SCRIPTURE: Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Romans 8:33-34 NIV
THOUGHT: We get a glimpse of the two other members of the Triune God in this passage. It describes a scene in the throne room of God for the child of God, and moreover, it describes the reason we get to go there with confidence.
First, because God justifies. Did you get that? He defends, validates, and explains you rather than condemning. He is God and could do anything he likes, yet mercy is his sentence. Take a moment to think about what that means.
There is no one who condemns because, second, the only other person in the scene is Jesus Christ, who died for your sin, overcame death and the grave, and now intercedes for you. Did you get that? Jesus intervenes, mediates, pleads, negotiates, and arbitrates for you. For your deepest needs, right now, Jesus is pleading.
Hebrews 4:15-16 invites us deeper: For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
PRAYER: Great Triune God, I hope I never get over being amazed at your nature and character. Oh that we humans, made in your image, were completely like you. Forgiving. Merciful. Interceding for one another. Grace filled. Welcoming. Please continue the good work you have begun in us, and thank you for justifying and interceding from your merciful throne.
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