God delights in blessing. Judgment is His "strange work." Except for sin He would never be a judge. It is our sin that has forced Him onto the judgment seat.
But God loves the sinner, while hating his sin. This the cross proves. There God judged His own Son-a sinless Man—that He might righteously save the sinner who busts in His Son.
After we had sinned, and before the appointed day of judgment, Christ stepped in to bear our judgment, and to deliver the guilty man who will confide in Him. How simple, yet how profoundly blessed and effectual is God's gospel!