Not because God’s justice had not been totally resolved where their sins were concerned, but because they had rejected the one who resolved that justice. They had rejected the one who died having already paid for their sins. The sin issue has been resolved in its entirety. The gift of salvation has been purchased for all. To accept Paul’s gospel, one must believe that Christ resolved the issue of their sins in the mind of the one to whom the payment for their sins was made.
To believe this good news is to be reconciled in your mind, not in God’s. His mind has already been reconciled in that he has counted his son to be sin for the entire human race. At the point of a person’s belief, that individual is joined to Christ, thus having Christ’s righteousness freely imputed to their account. God could not have had Paul state it any more clearly than he has. It is religious individuals that are not reconciled to that fact in their minds.
To believe this good news is to be reconciled in your mind, not in God’s. His mind has already been reconciled in that he has counted his son to be sin for the entire human race. At the point of a person’s belief, that individual is joined to Christ, thus having Christ’s righteousness freely imputed to their account. God could not have had Paul state it any more clearly than he has. It is religious individuals that are not reconciled to that fact in their minds.