This morning I was driving along listening to a sermon on the radio from a local Baptist Church here in town, a BIG Baptist Church here in town. The preacher was talking about the parable of the workers in the vineyard, Matthew 20:1-16. In presenting the story about paying all the workers the same wage, the ones that worked all day, and the ones who came in the eleventh hour, the preacher had this to say, 'The Lord is not just. He showed grace to all the workers, but he is not just.' He repeated a couple of times that God is NOT just.
Huh?? The Lord is not just? I must say, I just cringed as I listened to the man say this, because I believe the Lord is completely just. Completely. In fact, I rest in that justice, that he will always do what is right.
God sent his son, the Lord Jesus to this earth to die for the sins of his people because he IS just and and his justice demands that sin be paid for. And once the sins are paid for, God's justice demands that he accept the people that Christ died for because they no longer have any sin. They are as perfect as Christ, because God sees us 'in Christ.' He is our substitute. And because of God's justice, he can never change his mind or loose even one of those Christ died for because there is no reason to punish us. What a wonderful blessing and a comfort to know.
Because of God's justice, those Christ died for can rest easy. If God wasn't just, we would have much to worry about. I believe and rest in God's justice.
5 comments:
Good post! You are right, God is just. He is not fair but He is just.
Just and Justifier!
Praise be to God
Fair or not in our eyes. He is always right.
RANT: I wish ya'll didn't have those capcha (word verification)and sign in thingys on your blogs they are a pain! It makes it harder to comment.
I haven't given this a ton of thought, but if He was just, wouldn't we ALL go to hell? He is merciful to His children and those who don't accept Jesus are the ones that will be judged by God and they WILL receive a Just reward - which will be hell.
I believe that if even one that Christ died for went to hell, then God would be unjust, because he would be sending someone to hell with no reason. The reason people go to hell is to pay for their sins. If Christ paid for their sins, there is no reason to send them to hell.
God is completely just in allowing his elect into heaven because of their substitute, Christ. He paid for all the sins of all the elect. God doesn't see the sin of the elect. They are perfect 'in Christ.'
Yes, we all deserve hell, but thanks to the Savior, Christ the Lord, the ones he died for are all completely justified.
Hallelujah!!
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