When Adam and Eve sinned (Genesis 3), justice could not overlook it. Their crime does not seem so great to us who wear Adam’s skin. But consider it from heaven’s viewpoint. The great Lord God Almighty, unchallenged Ruler of everything, Lord of angel armies, worthy of all adoration and worship had been defied by the dust He had formed into people. He had made these creatures for His own purpose and pleasure. He showered love and bounty on them. But He also gave them free will. So He showed them their options and told them the consequences.

“Please don’t,” He said, and the pleading in His voice warned them of what He knew would result if they did not obey. “We will do as we please,” they responded, and at that moment the creature committed high treason against the Creator. Justice demanded action. For God to overlook or excuse the treason would not be just. Because God is just, He cannot make a rule, establish the penalty, and then not follow through when the rule is broken. Because God is also love, He had a way to satisfy justice without destroying human beings. Justice required the death penalty for high treason, so something or someone had to die. A substitute was brought in to satisfy the demands of justice. A beautiful, flawless animal was killed instead (Genesis 3:21).

Thousands of years later, justice was satisfied once and for all as God sent His own Son into the world to be our substitute (2 Corinthians 5:21). “Please don’t,” He has cried throughout the ages. “We will do as we please,” we have responded. God cannot merely overlook our high treason against Him, or He would not be perfectly just. He cannot retract His love, despite our rebellion, or He would not be perfect love. So Jesus became the Lamb (John 1:29) that God sacrificed on the altar of justice. Christ “died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18).

Because justice has been satisfied, God pronounces “not guilty” upon all those who are in Christ (Romans 3:24), those who call on His name (John 1:12). Justice now insists that, once a sin has been paid for, it cannot be brought up again. When our sins are under the blood of His sacrifice, God holds them against us no more (Romans 8:1; Colossians 2:14; 1 Peter 2:24; Isaiah 43:25). God remains just; He is not violating His own code of justice by pardoning those who deserve its consequences. Salvation IS a just consequence because God has pronounced Jesus’ death and resurrection sufficient to satisfy His wrath. The curse of the Law that we justly deserved has been taken by Jesus on the cross (Galatians 3:13).

God is just, and His justice is an indispensable part of His character in the same way that His love and mercy are indispensable. Without His justice, sin would run unchecked. Evil would win. There would be no reward for obedience. We could not respect a god who was not just. Micah 6:8 summarizes the top three qualities God wants to see reflected in us: “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

https://www.gotquestions.org/God-is-just.html

Happy Sunday everyone lalasticlala

LiwaConsult:
Please I need an answer to some questions bothering me.

1. Since God is Omniscient, he knows everything, how come he knew devil will tempt Eve, yet he still created devil?

2. Since he knows everything, he would have prevented the world from turning to what it is today, but why didn't he?

3. He knows casting down the devil and demons to the earth will make them torment man and make them turn their hearts away from him, yet he still did it, why?

I will love answers to these questions.

Baba just forget all these matter.

LiwaConsult:
Please I need an answer to some questions bothering me.

1. Since God is Omniscient, he knows everything, how come he knew devil will tempt Eve, yet he still created devil?

2. Since he knows everything, he would have prevented the world from turning to what it is today, but why didn't he?

3. He knows casting down the devil and demons to the earth will make them torment man and make them turn their hearts away from him, yet he still did it, why?

I will love answers to these questions.

Religion is for ignorant and feeble minded people so I will give you two options; Either you close your mind and continue in your religion relying on faith or you save your time and jump into the next phase these questions will surely lead you to which is abandoning religion and facing other important aspects of your life.

lighteverywhere:
When Adam and Eve sinned (Genesis 3), justice could not overlook it. Their crime does not seem so great to us who wear Adam’s skin. But consider it from heaven’s viewpoint. The great Lord God Almighty, unchallenged Ruler of everything, Lord of angel armies, worthy of all adoration and worship had been defied by the dust He had formed into people. He had made these creatures for His own purpose and pleasure. He showered love and bounty on them. But He also gave them free will. So He showed them their options and told them the consequences.

“Please don’t,” He said, and the pleading in His voice warned them of what He knew would result if they did not obey. “We will do as we please,” they responded, and at that moment the creature committed high treason against the Creator. Justice demanded action. For God to overlook or excuse the treason would not be just. Because God is just, He cannot make a rule, establish the penalty, and then not follow through when the rule is broken. Because God is also love, He had a way to satisfy justice without destroying human beings. Justice required the death penalty for high treason, so something or someone had to die. A substitute was brought in to satisfy the demands of justice. A beautiful, flawless animal was killed instead (Genesis 3:21).

