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 at disobedience
or doubt or self-centeredness 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
our 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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