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+======  Justice Finally ... ======
-Thursday, Oct 26, 2018.
+Friday, Oct 26, 2018.  Humans are very interesting creatures. We spend a lot of time and effort
+on justice. We create international courts of justice. We pursue justice 60 or more years after
+crimes have been committed. We care quite a lot about justice. It is important to us, we cannot
+accept that people killed many others without being drawn to justice! Yes, we care.
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+** We care about Justice! ... **
+On the other hand, we try to ignore justice in many parts of our life. We kind of care about the
+huge injustice in the living conditions on this planet. But we do not know how to change it and
+choose to ignore the problems rather than bringing ourselves into a lot of trouble by telling
+autocrates and many religious leaders of states and regimes that their behaviour is not acceptable.
+The New Testament has addressed this issue a long time ago. Injustice is inacceptable, it leads
+to death and destruction. Nothing else is acceptable - according to our own judgement when we are
+faced with it personally in any particular instance. But the New Testament also establishes a
+path to justice. It describes the choice of God to let Christ Jesus bear the sin of the world. He
+went to the cross, as innocent human, to generate a path of justice. It can be your personal
+path, and it can be a path for the world.
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+There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you2 free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
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+** The cross  ...**
+The cross of Christ Jesus is the point in world history where deep love meets full justice.
+Here, we experience what we need. Our sense of destruction is satisfied. You might call it human.
+You might analyse it to be necessary for God. Theologians have thought a lot about it. But
+as Christians and Christian writers we talk about the salvation, forgiveness and justice
+which can be found in the cross - as a matter of fact.
+It is good that justice comes. It is good that justice is not left aside. It is very good
+that our own feelings, our wounds, all the points and issues where we have been hurt deeply,
+are brought to a conclusion. It is good that it is clarified that all this is not ok. Also,
+our own behaviour, where we hurt others, is not ok. No, it is not!
+There is a path for us. The path "in Christ". The path of faith. Faith is not a rigid
+system of rules to obey. Faith is an open hand of God, who wants to come into my life. He is
+the great creator, eternal love. He generates justice, and he knows all my failures anyway.
+But he did all what is needed for me, to come to him in faith in Christ Jesus. There is
+good news about justice: it comes, cannot be avoided. And in Jesus, full justice already
+came. It is there, for me and for you, today and tomorrow and for eternity.
 (Roland Potthast)
 [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/topics_collection_ix|... further texts]]