Redemption is as much an act of Divine Justice as it
is a matter of Divine Mercy. It is God's greatest act of love and mercy that he
gave his Son to die in the place of sinners. But it is also the clearest
display of his justice. The precious blood of Christ was shed as a ransom
price, paid into the hands of justice. It was the price required by the law. It
is now clear that God is inflexibly just, for when his own Son was made to be
sin for us he was slain according to the strict requirement of the law. And now
that the law has been fully satisfied justice will not allow one soul to perish
for whom Christ died.
Payment
God cannot twice demand,
First
at my bleeding Surety's hand,
And then again at mine.
Justice will not allow a double
payment for sin. I say it without hesitation, The
justice of God pleads as strongly as his mercy for the eternal salvation of his
elect. The price of redemption for them was paid at