The Justice of God

The sermon, rooted in Romans 5 and the Heidelberg Catechism's doctrine of human misery, affirms that humanity's fall was not due to God's injustice but to Adam's willful disobedience, instigated by the devil, which plunged all humanity into sin and death. Though God is perfectly just and rightly angry with sin—both original and personal—He does not overlook it, for sin against His holy majesty demands eternal punishment, as revealed in Scripture and confirmed by the reality of hell as a place of conscious, eternal torment. Yet even in this sobering truth, the gospel shines: God is not only just but also merciful, revealing His justice and grace in the person and work of Jesus Christ, who bore the penalty for sin and imputes His righteousness to believers. The cross, therefore, stands as the ultimate expression of divine justice and mercy, where God's wrath is satisfied and His love is fully displayed, calling all to repent and trust in Christ alone for salvation.