The Law demands punishment for everything and everyone. But in Jesus Christ is forgiveness of sins for everything and everyone.
The Law demands wrath for everything. Christ grants mercy for everything.
With Christ all works are done, all punishment suffered, all righteousness fulfilled. Therefore he says: “Come, for all things are ready.”
No one has so such terrible and weighty sins that they could outweigh the blood of Christ to carry them away.
No one has so many sins that they could be worth more than the meritorious work of God’s Son.
No one is so corrupt that Jesus cannot cure him.
No one is so deeply fallen that Jesus cannot still and willingly raise him up.
But come to Him with everything that troubles your conscience, your soul. He takes it all away.
What does this mean but to be justified before God.
What does it mean to be justified?
ANSWER: If I believe, God receives me in grace, “accounts to me Christ’s righteousness, frees me from sin and its punishment, and regards me in Christ as if I never sinned.”
Edited - Nils Jakob Laache.
263. Trinity 2 – Thursday – Book of Family Prayer.
