Most of us want to see justice done in this life … especially for the other guy. We like to see the good guy rewarded and the bad guy punished. But that’s talking about the other guy. What about us? Have you ever done something that you knew was wrong and, if so, did you get away with it? For most of us the answer is probably yes. And chances are we don’t want to talk about it since we have got away with it so far. We don’t want to get caught now and pay the consequences of whatever it was we did.

By the way, there is also Mercy … which is the opposite of justice … not getting what we do deserve. God has all 3 in His makeup … justice, mercy and grace. I am glad for all 3.

Justice is getting what we deserve while grace is unmerited favor and forgiveness offered to those who do not deserve it … getting what we don’t deserve. God has told us that we are all sinners and that the wages of sin is death (eternal death … eternal punishment … eternal damnation). In other words our sin will be rewarded by eternal damnation in hell. That is justice! We will get what we deserve. But no one in their right mind would want to go to hell upon death.

The God who created us is a God of love , justice, mercy and grace. He gets no pleasure in people going to hell. It breaks His heart. He wants all to repent and turn to Him. In doing so that person can experience His grace in their life. So I ask you again … do you want justice (receiving what you deserve) or grace (receiving what you don’t deserve)?

You might be thinking … that’s not fair! You might even be thinking that you are not such a bad person … definitely better than so and so. You may be thinking that you have done and do a lot of good things in this life … your good outweighing any bad … so surely God will look at these things and consider them.

No, He won’t! It doesn’t work that way. He uses Himself as the measuring stick. It is His own righteousness we are compared to. He says in His Word that all of our righteousness is as filthy rags compared to Him and His righteousness. We fall far short of His glory and desperately need His help. In and because of His great love for us He made a way where there was no way.

He paid a debt He did not owe. We owed a debt we could not pay. We needed Someone to wash our sin away. Jesus paid it all. All to Him we owe. Sin has left a crimson stain. Only He can cleanse us from it.

In 1977 I became a recipient of His grace. All of my sin was forgiven and washed away. I’m a new creation, I am a brand new man. I owe it all to Calvary … where my Savior bled and died for me. Now I sing and proclaim a brand new song. Calvary covered it all. Yes, the precious blood of Jesus covers me. And it is available to you as well.

Yes, when He was on the cross each and everyone of us were on His mind. Now with more than 2000 years passing, nothing has changed. Thank God it will never change. Oh how He loves you and me. He proved His love for us in the fact that He willingly died for us while we were still sinners … in the very act of sinning. He paid a price He did not owe.

Have you meant Him? … Do you know Him? You can …You must to experience His grace or you will face His justice.

In closing … A message to America … (I suspect this is AI generated, but it is very true and timely)