Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
I like to chock my students or congregants by exclaiming, “I do not believe in salvation by grace; the Bible does not support such a doctrine”. After all, salvation by grace means that our sins are wiped away. It means that we, the guilty party, guilty of murder, adulteries and idolatries, get to walk free without any punishment for our sins. And we call that justice? What if a judge decided to have ‘mercy’, and as a result freed rapists and child murderers? Would we call that judge ‘good’?
The wicked (us) cannot be made righteous on his own merits. It is an abomination to God to justify the wicked. A price has to be paid for the covering of his sins. The full price of our sin is un-payable by us; that is why Yeshua pays it for us and we are saved (reconciled with the Father) based on the merits of the Father’s favor to wards Him. And even though the Son has the favor of the Father, the Son still has to pay an excruciating price for the covering atonement of our sins. So actually, salvation is not free: Somebody pays.
On the other hand, and this is a theological ‘catch 22’, because the price of the Son’s payment is required for our reconciliation with God, by our sins, we automatically condemn the Just. The Just One who had not sin has become sin so He could pay the price/ransom of our regeneration. This knowledge should make us careful and less flippant about our daily behavior. Sometimes we can get familiar and live like, ‘Oh, my sins are forgiven; He understand that I am just human and make mistakes.’ Our sins are forgiven, yes, but not for free. Somebody pays for them. Yeshua pays for them.
A Mom wanted to teach a lesson of obedience to her son. She decided to change technique. Instead of swatting her child’s behind when he misbehaved, she decided that every time the child would disobey, he would have to slap his Mom’s hand. She child, not wanting hurt his Mom anymore quickly changed his behavior.
We cannot be perfect and our sin is with us from birth. Can we try our best to not be flippant about it and try to change our general behavior so we stop slapping, spitting on, lashing, pricking, mocking, humiliating, hurting crucifying and killing the Son of Man? Remember: it is an abomination to condemn the Just.
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
I like to chock my students or congregants by exclaiming, “I do not believe in salvation by grace; the Bible does not support such a doctrine”. After all, salvation by grace means that our sins are wiped away. It means that we, the guilty party, guilty of murder, adulteries and idolatries, get to walk free without any punishment for our sins. And we call that justice? What if a judge decided to have ‘mercy’, and as a result freed rapists and child murderers? Would we call that judge ‘good’?
The wicked (us) cannot be made righteous on his own merits. It is an abomination to God to justify the wicked. A price has to be paid for the covering of his sins. The full price of our sin is un-payable by us; that is why Yeshua pays it for us and we are saved (reconciled with the Father) based on the merits of the Father’s favor to wards Him. And even though the Son has the favor of the Father, the Son still has to pay an excruciating price for the covering atonement of our sins. So actually, salvation is not free: Somebody pays.
On the other hand, and this is a theological ‘catch 22’, because the price of the Son’s payment is required for our reconciliation with God, by our sins, we automatically condemn the Just. The Just One who had not sin has become sin so He could pay the price/ransom of our regeneration. This knowledge should make us careful and less flippant about our daily behavior. Sometimes we can get familiar and live like, ‘Oh, my sins are forgiven; He understand that I am just human and make mistakes.’ Our sins are forgiven, yes, but not for free. Somebody pays for them. Yeshua pays for them.
A Mom wanted to teach a lesson of obedience to her son. She decided to change technique. Instead of swatting her child’s behind when he misbehaved, she decided that every time the child would disobey, he would have to slap his Mom’s hand. She child, not wanting hurt his Mom anymore quickly changed his behavior.
We cannot be perfect and our sin is with us from birth. Can we try our best to not be flippant about it and try to change our general behavior so we stop slapping, spitting on, lashing, pricking, mocking, humiliating, hurting crucifying and killing the Son of Man? Remember: it is an abomination to condemn the Just.
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