#79. Romans 3:21 – Yet Now (Justification Series, Part II)
Part III: Our Justification, Confirmed Yet now… There is a great and overwhelming good that we all get to look forward to. From the lowest of us, to the greatest of us, this human race faces the just One. We are not in the hands of One Who clawed His way to power. He did not usurp the throne, He did not manipulate the Lannisters. He did not, as His disciples requested, reign fire upon those who rejected Him. This One rather died for our sakes. God, through Jesus, recognizes that the threat is not us, but sin which abuses us. He knows that we are under the thumb of an unjust master: Death. Death has retained control of our flesh since Adam’s life became limited. This One saw the danger and faced it head on. He went into that death, as the only Just One in the universe, with the purpose of returning. He planned on being the first. Yet this necessarily indicates that there would be more to follow. He was first – but only the Beginning. The crucifixion of Christ is the centerpiece to cre...
