“The second effect of Christ’s action (the first being the deposition and overturning of man) is an immeasurable liberation and hope…a heavy and indeed oppressive burden is lifted from us when Jesus Christ becomes our Judge…It is a constraint always to have to be convincing ourselves that we are innocent, we are in the right [and] others are in one way or another in the wrong…
“We are all in process of dying from this office of Judge which we have arrogated to ourselves. It is therefore a liberation that…[in Christ] we are deposed and dismissed from this office because He as come to exercise it in our place…
“I am not the Judge. Jesus Christ is the Judge. The matter is taken out of my hands. And that means liberation. A great anxiety is lifted, the greatest of all. I can turn to other more important and more happy and more fruitful activities.” – Karl Barth
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