Paul uses courtroom imagery throughout Romans. We're on trial, and the Life-Breath is our defense attorney. But who is the prosecutor? Is it God, upholding God's perfect law? Is it Torah? Is it... Jesus?

Christ have mercy: too many theologies are built around God being the prosecutor. But... Satan's name is literally The Accuser. And in the wider argument of Romans, who is accusing us but the person fixated on obedience and cultural conformity as the conditions of belonging. It's one another who is the accuser, the prosecutor. It is us in our anger playing the role of the satan.

What a world of difference this makes! It is our own puny fearfulness that is satanic, not the Creator! No wonder in 5:9 we are liberated from our own anger, not saved from God's wrath.

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Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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