Subject: WHY!!!!!!!!!???????????? |
Bible Note: Neo Cortex, God is Holy, first and foremost! We need to understand Him. "He is so because the sum of all moral excellency is found in Him. He is absolute Purity, unsullied even by the shadow of sin" [A.W. Pink]. God's holiness is manifested in: 1. His works- Ps. 145:17 2. His law- Rom. 7:12 3. the Cross "Because He is holy, He hates all sin!(Prov. 3:32, Prov. 15:26) It follows then, that He must necessarily punish sin. Sin can no more exist without demanding His punishment than without requiring His hatred of it." [Pink] Think of it this way, "God has often forgiven sinners, but He never forgives sin; and the sinner (mankind) is only forgiven on the ground of Another having borne his punishment; for "without the shedding of blood is no remission" (Heb. 9:22).[Pink] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |