He has done it by removing the whole case into His own courts of law, that it might be settled there on a righteous basis. Man could not have gone into court with the case, save in the certainty that he would lose it. God comes into court, bringing man and man's whole case along with Him, that upon righteous principles, and in a legal way, the case may be settled, at once in favour of man and in favour of God. The consent of parties to the acceptance of this basis is required in court. If he consents, the whole matter is settled.
Sin is too great an evil for man to meddle with.
His attempts to remove it do but increase it, and his endeavours to approach God in spite of it aggravate his guilt. He deals with it not in some arbitrary or summary way, by a mere exercise of will or power, but by bringing it for adjudication into His own courts of law. As judge, seated on His tribunal, He settles the case, and settles it in favour of the sinner, -of any sinner on the earth that will consent to the basis which He proposes. Into this court each one may freely come, on the footing of a sinner needing the adjustment of the great question between him and God. It is righteousness that has reconciled God to him, and him to God.