These last few days, we have had a first hand glimpse of the slanted nature of human justice. The United States has prided itself on the fact that they have no nobility. This pride has arisen from the belief that the absence of a ruling class has removed the old prejudices that allowed nobles to get away with crimes for which the peasant class would be harshly punished. However, we have observed that there is still a class system at work in the U.S. Despite the FBI concluding that a certain presidential candidate was indeed guilty of gross negligence in the handling of top secret material, it was decided that there would be no prosecution for the crime. If ordinary seaman Jones had been guilty of the same crime, he would have at least been drummed out of the Forces with a dishonourable discharge. It matters who your are for justice.
In on sense this is not true of God's justice. All people are sinners and all will justly receive the punishment for their sin. In another manner it matters immensely who you are when you stand before God's justice. Romans 5:16-19 tells us that if we believe in Jesus Christ and belong to Him, His righteousness is imputed to us (2 Cor. 5:21). That means that when the Eternal Judge looks at our case He sees the righteousness of Jesus. Then based on the perfect righteousness of Jesus, the Judge declares us "Not Guilty!"
In on sense this is not true of God's justice. All people are sinners and all will justly receive the punishment for their sin. In another manner it matters immensely who you are when you stand before God's justice. Romans 5:16-19 tells us that if we believe in Jesus Christ and belong to Him, His righteousness is imputed to us (2 Cor. 5:21). That means that when the Eternal Judge looks at our case He sees the righteousness of Jesus. Then based on the perfect righteousness of Jesus, the Judge declares us "Not Guilty!"
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