I The consequences of sin is death. There is no way a person can sin, and not die, that's just the way is.
Sin is that horrible. Suppose God were tojust forgave everyone's sin with a snap of His fingers? Would sin still be so horrible? Where would be the horror in murder, in rape, in greed that causes poverty, in any sin? It would be all gone, wouldn't it? After all, God forgave it all with a snap of His fingers, didn't He?
But the consequences of sin is death, precisely BECAUSE of the horror, the suffering, and the misery sin produces.
That is why Jesus took that horror, that suffering...that misery...upon Himself. If you want to see what sin causes, look at God, hanging there on that cross, beaten beyond recognition...and feel your guilt. It is YOUR sin, and MINE that put that innocent God-man there.
If you do not feel your guilt, there is no chance that you can repent, and if you do not repent, you cannot be forgiven.
THAT is what God did for you on the cross!
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2006-12-23
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