Weekly Devotional - November 20th

Whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to

demonstrate His righteousness, because in God’s merciful restraint He let the sins previously

committed go unpunished;  for the demonstration, that is, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:25-26

Propitiation means fulfilling demand; in this case, the demand is for justice, a justice determined by God. God’s justice is not overlooked entirely. The burden that we were to bear was assumed by Jesus and done so in a way that all would know the mercy of God. A critical note on the action of propitiation is that it is always done in full, meaning there is nothing more to be added to what Jesus has already accomplished.