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Job 13: 19 “Can anyone bring charges against me? If
so, I will be silent and die.” (NIV)
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He has never apportioned our punishment to our sins, nor has he regulated the exercise of his mercy by our merits.* |
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In the cop shows, lawyers are frequently portrayed as
encouraging their clients to “take a plea” even though they insist that they
are innocent. I used to think there was no way I would plead to a lesser charge
when I knew I wasn’t guilty of any
crime, but if real life is anything like TV, one can’t always count on a fair
trial to exonerate him. If the evidence against me were overwhelming, would I
take my chances in court?
Job was falsely accused, but he was confident of his
innocence. And he was willing to take his chances in court. He was willing to
die rather than admit to any wrongdoing. When we stand before God in his role
as judge, how will we plead? We know we’re not
innocent. Paul reminds us in Romans 3: 23 that we all have sinned and fall short
of God’s glory. But in the next verse we find the good news: we are “justified
freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”
As the redeemed of the Lord, we can face our judgment with
Job’s confidence. “Can anyone bring charges against me?”
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The Cross ends the law's power of punishment.* |
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