{"id":7396,"date":"2026-11-10T09:39:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7396"},"modified":"2026-11-10T09:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:39:39","slug":"the-justice-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7396","title":{"rendered":"THE JUSTICE OF GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE JUSTICE OF GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJustice and judgement are the habitation of Thy throne!\u201d \u2014 <\/em>Psalm 89:14<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Justice <\/em>of God is \u201cHis Holiness in exercise.\u201d Let us go to the spot marked out as the scene of its most solemn manifestation. In the depths of eternity past, the summons was heard, \u201cAwake, O Sword, against My Shepherd, and against the Man who is My Fellow!\u201d That mysterious commission has been fulfilled. The Shepherd has been smitten. Myriads of condemned spirits could not have borne God\u2019s inexorable rectitude as when, on the cross of Calvary, One lone voice sent up the wailing cry, \u201cMy God, My God, why have You forsaken Me!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Believer, rejoice! Justice<\/em>, which before had demanded the execution of a righteous doom upon lost millions \u2014 can now unite with Mercy <\/em>in sheathing the avenging sword and exulting over redeemed myriads. The Law <\/em>which brought in a whole world \u201cguilty before God,\u201d can exult with Mercy \u2014 in seeing its every requirement obeyed, its every demand fulfilled; the Lawgiver Himself \u201cthe Just and yet the Justifier;\u201d unloosing every chain of condemnation, and pronouncing \u201cNot guilty!\u201d \u201cO Law!\u201d says Luther, \u201cI drown my conscience in the wounds, blood, death, resurrection, and victory of Christ!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wondrous thought! \u2014 Justice, the very attribute which excluded <\/em>the sinner \u2014 has become the first to throw open a door of welcome; proclaiming that infinite merit \u2014 has cancelled infinite demerit; infinite holiness \u2014 has covered infinite sin! While \u201crighteousness and justice\u201d are the habitation of God\u2019s throne, provision has been made whereby, in perfect consistency with every principle of His moral government, \u201cmercy and truth\u201d may go continually before His face!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reader, it is well for you often to thus devoutly dwell on the inflexible Justice <\/em>of your God. It will magnify and enhance to you, the riches of His grace, the glories of redemption, and the preciousness of Jesus. If the sinner is to be saved, \u201cjudgment must be laid to the line, and righteousness to the plummet!\u201d Says Lefevre, \u201cThe Sinless One must be condemned \u2014 if he who is guilty is to go free. The Blessed One must bear the curse \u2014 if the cursed ones are to be brought into blessing. The Life must die \u2014 if the dead are to live!\u201d \u201cIn prayer one evening,\u201d says Henry Martyn, \u201cI had such near and frightening views of God\u2019s judgment upon sinners in Hell, that my flesh trembled for fear of them. I flew trembling to Jesus Christ, as if the flames were taking hold of me! Oh! Christ will indeed save me \u2014 or else I must perish!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My soul! take hold of that touchingly simple assurance to which Justice has appended its seal, \u201cWhoever believes in Him shall not perish!\u201d \u201cNot perish!\u201d Justice, and a God of justice, proclaiming so great salvation \u2014 safety from the terrors of a violated law \u2014 rest from the accusations of a guilty conscience \u2014 calmness in the prospect of death! Grace here! Glory hereafter! Oh, what more can the sinner need \u2014 or God bestow! \u201cI will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.<\/strong>\u201d \u2014 Psalm 4:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John MacDuff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE JUSTICE OF GOD \u201cJustice and judgement are the habitation of Thy throne!\u201d \u2014 Psalm 89:14 The Justice of God is \u201cHis Holiness in exercise.\u201d Let us go to the spot marked out as the scene of its most solemn manifestation. In the depths of eternity past, the summons was heard, \u201cAwake, O Sword, against My Shepherd, and against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-john-macduff","category-gods-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7397,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396\/revisions\/7397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}