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"If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and
purify us from all unrighteousness."
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John 1:9 (NIV)
"It's not fair!" echoes through millions of
homes every day.
"You never make him (or her)...."
Parents know that fairness and justice
are not the same things, but the difference is difficult for youngsters to
grasp. Fairness implies a comparison, a measuring of one against another. Justice
is absolute.
That is why it is just of our Father God to
forgive everyone who acknowledges his guilt and receives what was purchased by
Jesus on the cross. It is not at all fair that He received the consequences of
our misdeeds. But justice says that the debt for that has already been paid and
we no longer owe it.
How grateful we can be that God is not
fair, but just.
©2013 Joan Disbrow
Joan, Amen. I praise God for his goodness and justice!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dawn. That is the highest goal I can think of in writing: To cause someone else to give Him praise.
DeleteThankfully, so true!
ReplyDeleteIsn't He just so amazing?
DeleteWow!His justice and mercy are married!
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