[Mary Naeem]

God is just, and perfectly so (2 Thessalonians 1:6). We get our innate sense of justice from our Creator, who embodies justice. All hints of fairness or righteousness found in us have their completeness in a perfect God. Even His forgiveness is just because, for the believer, sin has already been punished in Christ (1 John 1:9). The perfection of God’s justice means God pronounces those who are in Christ “not guilty”—to do otherwise would be to punish the same offense twice, and that would be unjust.