Justification is not a relic of the past
- it has direct relevance to us as
Christians today. We often struggle with
the thought of justification because of
human pride; "I can't be that bad" and
so justification is often undermined,
wrongly presented or just plain ignored.
Scripture though, is brutally clear: we
have a real problem - the prospect of
our lives marred by wrong-doing being
laid out before an almighty God who is
pure and will not forever let wrong go
unpunished. We can't earn our way out of
our predicament - as this is just
"rubbish" according to the apostle Paul.
We need something else, someone who can
take the hit we so richly deserve -
leaving us to be declared innocent
instead.
- it has direct relevance to us as
Christians today. We often struggle with
the thought of justification because of
human pride; "I can't be that bad" and
so justification is often undermined,
wrongly presented or just plain ignored.
Scripture though, is brutally clear: we
have a real problem - the prospect of
our lives marred by wrong-doing being
laid out before an almighty God who is
pure and will not forever let wrong go
unpunished. We can't earn our way out of
our predicament - as this is just
"rubbish" according to the apostle Paul.
We need something else, someone who can
take the hit we so richly deserve -
leaving us to be declared innocent
instead.
