God' Judicial Nature: Part 2
A second aspect of God's judicial nature is that God compensates victims of unjustified suffering. For example he says,
"Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits." Ex 23:6
"Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow." De 27:19
"It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the innocent of justice." Pr 18:5
"The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern." Pr 29:7
It is not a matter of grace, as if compensating victims of unjustified suffering was optional, but rather obligatory under justice, in the same way as condemning the guilty is obligatory as a matter of justice. This is should be the Christian's answer to those who suffer unjustly. God will compensate such people in some fashion. Because God is just.
These are the two arms of justice: (2Thess 1:6,7)
God is just:
1. He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you
2 and give relief to you who are troubled,
Jesus also suffered as a victim of unjustified suffering.
"Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 'He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.' When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly." 1Peter 2:21-23
In this way Christ atoned for the sins of the world. For having suffered unjustly, God was obligated to compensate him. And in view of who he was and the suffering he endured, justice demanded a huge compensation, namely more than enough to pay for the sins of the world. Thus Jesus atoned for sin by having one arm of God's judicial nature pay off the other arm.
A second aspect of God's judicial nature is that God compensates victims of unjustified suffering. For example he says,
"Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits." Ex 23:6
"Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow." De 27:19
"It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the innocent of justice." Pr 18:5
"The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern." Pr 29:7
It is not a matter of grace, as if compensating victims of unjustified suffering was optional, but rather obligatory under justice, in the same way as condemning the guilty is obligatory as a matter of justice. This is should be the Christian's answer to those who suffer unjustly. God will compensate such people in some fashion. Because God is just.
These are the two arms of justice: (2Thess 1:6,7)
God is just:
1. He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you
2 and give relief to you who are troubled,
Jesus also suffered as a victim of unjustified suffering.
"Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 'He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.' When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly." 1Peter 2:21-23
In this way Christ atoned for the sins of the world. For having suffered unjustly, God was obligated to compensate him. And in view of who he was and the suffering he endured, justice demanded a huge compensation, namely more than enough to pay for the sins of the world. Thus Jesus atoned for sin by having one arm of God's judicial nature pay off the other arm.
