Though He slay me, I will hope in Him; yet I will argue my ways to His face. This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before Him. (Job 13:15, 16 ESV)
Argue
When I was dubiously elected to the position of Student Body President of my seminary, I got to meet regularly with the seminary’s president. He was a famous, brilliant man. Most students were intimidated by him. Indeed, so was I at first. But after meeting with him for two years, our relationship grew to the point where I could (respectfully) argue with him.
Our God, as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is also famous, brilliant, and intimidating. He holds the galaxies in place, and He holds electrons, protons, and gluons in place. He defines truth and holds us liars accountable. He defines sin and holds us sinners accountable. He defines rebellion and holds us rebels accountable.
And the world should tremble.
But we, because of Christ’s place in reality, can approach God without terrible fear. The world can not approach God to beg for grace, mercy, aid, counsel, or peace. But because of Christ, we can. We can respectfully, hopefully, humbly argue our ways before God.
Only because of Christ.
Only because He gives us the right robes, the right words, the right family position before God.
No one can approach God, but with Christ we can.