? Regardless of your opinion, what do you think God has to say about justice? Not limited to this trial; I mean REAL justice. When we say God is a just God, what exactly are we saying?

Rebecca and I have a Bible study every week, and we’ve been in the book of Romans. This week we were in Romans 3:21-31. The Holy Spirit must have been right there with us because He really showed us something incredible!

This passage is talking about how the Law points us to God’s righteousness. Even Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross points us to God’s righteousness; this is to reveal our sin (Romans 3:20), and help us realize that we need God’s power to be saved.

Now here’s the deal. Romans 3:25 says that God passed over sins previously committed (before the death of Christ); the NIV says that He let them go unpunished. Verse 26 says “so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” This is why God is a just God, and why we say we are justified by faith alone.

To have been justified means to have justice done upon us. God left sins “unpunished” before Christ’s death (not everyone went to Hell in the Old Testament) because after Christ’s death, He could deal justly/absolutely with sin. If God is absolutely just with sin, this means that He is absolutely just with salvation. If we have faith in Jesus, God deals justly with us and does not hold sin against us.
And if this is the case, we can be sure of our salvation! It can’t just disappear, because we are justified by faith, and God is a just God! The only way that this is possible is if God is a just God, and deals absolutely with both sin and salvation.

So when we say God is a just God, it’s not just about Him punishing the bad guys or something. God deals absolutely with sin so that He can provide absolute salvation through Jesus Christ (Romans 3:26)!!

Now we know that this is why God is a just God. The question is, have you been justified by faith in Jesus Christ?

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