1257) For many reasons, too many to list here, I have a soft spot for others who appear to feel remorse whenever they have treated me improperly. It hurts my heart to see someone in pain, even if they are the ones who caused it, and I let them off the hook. But sometimes I need to make a stand and exact justice, regardless of how sorry the other person is. So, the bottom line is, my justice is situation and feelings specific; God’s justice is not. He is always just. This word for just here means “returning in equivalent”. His just actions and reactions are always equivalent to what we have done.

Really? Yes. Here’s why. The Bible tells us we all have done things wrong–no matter how small or how big, wrong is wrong. The punishment for wrong is death and so, God’s justice calls for death but Jesus volunteered to fill in for us. The only one who can do this is the one who doesn’t have any record of wrong, and that is Jesus.

This is wonderful news. God, in his justice, must repay the wrongs, but Jesus took our place. The hard news is, God, in his justice, must repay the wrongs and if you have not accepted forgiveness because of Jesus’ death, you will receive justice; spending forever without God in the next life. It doesn’t matter if God doesn’t want to be just. It doesn’t matter how sorry you are, the only way you can come out of this with God’s blessing is by asking for this substitute gift.

God is just. Will your blood pay for the wrongs you’ve done or will Jesus’?  2 Thessalonians 1:6.