“We should be in the accused prisoner’s dock, but we put ourselves in the judge’s seat. But the Lord, who rightly sat in the universe’s judgment seat, came down, put himself in the dock, and went to the cross. The Judge of all the earth was judged. He was punished for us. He took the punishment we deserve. This humbles us out of our bitterness because we know we are also sinners living only by sheer mercy. But it also exalts us out of our bitterness because we can say: “I’ve been justified and adopted in Jesus Christ. You’ve harmed me and I will confront you about it, but you can’t take away my real goods, my deepest joys.” Then you can forgive.”