Picture of God
Why must He punish sin?
He is morally perfect and part of being morally perfect is to react
against evil. Our own morals, even though less than perfect, are
offended when we see evil. To be offended is a proper reaction. We
even call our reaction “righteous indignation.” We are
offended morally by what we have seen. What we fail to understand
is this is infinitely more true of God because He is morally perfect.
He is offended by our moral evil-our sin-and He reacts with
a holy, righteous indignation. He cannot look the other way anymore
than a just judge in a court of law can ignore the crime before his
court. He must execute justice without compromise and without partiality.
The guilty must be punished. The question now becomes: am I one of
the guilty?
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