Father Dan Reehil

And then because of the sin of man, and we all sin, Jesus came to redeem us.

and died a horrible death, and for 33 years kind of showed us how to be a good person, how to be a good human being.

Even though he's divine, he's fully human as well.

And then he offers his life on the cross to the Father for all the sins we committed, and he buys us back from the devil.

We were literally owned by the devil.

So there's another reason we owe him, right?

People don't like the word owe.

But justice is real.

And you can't have a world without justice.

Justice is giving the other person what they're due.

It's not a negative.

If you say, I'm going to sell my car for $5,000, here's the $5,000.

You get the car, justice has been served.

Similarly, if I rob a bank and get caught, and the penalty is 10 years in prison, I go do the 10 years in prison, justice is served.

When it comes to God, giving God what he's due, we can't do, because we are incapable of giving back what he gave to us, because it's so great.

We're not capable.

We're creatures that can't do the level of love that he's given to us.

And so religion by definition is the justice we give back to God.

That's what we call religion.

It's part of the justice virtue.