The Attributes of God - God's Justice (PT 1)

The Attributes of God - God's Justice (PT 1)

A Journey into the Father's Heart  

A.W. Tozer

 (Pt 1 - Volume 1- Pg 67-68)

 The Passion of Christ

The second answer comes from the effect of Christ's passion. The word "passion" now often refers to sex or lust, but in earlier times, it meant deep, terrible suffering. That is why we refer to Good Friday as (Passion Tide) and speak of The Passion of Christ. It is the suffering Jesus endured as He made His priestly offering with His own blood for us. Jesus Christ is God, and all that has been said about God applies to Christ. He is a unitary being who has taken on the nature of man—that God, the eternal Word who existed before man and who created man, is a unitary being without division of substance.

- The Holy One suffered, and His suffering in His own blood for us was threefold:  

 - (Infinite)

 Without bound or limit—shoreless, bottomless, and topless, forever and ever without any possible measure or limitation. The suffering of Jesus and the atonement He made on that cross under the darkening sky was infinite in its power.  

- (Almighty)

It is possible for a good man to almost do something or almost be something—that is the predicament people find themselves in because they are human. But Almighty God is never almost anything; God is always exactly what He is—the Almighty One. Isaac Watts said about Christ's death on the cross: "God the mighty maker died for man, the creature's sin." When God, the Almighty maker, died, all the power that exists was in that atonement. You can never exaggerate the power of the cross.  

 - (Perfect)

 The atonement in Jesus Christ's blood is perfect. There is nothing that can be added to it. It is faultless, impeccable, and flawless—perfect as God is perfect.

So the question, "How dost Thou spare the wicked if Thou art just?" is answered by the effect of Christ's passion. That holy suffering on the cross and the resurrection from the dead cancel our sins and abrogate our sentence.

(Sub-note: Clarification on Tozer’s View of God’s Oneness)

In this passage, A.W. Tozer emphasizes the unity of God, focusing on the oneness of His substance or essence. It is important to clarify that Tozer is not arguing for Oneness Pentecostalism or Modalism, which deny the distinct persons of the Trinity. Rather, Tozer, a staunch Trinitarian, affirms the orthodox Christian belief that God is one in essence but exists eternally as three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This view aligns with the historic Christian understanding, as expressed in the Nicene Creed, that upholds the mystery of the Trinity—three persons in one divine essence.

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