One Cross, Three Languages | Cozy Afternoon Walk: Romans (S1), Ep.29

Welcome to Cozy Afternoon Walk — a short pause in your day to sit with Scripture, one verse at a time.Today's passage: Romans 3:24-26"And all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith... so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus." (NIV)In one paragraph, Paul reaches for three pictures that have nothing to do with each other — a marketplace, a courtroom, a temple — just to describe a single event on a hill outside Jerusalem. Why did one language never feel like enough? And underneath all three pictures sits an older question people have wrestled with for centuries: how can a guilty person be declared not guilty without justice bending? Today we trace the different ways the cross has been explained, and land on the one place where love and justice never had to compete.This episode is part of our season through Romans. New devotionals added regularly.This content was carefully selected and prepared by M.Div. students and faculty. To ensure accurate information delivery, an AI voice (ElevenLabs) was used for the video's narration.