T. 25. VIII. 8 – 10. Jesus: “God’s justice cannot punish even those who ask for punishment, for they have a Judge Who knows, that in truth, they are wholly innocent. In His justice, then, is He bound to set them free, and give them all the honor they really deserve, yet which in their unfairness have they denied themselves, and can no longer understand that they are innocent.
Love is not understandable to the believers in sin, because they think that justice is split off from love, and stands for something else. And thus is love perceived as weak, and vengeance strong. Love appeared to be lost when justice left its side, and seems to be too weak to save them from their own punishment. But vengeance, being without love, appears to have gained in strength by being separate and apart from love. And to the separated ones, what but vengeance now seems available to help and save, while love seems standing feebly by with helpless hands, bereft of justice and vitality, and powerless to save?
What can Love ask of you who think that all of this is true? Could He, your Creator, in justice and in love, believe that you in your confusion still have much to give? You are not asked to trust Him far; not beyond what you see He offers you, and what you recognize you could not give yourself.
In God’s Own justice does He recognize all you deserve, but understands as well that you cannot accept it for yourself. It is His special function to hold out to you the gifts the innocent deserve. And every gift that you accept brings joy to Him as well as you. He knows that Heaven is richer made by each one you accept. And God rejoices as His Son receives what loving justice knows to be his due.
For love and justice are not different! Because they are the same, does mercy stand at God’s right Hand, and gives the Son of God the power to forgive himself of sin.
To him who merits everything, how can it be that anything be kept from him? For that would be injustice, and unfair indeed to all the holiness that is in him, however much he recognize it not. God knows of no injustice! He would not allow His Son be judged by those who seek his death, and could not see his worth at all.“
To him who merits everything, how can it be that anything be kept from him? For that would be injustice, and unfair indeed to all the holiness that is in him, however much he recognize it not. God knows of no injustice! He would not allow His Son be judged by those who seek his death, and could not see his worth at all.“