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How Is It Right to Justify the Ungodly?

September 7, 1980

Author: John Piper
Scripture: Romans 3:20-4:5

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We unseat judges with indignation who acquit the guilty. Our moral sensibility is outraged when wrong and guilt are given legal sanction. Yet at the heart of our gospel stands the sentence: God justifies the ungodly who trust in him. God acquits the guilty. That is the gospel! But how can it be right for God to do that?



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