How Christ’s death on the cross satisfies God’s justice and mercy.
1. Jesus’ death on the Cross provides the ultimate demonstration of God’s mercy.
Ultimately, the prayer, “show me your glory” brings us to the Lord Jesus. For in Jesus we see the very same qualities that God proclaimed to Moses in dynamic human form. In Jesus we also see wonderfully fulfilled the sovereign mercy of God, grace to the totally undeserving.
2. The Cost of God’s Mercy.
Not only does the Lord Jesus Christ perfectly fulfill and reveal the mercy of God in His character and life, but He perfectly vindicates it in His death. This dilemma is at the heart of our understanding of Jesus’ death on the Cross, for that is where the justice and mercy of God meet. Jesus’ death is to be understood as a “sacrifice of atonement”. Jesus’ death shows that God’s mercy is not opposition to His justice, but is in harmony with it through Jesus’ death. Since God’s mercy is so costly, let us value it, let us believe and embrace it.