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Meaning

Love is God’s nature and inward motivation to save, care, and draw near to man.

Righteousness is God’s procedure, way, and divine law—His moral requirement for dealing with sin.

Reason

God loves mankind and desires none to perish; love moved Him to bear man’s punishment.

God is righteous and therefore cannot tolerate sin; He must judge sin to maintain His holiness and dignity.

Difference

Love forgives, covers, bears, and substitutes for man.

Righteousness demands penalty, judgment, and legal satisfaction.

Explanation

Love led God to transfer the punishment to Himself in Christ on the cross.

God must judge sin. The cross preserved God’s righteousness by satisfying all legal demands.

Purpose

To save sinners, draw them into God’s life, and manifest His compassion.

To make salvation legal and proper; to justify sinners and constitute them God’s righteousness.

Interrelationship

The cross fully manifested God’s love—God willingly bore man’s penalty.

The cross fully manifested God’s righteousness—God judged sin uncompromisingly. Love and righteousness meet harmoniously on the cross.

Example

 (the Cross)

Christ became sin for us and bore the judgment because of divine love.

God judged Christ as the Substitute because righteousness requires judgment.

Application for Believers

Live in God’s love: forgive, cover, intercede, care, and express Christ’s gentleness.

Live out God’s righteousness: walk properly, justly, and “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.”

Burden

To help believers see that the cross is the outpouring of divine love.

To see that salvation is not emotional or random, but strictly according to God’s righteous procedure.

Prophesying Pointers

Emphasize that God personally bore what we could not bear—this is love.

Emphasize that God judged sin in Christ so we could become God’s righteousness.

Conclusion

God’s love willingly saves and substitutes for sinners.

God’s righteousness demands judgment and proper procedure. The cross is the perfect meeting place of love and righteousness.

Related Scriptures

John 3:16—God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.
Romans 5:8—Christ died for us while we were sinners, proving God’s love.
1 John 4:9–10—God sent His Son as the propitiation for our sins; this is love.

Matthew 6:33—Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.
2 Corinthians 5:21—He who knew no sin was made sin that we might become the righteousness of God.