It is frequently said that the atonement is a satisfaction to divine justice; to which it is replied, that justice requires the punishment of the very individual who offends, and not of another person in his place.
If so, then every vile deed, every wicked outrage, committed by man, should be regarded as an instrument of divine justice, and deserved by those upon whom they fall.
According to Luther, divine justice must be just as incomprehensible to human reason as God's entire essence.
When, therefore, He did fulfil it in our stead, He rendered satisfaction to divine justice, so that righteousness can now be imputed to us and we become partakers of eternal life.
Among the statements of Aepinus are the following: "I believe that hell is a place prepared by divine justice to punish the devils and wicked men according to the quality of their sins.
That is, the idea of divine justice is revealed, not in the world as it is, but in the world as it should be, the ideal cosmos which lives in the spirit.
This view of divine justiceas external and punitive was basic to the Synagogue liturgy and the entire rabbinic system.
The sentence of divine justice is pronounced against all mankind, “death passed upon all,”—a sentence of death and condemnation.
Every sinner cometh under this debt to divine justice, the desert of eternal wrath, and the actual ordination by a divine sentence to that wrath.
Yea, if the works of a sanctified man are blameworthy, how shall the works of a bad man set him clear in the eyes of Divine justice?
In the operation of Divine Justice, Power, Love and Wisdom are sudden gleams of Heavenly wisdom upon great problems, such as now light up the dark clouds of the Time of Trouble.
Divine Justice operates in the fulness of Power, Love and Wisdom.
When the real Time of Trouble is on, after the war, Christendom will realize the terrible truth that it is the punishment of Divine Justice--and will pray mightily to God.
Christianity has moderated the requisitions of Divine Justice; and all which is now required of us, is thankfully to trust to the merits of Christ for the pardon of our sins, and the acceptance of our sincere though imperfect obedience.
Is it divine justice, to make the everlasting torture of a race—for the saved are but the gleanings—a sacrifice to boundless self-glorification?
Is itdivine justice to array all the force of infinite attributes against a limited, a weak, and erring creature?
But as the souls of the blessed are most perfectly united to Divine justice, they do not suffer from sorrow, nor do they interfere in mundane affairs, except in accordance with Divine justice.
An angel who is inferior in the natural order presides over demons, although these may be naturally superior; because the power ofDivine justice to which the good angels cleave, is stronger than the natural power of the angels.
There is, for example, the fear of divine justice.
The Angel of the Lord is here expressly designated as He who executeth the judgments of divine justice.
In order to express his own delight in the doings of divine justice, the prophet changes the prediction into a wish, just as is the case in Is.
If such be done, it is seen that the ungrateful one has not yet become an object of divine justice alone, but that divine mercy is still in store for him.
It tells of the inexorable work of divine justice, of the stern exactions of God's violated law.
Come first to Calvary, and gaze upon the great propitiation, the Victim dying amid the altar-fires of divine justice.
The frightful visions of the future ingratitude of the men whose debt to Divine Justice he was taking upon himself, continued to become more and more vivid and tremendous.
Here we have the doctrine of "Divine justice" taking precedence of all else and assuming the form of a thoroughgoing theocratic scheme, to be realized by the German people.
In the second phase, the "Divine justice" idea began to be applied to political conditions.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "divine justice" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
