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NASB | Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
Subject: Why does the wageof sin have to be death |
Bible Note: Part 2 of 2 “I have been struggling with the understanding of why the payment for sin must be death” Hi, Tara! Some passages may be hard to understand… reconciling an individual passage with another individual passage could set us at an impasse from which we may never recover… But when we listen to the Word and allow the Holy Spirit to guide us the Light shines eternal! Following is the reason why it is so important to God that we stay in His Word (love and obey Him) and why the end-product of sin is death: Do you not realise that you are a temple of God with the Spirit of God living in you? If anybody should destroy the temple of God, God will destroy that person, because God’s temple is holy; and you are that temple. (1 Corinthians 3:16-17) Do you not realise that people who do evil will never inherit the kingdom of God? Make no mistake--the sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, the self-indulgent, sodomites, thieves, misers, drunkards, slanderers and swindlers, none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10) Among you there must be not even a mention of sexual vice or impurity in any of its forms, or greed: this would scarcely become the holy people of God! There must be no foul or salacious talk or coarse jokes--all this is wrong for you; there should rather be thanksgiving. For you can be quite certain that nobody who indulges in sexual immorality or impurity or greed--which is worshipping a false god--can inherit the kingdom of God. (Ephesians 5:3-5) Do not fear the wages of sin... get close to God and He will get close to you! God Bless! Angel |