God
is the one who is just and the one who justifies; period, end of sentence. So why
do we work so hard for what is none of our business? I don’t mean sin, we don’t
have to work very hard at disobedience or doubt or disregard for the
needs of others or neglect of the planet or any of the ways we are guilty of
being less than human. No, sin is all about us, which is why the just one who
justifies the creation gone its own way enters the fray to contend with the
inevitable consequence of human rebellion, death. Faith does not activate or
complete what God has already done in entering the human story. Faith means we
enter God’s story in the Christ and stop working for what is already ours
because we no longer doubt what is beyond comprehension. We are already
justified, made right with God, because God won’t have it any other way which
means we are free to be fully human.
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