Romans 3:26
. . . So as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
God is just in extracting full payment for sin, so that the debt is paid in full. Now, with the debt paid, He is free to justify those who have put their faith, their trust in Christ Jesus, as the Lamb of God, the atoning sacrifice for our sin. As the priest and people in the Old Testament put their hands on the head of the bull, ram or goat to transfer their sins to it, then it would be sacrificed to pay the price for those sins, and the blood was poured out at the foot of the altar. Jesus poured out His blood at the foot of the Cross, His altar. Now that the debt has been fully paid for each of us, God is now free to forgive each of us. O the depth and breadth and height of His love for us to extend to us this amazing Grace, to grant us the good we could never deserve, because of His Mercy to not put on us the punishment we deserve, putting it on His own Son instead.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
