I turn you to a well-written article in the October 2008 issue of the ALPB Forum Letter, by its editor, Richard Johnson. Drawing out Luther's interpretation of the Canaanite woman, Pastor Johnson reminds us that we are all the Canaanite: we are all so far from God (in sin) that we have no right to stand before him. Again, we have no inclination to stand before him that does not come from the Holy Spirit.
The best line in the whole essay (my opinion) is this: "If I do not understand how far I am from God, how little I am compared to God, how unworthy I am even to come into God's presence, then nothing else about Christianity can make sense."
Grace is not grace if it does not forgive sin. Thus Christianity can not be about justice (although it may result in Christians being nice to other people), because justice implies the accessibility of human righteousness.
Read the whole article. alpb.org
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