3.
GOD IS MERCIFUL, AND THEREFORE,
DOESN’T WANT TO PUNISH US.
This is because
. . .
“God
is love . . . “ (1 John 4:8b)
and He says:
“I have loved you with an
everlasting love.” (Jeremiah
31:3b)
But the same Bible tells us that God loves us also tells us that . . .
GOD IS JUST, and therefore, MUST
PUNISH SIN.
He says:
“. . . I will by no means clear
the guilty . . . “ (Exodus 34:7b)
“The soul who sins shall die.” (Ezekial
18:4)
We
have a problem; we have all sinned. The
penalty for sin is death. We need
forgiveness so that we can have a right relationship with God.
God solved this problem for us in
the Person of . . .