January 22

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness.. that he might be Just, and the Justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:25, 26

Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matthew 5:18

How precious that little word “and” becomes as we read, “He is just, and having salvation.” “A merciful and faithful High Priest.” “A just God and a Savior.” We do not half value God’s little words. His justice is, if we may reverently say so, the strong point of His atoning work. The costly means of our redemption were paid for at full price. He fulfilled the Law. There was nothing wanting in all the work which His Father gave Him to do. He finished it. And His Father was satisfied. Thus He was just towards

His Father, that He might be faithful and just to forgive us our sins. It is no weak compassion, merely wrought on by misery, but strong, grand, infinite, and equal justice and mercy, balanced, as they never are in human minds. For only the ways of the Lord are thus equal.

In Thy sovereignty rejoicing, we Thy children bow and praise,
For we know that kind and loving, just and true, are all Thy ways.
While Thy heart of sovereign mercy, and Thine arm of sovereign might,
For our great and strong salvation, in Thy sovereign grace unite.