It is clearly said here that no one will be justified by the law, and it is emphasized that the just shall live by faith. Let us focus again on the term ‘the just’, both from the natural point of view and from the point of view of the Scripture. The just is the one who gives everyone his due, i.e. giving God, neighbour and oneself what is due by right.

Injustice is to respond to the love of God with indifference. Jesus gave His life for us on the cross, and our response is boycott and unbelief – this is injustice. Let us be just; let us respond to His great love with gratefulness and love.

From the point of view of faith, the word justice also means justification or purification from various injustices and sins. We are justified by faith; not by our works but by faith which is connected with the admitting of our trespasses before God. By faith we are united to Christ’s death on the cross, which means that each of us personally believes in the Word of God saying that Jesus died for all my sins and if I walk in the light, His blood cleanses me from all sin (cf. 1Jn 1:7-9).

Let us try to live by faith in the following two weeks. It means to be mindful of God in our everyday life, to be aware that He sees us and knows us and wants us to give our problems to Him. If we have acted against our conscience or done some evil, though we wanted to do good, let us realize it for a while, let us lay this sin, this evil beneath the cross of Christ, and let us ask for forgiveness. In other words, let us live by faith – especially when we stop in prayer stops during the day and repent, repeating the holy name of Jesus: “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner” and looking in spirit at the five wounds of Christ.

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