Proverbs 24:24 KJV
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
In much of my personal Bible reading right now I am looking for indications, types and signs of the Lord Jesus Christ. Lately I have especially been considering the Proverbs and plugging Christ into those passages that speak of a just man, righteous man and so forth.
But then I came to this passage and I could see it apply to the lessons I have been studying for Sunday school on justification. God's problem in saving us is that He must be just in justifying the sinner. He does not simply overlook our sin. God's love for man does not supersede God's holiness and justice.
In a word, this verse details God's problem in saving the sinner; If God were to simply say to the wicked, "Thou art righteous" God's own righteousness would be impugned.
God answered the problem in the most gracious way fathomable. So gracious in fact that if a person is not struck in awe over it, he does not grasp the doom he faced if God had not answered it. God sent Jesus Christ to become sin for us. He, who had never sinned, then faced the judgment we deserved. And through Jesus Christ's sacrifice and resurrection God is now just in justifying the sinner.
Praise the Lord!
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
In much of my personal Bible reading right now I am looking for indications, types and signs of the Lord Jesus Christ. Lately I have especially been considering the Proverbs and plugging Christ into those passages that speak of a just man, righteous man and so forth.
But then I came to this passage and I could see it apply to the lessons I have been studying for Sunday school on justification. God's problem in saving us is that He must be just in justifying the sinner. He does not simply overlook our sin. God's love for man does not supersede God's holiness and justice.
In a word, this verse details God's problem in saving the sinner; If God were to simply say to the wicked, "Thou art righteous" God's own righteousness would be impugned.
God answered the problem in the most gracious way fathomable. So gracious in fact that if a person is not struck in awe over it, he does not grasp the doom he faced if God had not answered it. God sent Jesus Christ to become sin for us. He, who had never sinned, then faced the judgment we deserved. And through Jesus Christ's sacrifice and resurrection God is now just in justifying the sinner.
Praise the Lord!
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