Normally we think of judgement as a bad thing. We fear judgement, or we get angry at the prospect of being judged. But there’s real comfort in knowing that God will judge, even if that means he’s going to judge us because it shows that God is sovereign. He rules, he reigns; not all of the sin and consequences of sin that plague our world.
Salvation is the call of God into his holy presence which is made possible because Jesus endured the cross for you and for me, for all those who trust in him.
On Sunday, what will be doing? Will we remember how Christ is the only atoning sacrifice for sin, will we recommit our lives to him as we take the bread and the wine, will we earnestly examine our motives, what we really believe as we are challenged by his life, death and resurrection.
The good news of Mark’s gospel story is that because Jesus bore those accusations, we don’t have to. The good news of Mark’s gospel story is that we can be forgiven, more than that; our sins atoned for, paid for, our debt cleared and so there is no longer an accusation to be levelled against us.