vindication of the character of God. The Cross not only shows the love of God more gloriously than anything else, it shows His righteousness, His justice, His holiness.… On Calvary God was making a way of salvation so that you and I might be forgiven. But He had to do so in a way that will leave His character inviolate.… God was declaring publicly once and for ever His eternal justice AND His eternal love. Never separate them, for they belong together.”27 A similar teaching on the justice or righteousness