De Jager
Puritan Board Junior
Forgive me if this is very basic, but I could use your help.
In some dealings I have had with a certain unbeliever, this person has conveyed that they reject substitutionary atonement because in his mind it is not "just". In his mind, if someone else pays for your sin, then justice has not been meted. To him, justice has only been meted if each person pays for their own sins.
My response, is that it is not our idea of justice that matters, but God's idea of justice that matters. If God is satisfied with Christ suffering and paying the debt for our sins, then why would we not accept that? To not accept it would be to find fault with what God views as just, which would find fault with God, which would put us in judgment of God, which is abhorrent.
Are there other arguments that can be said? Am I missing something?
Secondly, this leads into a question I have regarding being united to Christ. How does being united to Christ in his death relate to the imputation of my sin to Christ?
Many thanks,
Izaak
In some dealings I have had with a certain unbeliever, this person has conveyed that they reject substitutionary atonement because in his mind it is not "just". In his mind, if someone else pays for your sin, then justice has not been meted. To him, justice has only been meted if each person pays for their own sins.
My response, is that it is not our idea of justice that matters, but God's idea of justice that matters. If God is satisfied with Christ suffering and paying the debt for our sins, then why would we not accept that? To not accept it would be to find fault with what God views as just, which would find fault with God, which would put us in judgment of God, which is abhorrent.
Are there other arguments that can be said? Am I missing something?
Secondly, this leads into a question I have regarding being united to Christ. How does being united to Christ in his death relate to the imputation of my sin to Christ?
Many thanks,
Izaak