Thousands of years later, justice was satisfied once and for all as God sent His own Son into the world to be our substitute (2 Corinthians 5:21). “Please don’t,” He has cried throughout the ages. “We will do as we please,” we have responded. God cannot merely overlook our high treason against Him, or He would not be perfectly just. He cannot retract His love, despite our rebellion, or He would not be perfect love. So Jesus became the Lamb (John 1:29) that God sacrificed on the altar of justice. Christ “died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18).

Because justice has been satisfied, God pronounces “not guilty” upon all those who are in Christ (Romans 3:24), those who call on His name (John 1:12). Justice now insists that, once a sin has been paid for, it cannot be brought up again. When our sins are under the blood of His sacrifice, God holds them against us no more (Romans 8:1; Colossians 2:14; 1 Peter 2:24; Isaiah 43:25). God remains just; He is not violating His own code of justice by pardoning those who deserve its consequences. Salvation IS a just consequence because God has pronounced Jesus’ death and resurrection sufficient to satisfy His wrath. The curse of the Law that we justly deserved has been taken by Jesus on the cross (Galatians 3:13).

God is just, and His justice is an indispensable part of His character in the same way that His love and mercy are indispensable. Without His justice, sin would run unchecked. Evil would win. There would be no reward for obedience. We could not respect a god who was not just. Micah 6:8 summarizes the top three qualities God wants to see reflected in us: “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

https://www.gotquestions.org/God-is-just.html

Christians also claim that God is merciful but is it possible to be both just and merciful at the same time? since mercy simple means suspension of justice.

lighteverywhere:
When Adam and Eve sinned (Genesis 3), justice could not overlook it. Their crime does not seem so great to us who wear Adam’s skin.

That is because people do not know how great their crime was. See https://www.nairaland.com/6319053/when-eve-charged-court-charges

adoyi8:

Christians also claim that God is merciful but is it possible to be both just and merciful at the same time? since mercy simple means suspension of justice.

Yes! "Just is" aka justice means that a person found guilty of an offence, shall get his accurate punishment due for his guilt.

However, if there is any mitigating facts in the case which may reduce or alltogether remove guilt, A Mercy Full Judge as God is, will take hold of that fact and apply it to the case.

That is what you see in the case of Hezekiah foolishly cashing out his Stored Mercy rather than taking God's option of dying so that his sins would not outweigh and overpass his Stored Mercies. But Hezekiah was not wise!

Dtruthspeaker:




However, if there is any mitigating facts in the case which may reduce or alltogether remove guilt, A Mercy Full Judge as God is, will take hold of that fact and apply it to the case.

If the judgement on a case is adjusted based on what you call mitigating facts then it is still justice and not mercy.

This thing is straight forward but I have noticed that your moniker loves complicating simple things and moving round and round for the sake of argument so I would love if a more straight forward person attempts to answer the question.

adoyi8:

If the judgement on a case is adjusted based on what you call mitigating facts then it is still justice and not mercy.

Just is and Mercy are twins like heaven and earth, and they work together. Every Court, Especially God's Court has it in hand to apply to a caae whether the defendant asks for it or not. (I wanted to add this earlier but at the end of my post it left me).

That is how Greatly Good God is.

Also, The Prerogative and Discretion of Mercy Always FOLLOWS THE LAW. And this is where you find The Law He who did mercy, shall get mercy. He who forgives the sins of others shall himself have his sins forgiven.

Which was why that servant who did not forgive the debts of his fellow servant got his Judgement of forgiveness of debt reversed.

That is how Mercy works with Law!

adoyi8:

This thing is straight forward but I have noticed that your moniker loves complicating simple things and moving round and round for the sake of argument so I would love if a more straight forward person attempts to answer the question.

That is because 70% or 98% of Truth is not The Whole Truth. Truth must be 100% at all times, to the best of human ability.

Secondly, no other person here can talk about, Innocence, Guilt, "Just is", Mercy and Law as great as A Lawyer can!

DropsMic:


Baba just forget all these matter.

1. Actually, the serpent, not the devil, tempted Eve in in garden. You need to read the book for yourself in order to have understanding to what is written to have taken place.

2. God didn't prevent it because God wanted the plan as it did.

3. Where exactly did you learn this idea that devils and demons where cast down to earth to begin with?

lalasticlala

The biblical God or Islamic God?

Which is Just