Dizerner
Active Member
Pretty much. There is some slight inaccuracies. in anthropomorphic metaphors that are imprecise.
We say things like "God turned his back" and "God cannot look on sin" and "God puts sinners out his presence."
All of these are inaccuracies, but people do not generally mean them literally.
What is intended to be conveyed is, "God will express himself negatively towards sin," that is the heart of the idea.
So if Jesus takes the judgment that each of our sins deserved, then Jesus must feel the punishment we would have.
If we deny that God needs to express his justice and holiness, we have a permissive and passive God towards evil.
If we deny that we even NEED atonement at all, we have simply become proud and self-righteous.
So the beauty and wonder of the Cross is a mercy that does not compromise justice.
Sloppy grace wants mercy without justice. Legalism wants justice without mercy.
But the wonder of the Cross is a truly evil sinner being justified by a holy God, mercy with justice together.
Without that, you do not even have Christianity, you just have moralism and do-goodism.
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